A-League 2018/19 Round 6 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)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LDLDW (5 point from last 15)
City - WDLWL (7 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Ronald Vargas (2)
City – Ritchie De Laet (2)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (McGree 57', Hoffman 75') - Melbourne City 1 (Fornaroli 14') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round Semi, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round Semi
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 (10)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
1 |
Glen Moss |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
402 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
445 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Jair Edmundo |
5 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
340 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Ronald Vargas |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Mitch Austin |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Kaine Sheppard |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
5 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
432 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
424 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Matthew Ridenton |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
253 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
32 |
Angus Thurgate |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 5 matches
Ernie Merrick - 1 win, Warren Joyce - 3 wins, 1 draw
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 4 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 25% 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 50% win ratio (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss)
TALKING POINTS:
Players
- Bruno Fornaroli has scored in 8 consecutive competitive appearances (7 A-League and 1 FFA Cup) against the Jets. A goal this weekend will break the Australian Football record for goals in consecutive mathes against one opponent, currently held by Joel Griffiths who scored 8 against the Roar.
- Jason Hoffman has scored in his last 2 appearances against City.
- Eugene Galekovic has conceded 10 goals in 17 matches between the sticks when playing at home against the travelling Jets. He kept 9 clean sheets in these 17 appearances.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have kept 3 clean sheets in their last 30 away matches.
- The Jets have scored in 16 consecutive away fixtures in the A-League.
- Jason Hoffman scored his 10th A-League goal for the Jets last weekend.
- The Jets lost their only Sunday away fixture played so far this season - the 2-1 loss to Wellington.
Melbourne City
- City have scored in 13 consecutive matches against the Jets