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