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?