A-League 15/16 Round 18 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 17 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 7, City Wins - 7, Drawn - 3
In Newcastle – 9 matches.
Jets Wins - 5, City Wins - 3, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 8
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 4, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9920
Average Away A-League Crowd - 6909
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, City - 33
In Newcastle -
Jets – 15, City - 15
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City - 9
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 52 (51 yellow, 1 red), City 25 (24 yellow, 1 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LLWLL (3 points from last 15)
City - DWDWL (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (6)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (14)
Last Result -
Jets 0 – City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 11
| Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne City |
| Mark Birighitti |
Thomas Sorensen |
| Jason Hoffman |
Connor Chapman |
| Lachlan Jackson |
Patrick Kisnorbo |
| Ben Kantarovski |
Ivan Franjic |
| Ki-Je Lee |
Jack Clisby |
| Mateo Poljak |
Aaron Mooy |
| Cameron Watson |
Jacob Melling |
| Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
Erik Paartalu |
| David Carney |
Stefan Mauk |
| Enver Alivodic |
Bruno Fornaroli |
| Milos Trifunovic |
Harry Novillo |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Goodwin 56’, Zadkovich 52’, R Griffith 87’ pen) – City 0, Round 19, Season 2011/12 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015 & Jets 0 - City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Mate Dugandzic (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 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
1429 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
Daniel Mullen |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
900 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
16 |
16 |
0 |
1 |
1437 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
12 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1014 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
14 |
13 |
1 |
2 |
1125 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| 6 |
Cameron Watson |
15 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
911 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Enver Alivodic |
17 |
17 |
0 |
3 |
1466 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
Mateo Poljak |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
1530 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
16 |
16 |
0 |
5 |
1368 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
10 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
634 |
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 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
126 |
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 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
998 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
David Carney |
15 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
1334 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Nick Cowburn |
12 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
574 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
648 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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 – 2 matches
Scott Miller - 1 win, John Van't Schip - 1 win, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller - 2 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
- Richard Money - No matches
- Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
- Craig Deans - 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Melbourne City Coach Record – John Van't Schip 46% win ratio (6 wins, 2 drawn, 5 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- There has never been a scoreless game between these two teams and only one where fewer than 2 goals were scored.
- The Jets have drawn their last 3 matches in February.
- City have scored the first goal in the nlast 4 meeting's between the clubs.
- The clean sheet in the last match is so far the only clean sheet City have kept this season.
- The Jets haven't scored in the first half against City in the last 6 matches.
Players
- Three players have scored doubles in this fixture this season.
- Mateo Poljak and Ben Kantarovski both remain on 4 yellow cards - 1 away from an automatic suspension.
- Steven Ugarkovic and Morten Nordstrand were the 136th and 137th players respectively to appear for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
- Bruno Fornaroli has scored more goals this season than the Jets.
- Milos Trifunovic was offside 6 times in the last meeting. The team, 13 times in the match.
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