2014/15 A-League Round 21 Preview – Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 14 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, City Wins – 5, Drawn – 3
In Newcastle – 8 games
Jets Wins – 5, City Wins – 2, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 6 games
Jets Wins – 1, City Wins – 3, Drawn – 2
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 23, City – 23
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 46 (45 Yellow, 1 Red), City – 22 (21 Yellow, 1 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LDDDL
City – LWDDL
Leading Scorers
Jets – Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann 3,
City – Aaron Mooy 4
Last Result -
Jets 2 (Montano 71’, Neumann 79’) – City 5 (Mooy 4’ pen, Koren 9’, 63’ 74’, Duff 24’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 13, Season 10.
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Goodwin 56’, Zadkovich 52’, R Griffith 87’ pen) – City 0, Round 19, Season 7 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 2 (Montano 71’, Neumann 79’) – City 5 (Mooy 4’ pen, Koren 9’, 63’ 74’, Duff 24’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 13, Season 10, 30/12/2014.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 6 (Ryan Griffiths)
City – 5 (Mate Dugandzic)
Average Home A-League crowd – 9899
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7033
2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS
Appearances
- 20 Edson Montano
- 18 Andrew Hoole
- 17 Zenon Caravella
- 16 Jacob Pepper
- 15 David Carney, Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville
- 14 Ben Kantarovski, Sam Gallagher, Ben Kennedy
- 13 Jeronimo Neumann, Kew Jaliens,
- 12 Allan Welsh
- 10 Adrian Madaschi, Taylor Regan
- 9 Mitch Cooper
- 8 James Virgili
- 6 Mark Birrighiti , Marco Flores, Radovan Pavicevic
- 5 Sam Gallaway, Daniel Mullen, Lee Ki-Je
- 4 Billy Celeski, Nicholas Cowburn
- 2 Jonny Steele, Enver Alivodic
- 1 Braedyn Crowley, Brandon Lundy
Goals
- 3 Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann
- 2 Scott Neville,
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Marco Flores, Radovan Pavicevic, Lee Ki-Je, Oggie
Assists
- 3 David Carney, Andrew Hoole
- 1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Adrian Madaschi
Yellow Cards
- 5 Andrew Hoole, Kew Jaliens
- 4 Adrian Madaschi, Taylor Regan, Edson Montano,
- 3 Jeronimo Neumann, James Virgili, Scott Neville, David Carney,
- 2 Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Joel Griffiths, Ben Kantarovski, Allan Welsh, Zenon Caravella
- 1 Jonny Steele, Sam Gallaway, Mitch Cooper, Radovan Pavicevic, Daniel Mullen, Sam Gallagher, Lee Ki-Je
Red Cards
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Ben Kantarovski
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, John Van’t Schip 1 win, 1 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 2 Matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 1 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 loss = -% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Melbourne City Coach Record – John Van’t Schip 40% win ratio (4 wins, 2 drawn, 4 losses).
KEY FACTS:
- In the 14 fixtures between these two clubs, only one match has had less than 1 goal scored. There has also never been a scoreless draw.
- The Jets haven’t scored in the last 2 matches.
- The 3 goals Robert Koren scored against the Jets are the only goals he’s scored this season.
- This may be the first time ex-skipper Kew Jaliens faces his former team mates.
- Jason Hoffman is 1 yellow card off an automatic suspension.
- Melbourne City have a mid-week fixture against fellow wooden spoon contenders Western Sydney Wanderers.
- When playing in Melbourne, City has always scored two when they score in the first half.
- Newcastle haven’t won in the last 5 matches against City in Melbourne.
- More than two thirds of the goals the Jets have conceded this season have come in the second half (28 of 41).
- Taylor Regan and Edson Montano are both one booking away from an automatic 1 week suspension.
- The current yellow card for the Jets is 53 while their opponents have only received 16 this season.
- Brandon Lundy was the 125th Jets player to appear in the A-League and the 30th to make an appearance this season.