A-League 2017/18 Semi Final 1 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 24 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, City Wins - 11, Drawn - 4
In Newcastle – 13 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, City Wins - 5, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 11 matches
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 6, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9536
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7251
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 34, City - 48
In Newcastle -
Jets – 20, City - 22
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, City - 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 67 (66 yellow, 1 red), City 41 (39 yellow, 2 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WLLLW (6 point from last 15)
City - WWWLW (12 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10)
City – Bruno Fornalo, Stefan Mauk, Macin Budzinski, Dario Vidosic (5)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 0 - Melbourne City 3 (Fornaroli 42', Vidosic 53', Vidosic 77') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 25, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 25
| Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne City |
| Jack Duncan |
Dean Bouzanis |
| Daniel Georgievski |
Nathaniel Atkinson |
| Ben Kantarovski |
Bart Schenkeveld |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Michael Jakobsen |
| Ivan Vujica |
Scott Jamieson |
| Steven Ugarkovic |
Oliver Bozanic |
| Nick Cowburn |
Luke Brattan |
| Ronald Vargas |
Stefan Mauk |
| Riley McGree |
Dario Vidosic |
| Dimitri Petratos |
Bruno Fornaroli |
| Roy O'Donovan |
Daniel Arzani |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Goodwin 56’, Zadkovich 52’, R Griffith 87’ pen) – City 0, Round 19, Season 2011/12 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015, Jets 0 - City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15 and Jets 0 - City 4 (Cahill 12', Fitzgerald 65', Fornaroli 75' pen, Fornaroli 81') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 23 18/3/2017
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Bruno Fornaroli (9)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
| 1 |
Jack Duncan |
18 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1620 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
23 |
21 |
2 |
8 |
1834 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1882 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
22 |
20 |
2 |
5 |
1769 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| 6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
27 |
27 |
0 |
4 |
2383 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| 7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
25 |
25 |
0 |
5 |
2232 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
| 8 |
Ronald Vargas |
7 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
419 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
14 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
1087 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| 10 |
Wayne Brown |
20 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
957 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 11 |
Patricio Rodriguez |
11 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
651 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Mario Shabow |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ivan Vujica |
21 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
1700 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
| 15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
22 |
22 |
0 |
8 |
1902 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
| 16 |
Nick Cowburn |
10 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
275 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
18 |
18 |
0 |
4 |
1452 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
| 18 |
John Koutroumbis |
11 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
553 |
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 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
468 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Joe Champness |
25 |
14 |
11 |
12 |
1242 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| 27 |
Riley McGree |
10 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
706 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 32 |
Angus Thurgate |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
96 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
27 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
2430 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Warren Joyce - 2 wins, 1 draw
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
- Richard Money - No matches
- Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
- Craig Deans - 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Melbourne City Coach Record – Warren Joyce 66% win ratio (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
- Newcastle have won their last 3 home finals matches.
- It has been 2973 days since the Jets last appeared in the finals.
- The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
- The 57 goals scored by the Jets this season surpassed the combined total of goals scored in the previous 2 seasons (56).
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets achieved a number of records in the win over the Mariners. Firstly, they achieved a clear sweep over the Mariners - the first either team has achieved this in the fixture.
- The match set an A-League record for most aggregate goals (10).
- It was also the first time an away team scored 7+ goals.
- The Jets scored the most goals in a single season for regular season fixtures between two teams with 15.
- Newcastle scored 13 goals in the two matches held at Gosford this season. By comparison, the Mariners scored 14 goals in Gosford all season.
- 8-2 surpassed the Jets previous biggest winning margin - 5-0 against the Phoenix on 22/3/14.
- Newcastle scored in all regular season away fixtures this season.
Players
- Riley McGree became the 5th Jets player to score an A-League hattrick.
- Dimi Petratos became the 4th Jets player to score 10 goals in an A-League season.
- Petratos is now equal 10th in the Jets overall A-League goal scoring list alongside Emile Heskey.
- Lachlan Jackson became the 14th different Jets player to score this season - a new record for a single season.
- He also became the 79th player to score in the A-League for the club. Both of his A-League goals have been scored in the final round of the season. His first was for the Roar against the Jets in season 2014/15.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have kept 3 clean sheets in their 11 finals appearances. They've also been kept scoreless in 3 matches.
- Ben Kantarovski and Nikolai Topor-Stanley are the only 2 surviving players from the Jets last appearance in the finals.
- Joel Griffiths and Matt Thompson hold the record of most goals for the club in Finals football (3).
- Newcastle haven’t scored at home in 214 minutes.
Melbourne City
- City are the only team the Jets haven't defeated this season.
- City (Heart) have lost 3 and won 1 of their "away" finals games.
- Bruno Fornaroli has been on the scoresheet in his last 6 matches against the Jets. He has scored 9 goals during that time.
- On average, this fixure produces 3 goals when played in Newcastle.
