17/18 HAL Semi Final 1 | Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City | Fri 27th Apr 2018 750pm

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2017/18 Semi Final 1 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 24 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, City Wins - 11, Drawn - 4

In Newcastle – 13 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, City Wins - 5, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 11 matches
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 6, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9536
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7251

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 34, City - 48
In Newcastle -
Jets – 20, City - 22

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, City - 12

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 67 (66 yellow, 1 red), City 41 (39 yellow, 2 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WLLLW (6 point from last 15)
City - WWWLW (12 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10)
City – Bruno Fornalo, Stefan Mauk, Macin Budzinski, Dario Vidosic (5)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 0 - Melbourne City 3 (Fornaroli 42', Vidosic 53', Vidosic 77') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 25, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 25

Newcastle Jets	Melbourne City
Jack Duncan	Dean Bouzanis
Daniel Georgievski	Nathaniel Atkinson
Ben Kantarovski	Bart Schenkeveld
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Michael Jakobsen
Ivan Vujica	Scott Jamieson
Steven Ugarkovic	Oliver Bozanic
Nick Cowburn	Luke Brattan
Ronald Vargas	Stefan Mauk
Riley McGree	Dario Vidosic
Dimitri Petratos	Bruno Fornaroli
Roy O'Donovan	Daniel Arzani

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Goodwin 56’, Zadkovich 52’, R Griffith 87’ pen) – City 0, Round 19, Season 2011/12 at Hunter Stadium, 11/02/2012.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015, Jets 0 - City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15 and Jets 0 - City 4 (Cahill 12', Fitzgerald 65', Fornaroli 75' pen, Fornaroli 81') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 23 18/3/2017

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Bruno Fornaroli (9)

2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS

Number	Name	Appearances	Starts	Subbed On	Subbed off	Minutes Played	Goals	Assists	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
1	Jack Duncan	18	18	0	0	1620	0	0	0	0
3	Jason Hoffman	23	21	2	8	1834	5	1	3	1
4	Nigel Boogaard	21	21	0	1	1882	1	0	2	0
5	Ben Kantarovski	22	20	2	5	1769	5	0	5	0
6	Steven Ugarkovic	27	27	0	4	2383	1	4	2	0
7	Dimitri Petratos	25	25	0	5	2232	10	9	3	0
8	Ronald Vargas	7	6	1	6	419	0	1	0	0
9	Roy O'Donovan	14	13	1	3	1087	9	2	4	1
10	Wayne Brown	20	11	9	9	957	0	0	4	0
11	Patricio Rodriguez	11	6	5	4	651	1	4	0	0
12	Mario Shabow	7	0	7	0	90	0	0	1	0
13	Ivan Vujica	21	19	2	2	1700	0	2	6	0
15	Andrew Nabbout	22	22	0	8	1902	10	7	4	0
16	Nick Cowburn	10	2	8	2	275	0	0	0	0
17	Daniel Georgievski	18	18	0	4	1452	1	2	8	0
18	John Koutroumbis	11	6	5	2	553	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
22	Lachlan Jackson	11	4	7	1	468	1	0	0	0
23	Devante Clut	5	1	4	1	59	0	0	0	0
24	Joe Champness	25	14	11	12	1242	5	2	2	0
27	Riley McGree	10	7	3	1	706	4	1	0	0
32	Angus Thurgate	7	0	7	0	96	0	0	0	0
44	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	27	27	0	0	2430	1	1	5	0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Warren Joyce - 2 wins, 1 draw

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

• Ernie Merrick - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
• Mark Jones - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
• Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
• Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
• Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
• Richard Money - No matches
• Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
• Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
• Craig Deans - 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
• Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)

Melbourne City Coach Record – Warren Joyce 66% win ratio (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

General

• The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
• Newcastle have won their last 3 home finals matches.
• It has been 2973 days since the Jets last appeared in the finals.
• The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 5-1-5.
• The 57 goals scored by the Jets this season surpassed the combined total of goals scored in the previous 2 seasons (56).

Key Stats from Previous Round

• The Jets achieved a number of records in the win over the Mariners. Firstly, they achieved a clear sweep over the Mariners - the first either team has achieved this in the fixture.
• The match set an A-League record for most aggregate goals (10).
• It was also the first time an away team scored 7+ goals.
• The Jets scored the most goals in a single season for regular season fixtures between two teams with 15.
• Newcastle scored 13 goals in the two matches held at Gosford this season. By comparison, the Mariners scored 14 goals in Gosford all season.
• 8-2 surpassed the Jets previous biggest winning margin - 5-0 against the Phoenix on 22/3/14.
• Newcastle scored in all regular season away fixtures this season.

