A-League 16/17 Round 5 Preview - Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 28 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, Phoenix Wins - 15, Drawn - 4

In Newcastle – 13 matches.
Jets Wins - 6, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 1
In New Zealand - 15 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 9, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9788
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8962
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 36, Phoenix - 54
In New Zealand -
Jets – 12, Phoenix - 32

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix - 16

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 56 (49 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 47 (43 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DWDL (5 points from last 12)
Phoenix - LLLL (0 points from last 12)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Nigel Boogaard (2)
Phoenix – Roy Krishna (1)

Last Result -
Jets 3 (Durante 27' o.g, Nordstrand 53', Nordstrand 73') – Phoenix 2 (H. Watson 22', H. Watson 37') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 20, 20/2/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 15/16 Round 20
Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix
Mark Birighitti Glen Moss
Jason Hoffman Thomas Doyle
Daniel Mullen Andrew Durante
Nigel Boogaard Dylan Fox
Lachlan Jackson Manny Muscat
Cameron Watson Albert Riera
Steven Ugarkovic Roly Bonevacia
Morten Nordstrand Matthew Ridenton
Enver Alivodic Michael McGlinchey
Milos Trifunovic Blake Powell
Leonardo Vitor Santiago Hamish Watson

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win
Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, Season 2013/14, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 2010/11 at Westpac Stadium, 18/12/2010.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets - Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)


2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS
Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red - Second Bookable Straight Red
2 Daniel Mullen 1 1 0 1 63 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 3 2 1 1 177 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 4 4 0 0 360 2 0 0 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 4 4 0 2 330 0 1 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 4 4 0 0 360 1 0 1 0 0
7 Andrew Hoole 4 4 0 0 360 1 1 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 3 1 2 0 172 0 0 0 0 0
9 Aleksandr Kokko 2 1 1 1 57 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 4 4 0 1 340 1 0 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 4 3 1 0 288 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 3 3 0 2 237 0 2 1 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 3 2 1 2 156 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jack Duncan 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 3 2 1 1 157 0 0 0 0 0
23 Devante Clut 4 1 3 1 184 1 0 0 0 0
24 Kristian Brymora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Johnny Koutroumbis 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
30 Pierce Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Mark Jones - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller - 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 losses = 25% win ratio)
  • Richard Money - No matches
  • Branko Culina – 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
  • Craig Deans - 1 Match (0 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)


Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Ernie Merrick 33% win ratio (9 wins, 6 drawn, 12 losses)



TALKING POINTS:

General
  • The Jets are undefeated in the last 4 matches against Wellington.
  • The Jets have scored in the last 8 matches against the Phoenix, at an average of over 2 goals per match.
  • There has only been one scoreless match between these two teams.
  • 5 points from the first 4 games place's this season below 6 previous years, while ahead of 5 others.
  • A player has been sent off in each of the last 4 matches between these two teams.


Players
  • Johnny Koutroumbis became the 144th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
  • Hamish Watson has scoring rate of a goal every 45 minutes against the Jets.
  • However, Morten Nordstrand has a scoring rate of a goal every 40 minutes against the Phoenix.
  • Andrew Hoole provided an assist in his last 2 appearance for the Jets against Wellington.

Newcastle Jets
  • Last week was the first match in 8 the Jets have been kept scoreless.
  • Newcastle have lost in Wellington only once in the last 4 seasons.

Wellington Phoenix
  • Wellington have scored only one goal this season.
  • Having played on Monday night in Melbourne, Wellington will have a 5 day turnaround for the match.
  • Young defender Dylan Fox will miss the match after being dismissed in the match against Victory for a second bookable offence.


Injuries
  • Newcastle Jets Daniel Alessi - Knee (Season), Daniel Mullen - Knee (12 weeks), Ben Kennedy - Achilles (Season), Andrew Nabbout - Groin (3 weeks), Lachlan Jackson - Ankle (indefinte), Ben Kantarovski - Knee (2-3 weeks)
  • Wellington Phoenix