A-League 15/16 Round 5 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 9 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 3

In Newcastle – 4 matches.
Jets Wins - 0, Wanderers Wins - 2, Drawn - 2
In Sydney - 5
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 1, Drawn - 1

Average Home A-League Crowd – 16524
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11185

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Wanderers - 12
In Newcastle -
Jets – 3, Wanderers - 7

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 3, Wanderers - 6

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 21 (19 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 7 (7 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LWLWW (9 points from last 12)
Wanderers - LLDLW (4 points from last 12)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (3)
Wanderers – Mitch Nichols, Andreu Mayoral, Dario Vidosic (1)

Last Result -
Jets 2 (Alivodic 22', Ki-Je 45') – Wanderers 1 (Kalmar 51') at Pirtek Stadium, A-League, Round 22, 21/03/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 22
Newcastle Jets Western Sydney Wanderers
Ben Kennedy Ante Covic
Nick Cowburn Iacopo La Rocca
Taylor Regan Sam Gallaway
Daniel Mullen Daniel Alessi
Ki-Je Lee Jonathan Aspropotamitis
Enver Alivodic Yianni Perkatis
Ben Kantarovski Jason Trifiro
Jacob Pepper Alusine Fofanah
Andrew Hoole Nick Kalmar
Mitch Cooper Jaushua Sotirio
Edson Montano Steve Kuzmanovski

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 (4)


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 3 3 0 1 259 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 1 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 3 3 0 0 257 0 0 0 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 4 3 1 0 298 1 0 3 0 0
6 Cameron Watson 3 2 1 1 197 0 0 0 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 4 4 0 0 360 0 1 1 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 4 4 0 1 359 3 0 1 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 3 3 0 3 244 0 1 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 2 1 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ki-Je Lee 2 2 0 0 180 0 1 1 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 4 1 3 1 63 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lachlan Jackson 1 1 0 1 68 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
18 Josh Barresi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 4 4 0 1 358 2 2 2 0 0
24 Nicholas Cowburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
29 Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Blake Tuxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Tony Popovic - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • 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 33% win ratio (3 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)



KEY FACTS:
General
  • Newcastle are undefeated in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
  • The last match between these sides was memorable for a terrible offside call from the assistant referee against Edson Montano.
  • The Jets have scored in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
  • Last week's match is only the second time the Jets have won after being behind at half time. It was the first time they've won after being two goals behind.

Players
  • This match will be the first time Ante Covic hasn't been between the sticks for the Wanderers against the Jets.
  • There was 66 A-League appearances, and 129 matches, between the two goals Ben Kantarovski scored.
  • Lee Ki-Je has scored in his last 2 appearances against the Wanderers.
  • Visa players have scored the last 4 goals for the Jets against the Wanderers (Flores, Ki-Je x2, Alivodic)
  • David Carney is a man in form. He's had a hand in 4 of the Jets' 6 goals scored this season.

Coaches
  • Scott Miller has equalled the best start to a season by any Jets coach. He is equal with Gary Van Egmond (v2). A point this weekend will be the best start to a season in Jets history.