A-League 2018/19 Round 9 Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 44 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 14, Mariners Wins - 14, Drawn - 16

In Newcastle – 21 matches.
Jets Wins - 8, Mariners Wins - 4, Drawn - 9
In Gosford - 22 matches
Jets Wins - 5, Mariners Wins - 10, Drawn - 7

Average Home A-League Crowd – 12343
Average Away A-League Crowd - 10643

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 52, Mariners - 53
In Gosford -
Jets – 28, Mariners - 35

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 22, Mariners - 19

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 107 (103 yellow, 4 red), Mariners 63 (57 yellow, 6 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LWLWD (7 point from last 15)
Mariners - LLLLL (0 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Ronald Vargas (2)
Mariners – Pain, Simon, Shabow, O'Neill (1)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 8 (Champness 10', O'Donovan 20', McGree, 24', McGree 53', Jackson 61', O'Donovan 68' pen, McGree 75', D Petratos 81') - Central Coast Mariners 2 (Pain 39', Buhagiar 80') at Central Coast Stadium, A-League, Round 27, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 27
Newcastle Jets Central Coast Mariners
Jack Duncan Ben Kennedy
John Koutroumbis Jake McGing
Ben Kantarovski Kye Rowles
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Alan Baro
Daniel Georgievski Joshua Rose
Steven Ugarkovic Liam Rose
Riley McGree Wout Brama
Dimitri Petratos Andrew Hoole
Joe Champness Lachlan Wales
Jason Hoffman Connor Pain
Roy O'Donovan Blake Powell

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win
Jets 8 (Champness 10', O'Donovan 20', McGree, 24', McGree 53', Jackson 61', O'Donovan 68' pen, McGree 75', D Petratos 81') - Mariners 2 (Pain 39', Buhagiar 80') at Central Coast Stadium, A-League, Round 27, Season 2017/18

Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 - (Coveny 85') - Mariners 4 (Gumprecht 4', Brown 34', Hutchinson 72', 83'), Round 16, Season 2005/06 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets - Joel Griffiths (6)
Mariners - Matt Simon (6)


2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number Name Appearances Starts Subbed On Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red Cards
1 Glen Moss 8 8 0 0 720 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 7 6 1 5 527 1 1 2 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 8 8 0 0 720 0 0 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 7 5 2 1 459 0 0 1 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 8 8 0 2 684 0 0 2 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 8 8 0 0 720 1 3 0 0
8 Jair Edmundo 7 7 0 7 493 1 0 0 0
9 Roy O'Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ronald Vargas 8 8 0 1 704 2 0 0 0
11 Mitch Austin 4 0 4 0 68 0 1 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 5 2 3 1 175 0 0 0 0
14 Kaine Sheppard 5 2 3 2 201 1 0 1 0
16 Nick Cowburn 6 1 5 0 278 1 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 8 8 0 2 702 0 1 3 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 6 6 0 2 499 0 0 1 0
23 Matthew Ridenton 6 3 3 1 415 0 0 1 0
32 Angus Thurgate 3 0 3 0 43 0 0 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 8 8 0 0 720 0 1 1 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Mike Mulvey - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Ernie Merrick - 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
  • Mark Jones - 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses = 67% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond - 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
  • Richard Money - 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina - 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos - 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
  • Clayton Zane – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)


Central Coast Mariners Coach Record – Mike Mulvey 14% win ratio (1 win, 2 drawn, 4 losses)


TALKING POINTS:
General
  • Roy O'Donovan returns for his first appearance of the season. O'Donovan ranks 4th in goals per minute in Jets hsitory, scoring every 141 minutes.
  • O'Donovan is 1 goal behind equaling Joel Griffiths Jets record for goals inthis fixture.
  • Newcastle won all 3 fixtures between these teams last season - the first of either side to achieve this in 13 seasons of the A-League.
  • The Mariners have won 2 of the last 12 derbies.
  • Of the 105 goals scored in this fixture, there has been 28 scored in final 15 minutes (26%).

Newcastle Jets
  • 4 Jets players scored on their debut for the club in this fixture last year - Roy O'Donovan, Joey Champness, Dimi Petratos and Pato Rodriguez.
  • The last away game, a 3-0 loss to Melbourne City, was the first time in 17 away A-League matches the Jets had failed to score.
  • The Jets are conceding goals at the same rate they were last season (1.25 per game), however their goals per game this season is 0.88 compared to 2.5 at the same stage last season.
  • The Jets have lost to the Mariners once when scoring first.