A-League 15/16 Round 16 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Perth Glory

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, Glory Wins - 18, Drawn - 6

In Newcastle – 15 matches.
Jets Wins - 5, Glory Wins - 8, Drawn - 2
In Perth - 15
Jets Wins - 1, Glory Wins - 10, Drawn - 4

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9013
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8485

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 31, Glory - 55
In Newcastle -
Jets – 17, Glory - 24

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Glory - 16

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 58 (56 yellow, 2 red), Glory 46 (43 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - DLLLW (4 points from last 15)
Glory - DDLLD (3 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (5)
Glory – Diego Castro (5)

Last Result -
Jets 1 (Carney 30', Trifunovic 71') – Phoenix 1 (Ki-Je o.g 45+1') at Westpac Stadium, A-League, Round 1, 11/10/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 24
Newcastle Jets Perth Glory
Ben Kennedy Daniel Vukovic
Nick Cowburn Rostyn Griffiths
Taylor Regan Dino Djulbic
Daniel Mullen Joshua Risdon
Ki-Je Lee Scott Jamieson
Enver Alivodic Michael Thwaite
Ben Kantarovski Andrew Keogh
Zenon Caravella Richard Garcia
Mitch Cooper Jamie Maclaren
Edson Montano Sidnei
Andrew Hoole Dragan Paljic

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Haliti 13’, Brockie 54’, Petrovski 68’Penalty, Petrovski 69’) – Glory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Midweek Round 1, Season 2010/11, 10/02/2011.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Parisi 71’) – Glory 5 (Mori 33’, Harnwell 46’, Despotovski 52’, Mori 62’, Sekulovski 81’), Round 7, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 08/10/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets - Joel Griffiths (6)
Glory - Jamie Harnwell (7)


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 14 14 0 1 1249 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 8 8 0 0 720 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 14 14 0 1 1257 0 0 6 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 11 11 0 1 969 0 0 1 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 14 13 1 2 1125 2 0 4 1 0
6 Cameron Watson 13 9 4 5 801 0 0 3 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 15 15 0 3 1286 1 1 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 15 15 0 0 1350 0 1 3 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 14 14 0 4 1221 5 0 4 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 8 7 1 6 528 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 8 8 0 0 720 0 1 1 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 6 1 5 1 116 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 5 0 5 0 82 0 0 2 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
22 Lachlan Jackson 11 9 2 2 818 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 14 14 0 2 1257 3 3 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 10 4 6 1 439 0 0 1 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
27 Braedyn Crowley 7 1 6 0 189 0 0 0 0 0
28 Ryan Kitto 9 6 3 6 478 1 1 0 0 0
29 Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Blake Tuxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Ken Lowe - 1 win, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (3 wins, 6 drawn and 7 losses = 19% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 4 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans - No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)


Perth Glory Coach Record – Ken Lowe 100% win ratio (5 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses)



KEY FACTS:
General
  • Newcastle haven't defeated Perth in their last 11 A-League matches, taking only 2 draws from those matches.
  • 5 of Newcastle's 6 wins have come at home.
  • The last meeting between the teams brough controversy in the stands with the unveiling of a banner stating "Enough Failure, Lies + Arrogance. 10000 Fans Demand The Muppet Gone".
  • Perth defeated Newcastle in the FFA Cup match at Magic Park earlier in the season.

Players
  • Ryan Kitto became the 60th player to score for the Jets in the A-League.
  • Ben Kantarovski received the 3rd red card of his A-League career last weekend.
  • Ante Covic hasn't kept a clean sheet in the last 5 matcehs against the Jets.

Coaches
  • Ken Lowe has won every match he has coached against the Jets.
  • Scott Miller avoided equalling the Jets longest stretch without a win last weekend.

Newcastle Jets
  • The Jets have never lost to Perth when they have gone into half time ahead.
  • Milos Trifunovic's 7th minute penalty last week was the first goal the Jets have scored within the opening 10 minutes since Rd 6, Season 12/13 when Calvano scored in the 6th minute against Perth.

Perth Glory
  • Perth have scored two goals in each of the last 4 matches against the Jets.
  • Perth haven't won or kept a clean sheet away from home this season.