17/18 HAL Round 22 | Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC | Sat 3rd Mar 2018 5.35pm
A-League 2017/18 Round 22 Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 40 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, FC Wins - 25, Drawn - 9
In Newcastle – 19 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 12, Drawn - 4
In Sydney - 21 matches
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 13, Drawn - 5
Average Home A-League Crowd – 12260
Average Away A-League Crowd - 14304
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, FC - 65
In Newcastle -
Jets – 17, FC - 30
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, FC - 26
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 71 (68 yellow, 3 red), FC 76 (69 yellow, 7 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LDWDW (8 point from last 15)
FC - DWWWW (13 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (9)
FC – Bobo (21)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Nabbout 10', Champness 62') - Sydney FC 2 (Ninkovic 16', Bobo 87') at Allianz Stadium, A-League, Round 14, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 14
| Newcastle Jets |
Sydney FC |
| Glen Moss |
Andrew Redmayne |
| John Koutroumbis |
Luke Wilkshire |
| Lachlan Jackson |
Alex Wilkinson |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Jordy Buijs |
| Daniel Georgievski |
Michael Zullo |
| Steven Ugarkovic |
Joshua Brillante |
| Wayne Brown |
Brandon O'Neill |
| Dimitri Petratos |
Milos Ninkovic |
| Joe Champness |
David Carney |
| Andrew Nabbout |
Adrian Mierzejewski |
| Jason Hoffman |
Bobo |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 2011/12 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 2008/09 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse (3)
FC - Alex Brosque (12)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
| 1 |
Jack Duncan |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1080 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
18 |
16 |
2 |
7 |
1399 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
20 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1800 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
16 |
15 |
1 |
4 |
1319 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
21 |
21 |
0 |
3 |
1876 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| 7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
20 |
20 |
0 |
5 |
1782 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| 8 |
Ronald Vargas |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
197 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
10 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
803 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| 10 |
Wayne Brown |
17 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
870 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 11 |
Patricio Rodriguez |
6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
418 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Mario Shabow |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ivan Vujica |
19 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
1520 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
| 15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
21 |
21 |
0 |
7 |
1816 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
| 16 |
Nick Cowburn |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
105 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
13 |
13 |
0 |
4 |
1002 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
| 18 |
John Koutroumbis |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
463 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 19 |
Kosta Petratos |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 |
Glen Moss |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
810 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
7 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
235 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Joe Champness |
19 |
11 |
8 |
9 |
1018 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 27 |
Riley McGree |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
172 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 32 |
Angus Thurgate |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
21 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
1890 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Graham Arnold - 1 win, 1 draw
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 18 match (4 wins, 3 drawn and 11 losses = 22% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 0 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 4 drawn, 1 loss = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - No matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 62% win ratio (13 wins, 6 drawn, 2 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets will play their first match at home in the last month.
- Newcastle are yet to win a "RAAF Round" clash, drawing 1-1 with Brisbane in 2015/16 and losing 0-2 to Sydney FC in 16/17.
- Newcastle need 6 points to secure a home semi final, 10 points to secure second spot.
- Newcastle have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 2 at home this season.
- They've also kept 4 clean sheets in the last 5 matches at home.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets completed a clean sweep against Brisbane for the 2nd time in their history.
- The Jets kept their 6th clean sheet of the season - the same total of the last 2 seasons combined.
- It was also the first clean sheet away in 28 matches. The Jets have also kept 5 clean sheets in their last 10.
Players
- The number of cards for an automatic week suspension has now shifted from 5 to 8, following last weekend's matches.
- Daniel Georgievski has the most yellow cards this season, with 6.
- Nikolai Topor-Stanley remains the only Jets player to have played every minute of football this season.
- Steven Ugarkovic provided his 3rd assist of the season.
Newcastle Jets
- In 3600 minutes of football in this fixture over 13 seasons (40 matches), the Jets have lead for 484 minutes.
- Newcastle have scored the first goal at home on 7 of 11 matches this season.
- This season, the Jets have scored 15 of their 24 home goals in the second half.
- While have conceded 4 second half goals at home this season.
Sydney FC
- Sydney have scored 2 goals in the last 6 matches against the Jets.
- Milos Ninkovic has scored in the last 5 matches against the Jets.
