2014/15 A-League Round 1 Preview – Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 32 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Mariners Wins – 12, Drawn – 11
In Gosford – 14 games
Jets Wins – 1, Mariners Wins – 8, Drawn – 7
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 28, Mariners – 41
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 76 (72 Yellow, 4 Red), Mariners – 49 (46 Yellow, 3 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – L
Mariners – WW
Leading Scorers (2013/14)
Jets – Adam Taggart 16, Mariners – Bernie Ibini-Isei 6
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Griffiths 23’) – Mariners 3 (Bosnar 1’, Ibini-Isei 6’, Trifiro 88’) at Bluetongue Stadium, Round 23.
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge 6’, Carle 18’, Rodriguez 79’) – Mariners 1 (Mori 40’), Round 2, Season 2 at Energy Australia Stadium, 12/11/2006.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Coveny 85’) – Mariners 4 (Gumprecht 4’, Brown 34’, Hutchinson 72’, Hutchinson 83’), Round 16, Season 1 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 6 (Joel Griffiths)
Mariners – 6 (Matt Simon)
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –
Phil Stubbins - 0 Matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Clayton Zane – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
Average Away A-League crowd – 11319
KEY FACTS:
- The Jets have only won 3 times against the Mariners in the last 6 seasons.
- The Jets last victory over the Mariners was round 3 in season 8, 20/10/12.
- The Mariners scored 8 goals in 3 matches against the Jets last season.
- Justin Pasfield’s own goal was the only own goal in this fixture.
- There have only been 7 penalties awarded in this fixture.
- The last derby was Birighitti’s last match during the previous season after spilling a long range free kick from Bosnar.
- Clayton Zane is the only Jets coach to lose their first derby match. Gary Van Egmond, however, lost the first derby in his second stint as coach.
- Marcos Flores will become the latest player to turn out for both clubs.
- Phil Stubbins will be the 7th Jets Coach.
- The last time the Jets and Mariners met in Round 1 it was 1-1 draw with an 87th minute Matt Simon goal equalised by a 90th minute Joel Griffiths penalty in Season 4.
- The Jets have lost their last 2 opening round fixtures and have never won the first match when playing away from home. Their overall W-D-L record is 2-4-3.
Jets v Mariners Trivia:
1. Who is the only player to have scored a goal for both teams in this fixture? .
2. Joel Griffiths has scored 6 goals for the Jets against the Mariners. How many of those were from the penalty spot?
3. Who was the first player to score in the fixture?
