FFA Cup 2018 Round 16 - Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 25 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 10, City Wins - 11, Drawn - 4

In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins - 8, City Wins - 5, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 11 matches
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 6, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10221
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7251

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 36, City - 49
In Melbourne -
Jets – 14, City - 26

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, City - 13

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 71 (70 yellow, 1 red), City 46 (44 yellow, 2 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (McGree 57', Hoffman 75') - Melbourne City 1 (Fornaroli 14') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Semi Final, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Semi Final
Newcastle Jets Melbourne City
Jack Duncan Dean Bouzanis
John Koutroumbis Nathaniel Atkinson
Nigel Boogaard Bart Schenkeveld
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Osama Malik
Daniel Georgievski Scott Jamieson
Steven Ugarkovic Oliver Bozanic
Riley McGree Luke Brattan
Dimitri Petratos Stefan Mauk
Jason Hoffman Dario Vidosic
Ronald Vargas 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)


COACHING
[INDENT]Coaches Head to Head – 4 matches
Ernie Merrick - 1 win, Warren Joyce - 2 wins, 1 draw