Players

• Riley McGree became the 5th Jets player to score an A-League hattrick.
• Dimi Petratos became the 4th Jets player to score 10 goals in an A-League season.
• Petratos is now equal 10th in the Jets overall A-League goal scoring list alongside Emile Heskey.
• Lachlan Jackson became the 14th different Jets player to score this season - a new record for a single season.
• He also became the 79th player to score in the A-League for the club. Both of his A-League goals have been scored in the final round of the season. His first was for the Roar against the Jets in season 2014/15.

Newcastle Jets

• Newcastle have kept 3 clean sheets in their 11 finals appearances. They've also been kept scoreless in 3 matches.
• Ben Kantarovski and Nikolai Topor-Stanley are the only 2 surviving players from the Jets last appearance in the finals.
• Joel Griffiths and Matt Thompson hold the record of most goals for the club in Finals football (3).
• Newcastle haven’t scored at home in 214 minutes.

Melbourne City

• City are the only team the Jets haven't defeated this season.
• City (Heart) have lost 3 and won 1 of their "away" finals games.
• Bruno Fornaroli has been on the scoresheet in his last 6 matches against the Jets. He has scored 9 goals during that time.
• On average, this fixure produces 3 goals when played in Newcastle.

[lil_masi]

If boogs plays that will be a massive bonus for us. City scare me, would have rather played victory

[plague]

City $1.90 to advance, pay off your mortgages kids free money everywhere.

[Wilso8948]

I think most of us remember the 3-0 as its fresh in the minds. The 2-1 loss is probably a better indication of how we might go. Absolutely dominated them that night.

Can't wait to see us do that again and cop a Muscat winner in the 90th.

[Jetmaster]

Ok will make the call here - Ronny and Pato must NOT start.

This game could go to extra time and penalties. We need those guys at the end not the start.

Also I'll be buggered if I could name pen takers we have apart from Dimi and Roy.

[Jeterpool]

I think most of us remember the 3-0 as its fresh in the minds. The 2-1 loss is probably a better indication of how we might go. Absolutely dominated them that night.

Can't wait to see us do that again and cop a Muscat winner in the 90th.

Possibly.

I found it interesting that Roar, who didn't have a lot of mobility or height up front, struggled in the same way we did 3 weeks ago. They struggled to get it out as City's midfield suffocated them and Roar resulted to long balls which City picked up the second ball more often that not.

For me, we need to work on beating that initial press, have some heights and pace like we did against the Mariners.

Additionally, we need to shut down Brattan and Jamieson. It was intersting how their midfield suffered once Brattan was injured and tended to hold himself back.

[Jeterpool]

Ok will make the call here - Ronny and Pato must NOT start.

This game could go to extra time and penalties. We need those guys at the end not the start.

Also I'll be buggered if I could name pen takers we have apart from Dimi and Roy.

YES!!!! I'm 100% with you.

I would have Pato take a pen, Hoff and Georgievski. But hopefully it doesn't go to that.

[Hunter403]

Forgot to book my tickets by 4 on Friday. Fu@$ing dumb. Now into the lottery with the plastics. Sh!t.

[leftrightout]

Forgot to book my tickets by 4 on Friday. Fu@$ing dumb. Now into the lottery with the plastics. Sh!t.

I still havent gotten a code to get presale yet my details are up to date... anyone else have issues?

[Bon]

I still havent gotten a code to get presale yet my details are up to date... anyone else have issues?

I got an email on the 15th telling me my code.. Check for one on that date that you may have missed?

[leftrightout]

I got an email on the 15th telling me my code.. Check for one on that date that you may have missed?

Cheers Bon, no luck but.
Looks like ill give them a buzz to see what the go is!

Or just wait until the morning as my ticket is only GA.....

[380]

I still havent gotten a code to get presale yet my details are up to date... anyone else have issues?

In my case the code was my membership number, Hope that helps out.

[Roundball Enthusiast]

In my case the code was my membership number, Hope that helps out.

Correct. Your code is your member number. Gives you 10 tickets to the final.

[hawk]

Penalty awarded is paying 3.25. free money

[Superdylan]

Keen as beans.

Will be a good game. Need to work on our defense but otherwise I think we have enough attack to get the job done.

Can't believe this is the 3rd time playing city this season in Newcastle. We didn't even play em in newy last season 😅 😅.

[baldrick]

just quietly, how good is the title of this thread.

17/18 HAL Semi Final 1 | Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City | Fri 27th Apr 2018 750pm

[turbojetfireV8]

Penalty awarded is paying 3.25. free money

do we have a stat for just how many pens City have milked this season? McCormack's season tally owed a hell of a lot to their ability to lose their feet all too easily in the area this season...

[MonkeyKplunk]

I really want to see how much McDonald Jones erupts if one the wankers actually gets carded for trying to milk a penalty. Especially that Arazani douche

[leftrightout]

In my case the code was my membership number, Hope that helps out.

Thank you... worked for me!

[hawk]

who's the Ref? Does he know they go down quicker then a 2bob hore