A-League 2017/18 Round 5 Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 31 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, Phoenix Wins - 17, Drawn - 5
In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins - 6, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 2
In New Zealand - 17 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 11, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9692
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8535
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, Phoenix - 63
In Newcastle -
Jets – 26, Phoenix - 24
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix - 19
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 61 (54 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 49 (45 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WDWD (8 point from last 12)
Phoenix - DLLD (2 points from last 12)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Roy O'Donovan (5)
Phoenix – Andrija Kaluderovic (3)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 0 - Wellington Phoenix 5 (Barbarouses 24', Finkler 36', Ridenton 49', Hoffman 66' o.g, Bonevacia 86') at Westpac Stadium, A-League, Round 24, Season 2016/17
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 24
Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
Jack Duncan |
Lewis Italiano |
John Koutroumbis |
Ryan Lowry |
Nigel Boogaard |
Dylan Fox |
Lachlan Jackson |
Marco Rossi |
Jason Hoffman |
Adam Parkhouse |
Wayne Brown |
Vince Lia |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Roly Bonevacia |
Morten Nordstrand |
Alex Rodriguez |
Andrew Hoole |
Kosta Barbarouses |
Andrew Nabbout |
Hamish Watson |
Aleksandr Kokko |
Guilherme Finkler |
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 5 (Barbarouses 24', Finkler 36', Ridenton 49', Hoffman 66' o.g, Bonevacia 86'), Round 24, Season 2016/17 at Westpac Stadium, 26/03/2017.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red - Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
1 |
Jack Duncan |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
353 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
354 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Ronald Vargas |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
197 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
134 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Mario Shabow |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
351 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
326 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
283 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
John Koutroumbis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Kosta Petratos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Glen Moss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Joe Champness |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
63 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% 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)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- This is just the second Saturday night match against the Nix in Newcastle. The last on 20/11/2010 saw the Jets win 1-0 with a Marko Jesic goal.
- And they have won 3 and lost 1 of the Saturday clashes against Wellington in Newcastle.
- Seven players have scored doubles in this fixture at Hunter Stadium.
- This fixture has produced an average of 4 goals per game over the last 10 between these two
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets are 4 games undefeated for the first time since Round 3 last season (Rd 27 15/16 - Rd 3 16/17)
- Newcastle have managed to gain 5 points from losing positions so far this season.
- Newcastle remain undefeated after 4 games for the second time in A-League history. The last time was 2007/08.
- However, 8 points from 4 games is not the best start to a season. Twice before the Jets have won 3 and lost 1 to start a year with 9 points.
Players
- Nick Cowburn is in line to make his 50th appearance for the Jets. He will be the 8th local player to achieve this.
- Nigel Boogaard will lead the Jets out for a record 45th time in the A-Leauge.
Newcastle Jets
- Glen Moss kept 2 clean sheets in his last 3 apperances against the Jets.
- The Jets have scored 10 goals in 5 matches. It took 10 matches to achieve this last season.
- The 10 goals scored in 4 matches is the Jets most after 4 rounds. Their previous best was 7 in Season 05/06 and 12/13