A-League 2017/18 Round 17 Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 32 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 10, Phoenix Wins - 17, Drawn - 5
In Newcastle – 15 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 2
In New Zealand - 17 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 11, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9465
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8535
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 41, Phoenix - 63
In Newcastle -
Jets – 29, Phoenix - 24
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Phoenix - 19
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 63 (56 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 49 (45 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WLDWW (10 point from last 15)
Phoenix - LDLWD (5 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Roy O'Donovan, Andrew Nabbout (7)
Phoenix – Andija Kaluderovic (9)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 3 (O'Donovan 37', O'Donovan 45+1', Nabbout 54') - Wellington Phoenix 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 5, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 5
Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
Jack Duncan |
Keegan Smith |
Jason Hoffman |
Daniel Mullen |
Nigel Boogaard |
Andrew Durante |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Thomas Doyle |
Ivan Vujica |
Ali Abbas |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Goran Paracki |
Ben Kantarovski |
Guilherme Finkler |
Dimitri Petratos |
Michael McGlinchey |
Joe Champness |
Dario Vidosic |
Andrew Nabbout |
Roy Krishna |
Roy O'Donovan |
Andrija Kaluderovic |
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 |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
1 |
Jack Duncan |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
630 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
13 |
11 |
2 |
5 |
984 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1350 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
13 |
13 |
0 |
4 |
1114 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
16 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
1426 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
16 |
16 |
0 |
4 |
1427 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Ronald Vargas |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
197 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
571 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
13 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
651 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
Patricio Rodriguez |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
79 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Mario Shabow |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
15 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
1341 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
14 |
Riley McGree |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
16 |
16 |
0 |
6 |
1384 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
104 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
9 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
642 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
John Koutroumbis |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
463 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
Kosta Petratos |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Glen Moss |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
810 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Lachlan Jackson |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
139 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Joe Champness |
15 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
910 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
16 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1440 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Ernie Merrick - 1 win, Darije Kalezic - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% 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)
Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Darije Kalezic 0% win ratio (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Newcastle are undefeated against the Nix at home across the last 3 seasons.
- And the Jets haven't been kept scoreless against Phoenix at home since November 2012.
- The Jets have conceded six 2nd half goals this season.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- First time since 22/3/2014 we have kept consecutive clean sheets.
- First time since 2/2/2007 we have kept 3 consecutive HOME clean sheets.
- We have won 4 consecutive home games for the first time since 2011, when we won the last home game of 2010/11 season and first 3 home games of 2011/12 season.
- Last time we won 4 consecutive home games in a season was2008, which included the Semi-final against Mariners and Preliminary final against Roar.
Players
- Angus Thurgate is the 160th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League
- Ernie Merrick has given 10 A-League debuts this year, so far.
- Daniel Georgievski is 1 yellow card from a 1 week suspension.
Newcastle Jets
- 33 points this season is a higher tally that all but 5 of the last 12 seasons.
- We are 9 points ahead of the previous best season at this point in time – season 2005/06 (the first season of the A-League).