A-League 15/16 Round 23 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 11 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 5, Drawn - 3
In Newcastle – 5 matches.
Jets Wins - 0, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 2
In Sydney - 6 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 2, Drawn - 1
Average Home A-League Crowd – 16197
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11011
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Wanderers - 16
In Newcastle -
Jets – 4, Wanderers - 9
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 4, Wanderers - 7
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 25 (23 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 13 (13 yellow, 0 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - WDWWL (10 points from last 15)
Wanderers - DLDWL (5 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (9)
Wanderers – Mitch Nichols (9)
Last Result -
Jets 0 – Wanderers 2 (Aguilar 45+2', Bridge 70') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 12, 24/12/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 12
Newcastle Jets |
Western Sydney Wanderers |
Mark Birighitti |
Andrew Redmayne |
Cameron Watson |
Scott Neville |
Daniel Mullen |
Alberto Aguilar |
Nigel Boogaard |
Scott Jamieson |
Nick Cowburn |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Mateo Poljak |
Dimas |
Ben Kantarovski |
Jacob Pepper |
Ryan Kitto |
Romeo Castelen |
David Carney |
Mitch Nichols |
Enver Alivodic |
Mark Bridge |
Milos Trifunovic |
Federico Piovaccari |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 2013/14 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers - Mark Bridge (5)
2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red - Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
1 |
Mark Birighitti |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1879 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1318 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1887 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
17 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
1464 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
17 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
1168 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Cameron Watson |
16 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
978 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Enver Alivodic |
22 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
1908 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1877 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
21 |
21 |
0 |
6 |
1789 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
15 |
13 |
2 |
11 |
1031 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ki-Je Lee |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
720 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Mitch Cooper |
11 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
274 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
87 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Ben Kennedy |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
15 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1113 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
David Carney |
15 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
1334 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nick Cowburn |
17 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
932 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Braedyn Crowley |
8 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
202 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Ryan Kitto |
13 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
673 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Tony Popovic - 2 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller - 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
- Richard Money - No Matches
- Branko Culina - No Matches
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
- Craig Deans - No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)
Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 45% win ratio (5 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The Jets have never defeated Western Sydney at home.
- Five of the 13 goals scored in this fixture at Hunter Stadium have been scored after the 80th minute.
- Newcastle have only played the Wanderers once on a Sunday, a match which they won 2-0.
- There has never been a crowd smaller than 10000 at Hunter Stadium present for a match between these teams.
Players
- The last 5 goals the Jets have scored against the Wanderers have been scored by Visa players.
- Milos Trifunovic and Cameron Watson are both one yellow card from an automatic suspension.
- Jason Hoffman will sit out the match after collecting 8 yellow cards during the season. Daniel Mullen will also be absent following his red card last match.
- Nikolai Topor-Stanley has been booked in both matches between these teams this season.
- A player has been sent off in the last 4 matches at Hunter Stadium.
Newcastle Jets
- The last time the Jets lost after travelling to Perth was 23/11/08. The W-D-L record since is 6-3-0.
- The Jets last won 3 in a row at home back in November 2011.
- Trifunovic has scored 4 goals in the last 4 games at Hunter Stadium.
Western Sydney Wanderers
- The Jets have only won once at home when Liam Reddy is in goals for the opposition.
- The Wanderers have received 2 penalties in their last two visits to Hunter Stadium, both in the final 15 minutes of the match.