2014/15 A-League Round 26 Preview – Newcastle Jets v Sydney FC
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 31 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Sydney FC Wins – 17, Drawn – 8
In Newcastle – 15 games
Jets Wins – 3, Sydney FC Wins – 8, Drawn – 4
In Sydney – 16 games
Jets Wins – 3, Sydney FC Wins – 9, Drawn – 4
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 32, Sydney FC – 47
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 56 (53 Yellow, 3 Red), Sydney FC – 67 (60 Yellow, 7 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – WLLWL (6 points from last 15)
Sydney FC – WLWLW (9 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets –Edson Montano 4, Sydney FC – Mark Janko 16
Last Result -
Jets 0 – Sydney FC 1 (Janko 68’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 20, Season 10.
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 7 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 4 at Sydney Football Stadium, 31/12/2005.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 3 (Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse)
Sydney FC – 6 (Alex Brosque)
Average Home A-League crowd – 12819
Average Away A-League crowd – 14422
2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS
Appearances
- 25 Edson Montano
- 22 Andrew Hoole
- 22 Jacob Pepper
- 20 Zenon Caravella
- 19 Ben Kennedy
- 18 Ben Kantarovski
- 17 Sam Gallagher
- 16 Scott Neville
- 15 David Carney, Joel Griffiths
- 14 Allan Welsh, Taylor Regan, Mitch Cooper
- 13 Jeronimo Neumann, Kew Jaliens
- 10 Adrian Madaschi, Radovan Pavicevic Daniel Mullen, Lee Ki-Je
- 8 James Virgili, Nicholas Cowburn
- 7 Enver Alivodic
- 6 Mark Birrighiti , Marco Flores
- 5 Sam Gallaway
- 4 Billy Celeski,
- 3 Max Burgess
- 2 Jonny Steele, Brandon Lundy,
- 1 Braedyn Crowley, Michael Kantarovski
Goals
- 4 Edson Montano
- 3 Joel Griffiths, Jeronimo Neumann
- 2 Scott Neville, Lee Ki-Je,
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Marco Flores, Radovan Pavicevic, Enver Alivodic, Oggie
Assists
- 4 Andrew Hoole
- 3 David Carney,
- 1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Adrian Madaschi, Edson Montano
Yellow Cards
- 6 Andrew Hoole
- 5 Kew Jaliens
- 4 Adrian Madaschi, Taylor Regan, Edson Montano,
- 3 Jeronimo Neumann, James Virgili, Scott Neville, David Carney, Ben Kantarovski
- 2 Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Joel Griffiths, , Allan Welsh, Zenon Caravella, Lee Ki-Je, Daniel Mullen, Radovan Pavicevic, Nick Cowburn
- 1 Jonny Steele, Sam Gallaway, Mitch Cooper, Sam Gallagher, Enver Alivodic
Red Cards
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Ben Kantarovski
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, Graham Arnold 1 win, 1 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 2 Matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 1 losses = -% 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)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 losses = 0% win ratio)
Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 42% win ratio (5 wins, 5 drawn, 2 losses).
PLAYER FOCUS
This week we take a look at the player who many would say had a man-of-the-match performance against Melbourne Victory and look to his contributions against Sydney FC.
- Taylor Regan has made 7 appearances against Sydney FC which has consisted of 7 starts and 0 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 2 times. He has played on the field for 565 minutes.
- He has captained the side 0 times and scored 0 penalties.
- He has scored 0 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 2 yellow and 0 red cards.
- Taylor Regan has a Win-Draw-Loss record against Sydney FC of 1-0-6.
He will more than likely spend time marking a striker who over the years has caused the Jets some trouble:
- Shane Smeltz has made 1 appearances for Sydney FC which has consisted of 0 starts and 1 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 0 times. He has played on the field for 21 minutes.
- He has captained the side 0 times and scored 0 penalties.
- He has scored 0 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 0 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Opposition once every 119 minutes.
- Shane Smeltz has a Win-Draw-Loss record against Sydney FC of 1-0-0.
- In his A-League career he has made 14 appearances in total against the Jets, scoring 10 goals and provided 1 assist. He scored 5 penalties and missed 1. He has an overall W-D-L record of 8-2-4.
KEY FACTS:
Goals
- The Jets are scoreless against Sydney FC in the last 5 meetings. The Jets haven’t scored from open play in over 600 minutes against Sydney because last 2 goals have come from the penalty spot.
- The Jets last goal against Sydney was scored on 2/2/2013.
- The Jets haven’t scored at home against any opposition in the last 4 matches.
- The Jets haven’t scored a first half goal at home in the last 8 matches.
- Marc Janko’s season tally is only 3 behind that of the Jets.
- Edson Montano scored the 300th goal for the Jets. So far the matches per 100 goal ratio is – 100 (77 matches), 200 (93 matches) and 300 (88 matches)
Keepers
- Last weekend was the third clean sheet the Jets have kept this season.
- Vedran Janjetovic has been in goal for the current clean sheet run of 5 matches. He has conceded only 4 goals in 7 appearances.
- Ben Kennedy has kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 22 goals in 13 appearances against Sydney.
Discipline
- Terry Antonis is the current Sydney FC player with the most bookings against the Jets. He has 3 in 5 appearances.
- Six Jets players have received bookings in the fixture this Season. Sydney FC by contrast have received 2.
- Ben Kantarovski has received 3 bookings against the Jets.
- Only 7 penalties have been awarded in this fixture.
Newcastle Jets
- In the last 5 matches following a win, the Jets have lost the next match on each occasion.
- The current available Jets squad has an A-League win percentage of 24% while in Jets colours.
- The Jets have used 31 players this season.
- Michael Kantarovski is the 127th player to represent the Jets.
- The Jets are only 1 point away from equalling their Season 4 points tally.
- The current available Jets squad has an A-League win percentage of 24% while in Jets colours.
Sydney FC
- Sydney FC is undefeated in all matches (12) this season away from home.
- Sydney has never lost to the Jets when they have scored first.
Jets v Sydney FC Trivia:
1. Who is the only player to miss a penalty in this fixture?
2. Who was the last Jets player to score against Sydney?
3. Who is the only player to score an own goal in this fixture?
Originally Posted by Grimario
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