Round 16 Preview –Newcastle Jets v Central Coast Mariners
Overall – 30 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Mariners Wins – 10, Draws – 11
In Gosford – 14 games
Jets Wins – 1, Mariners Wins – 6, Draws – 7
Last Result -
Jets 2(Neville 51, Pasfield 56 og) – Mariners 2 (Flores 65 pen, Sterjovski 80) in Newcastle.
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge, Carle, Rodriguez) – Mariners 1 (Mori), Round 12, Season 2 at Energy Australia Stadium, 12/11/2006.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 (Coveny) – Mariners 4 (Gumprecht, Brown, Hutchinson, Hutchinson), Round 16, Season 1 at Blue Tongue Stadium, 31/12/2005.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 5 (Joel Griffiths).
Mariners – 6 (Matt Simon)
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –
Craig Deans – 1 match (1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (6 wins, 6 draw and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
Richard Money - 5 matches (1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses = 20% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos - 1 match (0 win, 1 draw and 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
Average Away crowd – 11623 (excluding Grand Final, which was at a neurtal venue)
Key facts:
- This is the first F3 Derby for both coaches.
- A Jets coach has only ever lost their first F3 Derby once. That was Gary Van Egmond in his second stint with the club. Gary Van Egmond (version 1) and Craig Deans both won – which were both at home. Richard Money, Nick Theodorakopoulos and Branko Culina all drew their first meetings.
- If Phil Moss wins he will become the first Mariners coach to win an F3 Derby on his first attempt. Similarly, should he lose he will also be the first Mariners coach to do this in his first derby. All other Mariners coaches have drawn their first derby meetings.
- Our last, and only, victory at Blue Tongue Stadium was Round 20, Season 3. This was a 2-1 victory. Joel Griffiths and James Holland were on the scoresheet that day, Adam Kwasnik for the Mariners. The coach on this occasion was Gary Van Egmond.
- The Jets have won twice in the last 11 meetings between the two clubs.
- The Jets have scored only 2 goals in the last 8 matches at Blue Tongue Stadium
- The Jets haven’t lost at Blue Tongue Stadium in over 2 years.
- The Mariners haven’t scored a first half goal against the Jets in the last 5 meetings.