A-League 2018/19 Round 5 Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 18 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 4, Wanderers Wins - 8, Drawn - 6
In Newcastle – 9 matches.
Jets Wins - 1, Wanderers Wins - 5, Drawn - 3
In Sydney - 9 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Wanderers Wins - 3, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 13760
Average Away A-League Crowd - 10984
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 21, Wanderers - 27
In Sydney -
Jets – 12, Wanderers - 13
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 5, Wanderers - 13
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 38 (36 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 29 (29 yellow, 0 red)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (D Petratos 48', Nabbout 68') - Western Sydney Wanderers 2 (Riera 7' pen, Riera 67' pen) at Spotless Stadium, A-League, Round 20, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 20
Newcastle Jets |
Western Sydney Wanderers |
Jack Duncan |
Vedran Janjetovic |
Jason Hoffman |
Joshua Risdon |
Nigel Boogaard |
Brendan Hamill |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Michael Thwaite |
Daniel Georgievski |
Raul Llorente |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Steven Lustica |
Wayne Brown |
Roly Bonevacia |
Dimitri Petratos |
Marcelo Carrusca |
Patricio Rodriguez |
Christopher Ikonomidis |
Andrew Nabbout |
Mark Bridge |
Roy O'Donovan |
Oriol Riera |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Koutroumbis 11', Hoffman 60', Kantarovski 68', Ugarkovic 84') – Wanderers 0, Round 12, Season 2017/18 at McDonald Jones Stadium, 22/12/2017.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013 & Jets 0 - Wanderers 3 (Corthwaite 40', Sotirio 42', Corthwaite 50'), Round 25, Season 2016/17 at Hunter Stadium, 1/4/2017.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers - Mark Bridge (6)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
1 |
Glen Moss |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
323 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
99 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
355 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Jair Edmundo |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
267 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Ronald Vargas |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Mitch Austin |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Kaine Sheppard |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
349 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
334 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Matthew Ridenton |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
253 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
Angus Thurgate |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Markus Babbel - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 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)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Newcastle have been awarded just one penalty in this fixture's history compared to the 5 awarded to the Wanderers.
- The two matches between these teams at Spotless Stadium have both ended in 2-2 draws.
- Every second away fixture against the Wanderers, the Jets have scored 2 goals. This match is not the "second" fixture.
- The Jets went undefeated against the Wanderers last season.
- The last opposition player sent off in an away Jets' fixture was Nigel Boogaard in Round 8 of Season 13/14. That's a current streak of 65 consecutive matches.
Players
- Nick Cowburn became the 81st player to score for the club in the A-League.
- Nikolai Topor-Stanley will surpass Ben Kennedy's 114 A-League appearances for the club, moving into 4th in the overall standings.
- Nigel Boogaard will surpass Taylor Regan's 68 appearances for the club, moving into 17th in the overall list.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have kept 2 clean sheets in their last 30 away matches.
- The Jets have scored in 15 consecutive away fixtures in the A-League.
Western Sydney Wanderers
- Markus Babbel will be the 4th different coach in the Wanderers dugout in the last 5 meetings between these two clubs.
- The last 3 goals scored by the Wanderers against the Jets at Spotless Stadium have all been penalties.