A-League 2017/18 Round 23 Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 10, Phoenix Wins - 18, Drawn - 5
In Newcastle – 16 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, Phoenix Wins - 7, Drawn - 2
In New Zealand - 17 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 11, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9553
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8535
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 43, Phoenix - 66
In New Zealand -
Jets – 12, Phoenix - 39
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Phoenix - 20
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 63 (56 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 53 (49 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DWDWW (11 point from last 15)
Phoenix - LLWLL (3 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (10)
Phoenix – Andrija Kaluderovic (9)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Nabbout 48', D. Petratos 86' pen) - Wellington Phoenix 3 (Ljujic 28', Mullen 36', Krishna 58') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 17, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 17
| Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
| Jack Duncan |
Lewis Italiano |
| Daniel Georgievski |
Daniel Mullen |
| Nigel Boogaard |
Andrew Durante |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Marco Rossi |
| Ivan Vujica |
Thomas Doyle |
| Steven Ugarkovic |
Matthew Ridenton |
| Wayne Brown |
Michael McGlinchey |
| Dimitri Petratos |
Matija Ljujic |
| Patricio Rodriguez |
Roy Krishna |
| Andrew Nabbout |
Nathan Burns |
| Jason Hoffman |
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 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1170 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
19 |
17 |
2 |
7 |
1489 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1882 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
17 |
15 |
2 |
4 |
1364 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
22 |
22 |
0 |
3 |
1966 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| 7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
21 |
21 |
0 |
5 |
1872 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
| 8 |
Ronald Vargas |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
197 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
11 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
817 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| 10 |
Wayne Brown |
18 |
11 |
7 |
8 |
915 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 11 |
Patricio Rodriguez |
6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
418 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Mario Shabow |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ivan Vujica |
19 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
1520 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
| 15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
22 |
22 |
0 |
8 |
1902 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
| 16 |
Nick Cowburn |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
105 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
14 |
14 |
0 |
4 |
1092 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
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 |
| 22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
8 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
243 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Joe Champness |
20 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
1022 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 27 |
Riley McGree |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
262 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 32 |
Angus Thurgate |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
1980 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Ernie Merrick - 1 win, Darije Kalezic - 1 win, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 2 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% 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 50% win ratio (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Newcastle have conceded 7 goals in their last 2 fixtures to Wellington, scoring 0.
- The Jets are undefeated at QBE Stadium (North Harbour Stadium), former home of the NZ Knights. Joel Griffiths was the last Jets player to score at that ground.
- A win will secure the Jets a spot in the top 4 this season, while leaving them 2 points from securing second.
- The Jets are undefeated in their last 4 away games. Their record is 6 away matches undefeated.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets will be forced into a minimum of 3 changes from the previous round against Sydney.
- It was just the second time the Jets have won with 10 players while not previously winning at the time.
- It was the Jets first win over Sydney since 22/12/12
- Andrew Nabbout became the 3rd Jets player to score 10 or more goals in a season, following Joel Griffiths and Adam Taggart.
Players
- Roy O'Donovan was the first player in 27 matches to be sent off for the Jets. The last was Jason Hoffman against the Roar in Rd 21 last season.
- Roy's red was also the 3rd fastest in Jets history. The fastest was Jacob Pepper, who was dismissed 6 minutes after coming off the bench. The quickest dismissal from a starting player was Jobe Wheelhouse, who was dismissed after 8 minutes.
- O'Donovan is the 25th different Jets player to be sent off in the A-League.
Newcastle Jets
- Milos Trifunovic was the last Jets player to score in New Zealand.
Wellington Phoenix
- Wellington have opened the scoring in 5 of the last 6 meetings between the clubs.
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