2014/15 A-League Round 17 Preview – Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers
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2014/2015 Hyundai A-League
Season 10 Round 17
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC
When: Saturday 14th February, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Pre-match: District Park Tennis Club, Cnr Lambton and Curley Rds Broadmeadow from 2pm
ALL supporters are invited to wear a gold item of clothing (ie old Jets jersey or scarf, shirt, etc) if they wish to visually display their dissatisfaction at the current actions of the club administration.
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #Gold4Newy #NTUA #NEWvWSW
Supporters are reminded that active support is located in Bay 60. Anyone wishing to join Bay 60 for this game needs to hold a Bay 60 Membership or purchase a ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 sales windows at the Western Stand entrance. When purchasing via the mobile site or app select CATEGORY: 2 Reserved Seating and TICKET: Home Supporters. People with existing memberships in other areas of the stadium can also swap for a single Bay 60 game ticket at the Member Services window at to the Western Stand entrance.
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 7 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 2, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 2
In Newcastle – 3 games
Jets Wins – 2, Wanderers Wins – 1, Drawn – 0
Average Away A-League crowd – 18359
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, Wanderers – 10
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 13 (11 Yellow, 2 Red), Wanderers – 5 (5 Yellow, 0 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LLDLL
Wanderers – WLLDL
Leading Scorers
Jets – Edson Montano, Joel Griffiths 3, Wanderers – Mark Bridge, Tomi Juric 2
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Flores 27’) – Wanderers 1 (Juric 12’) at Pirtek Stadium, A-League, Round 7, 22/11/2014.
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 9 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 8 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 3 (Adam Taggart)
Wanderers – 4 (Mark Bridge)
2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS
Appearances
- 16 Edson Montano
- 15 David Carney, Joel Griffiths, Andrew Hoole
- 13 Jeronimo Neumann, Kew Jaliens, Zenon Caravella, Jacob Pepper
- 12 Scott Neville
- 11 Ben Kantarovski, Allan Wesh
- 10 Adrian Madaschi, Sam Gallagher, Ben Kennedy
- 8 James Virgili
- 6 Mark Birrighiti , Marco Flores, Taylor Regan
- 5 Sam Gallaway,
- 4 Billy Celeski,
- 2 Jonny Steele, Radovan Pavicevic
- 1 Nicholas Cowburn, Daniel Mullen, Lee K-Ji
Goals
- 3 Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Marco Flores, Radovan Pavicevic, Scott Neville, Taylor Regan
Assists
- 3 David Carney
- 2 Andrew Hoole
- 1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Adrian Madaschi
Yellow Cards
- 5 Kew Jaliens
- 4 Andrew Hoole, Adrian Madaschi
- 3 Taylor Regan, Jeronimo Neumann, Edson Montano, James Virgili, Scott Neville, David Carney,
- 2 Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Joel Griffiths, Ben Kantarovski
- 1 Jonny Steele, Allan Welsh, Sam Gallaway, Mitch Cooper, Zenon Caravella, Radovan Pavicevic
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 1 match
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, Tony Popovic - 0 wins, 1 drawn,
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 1 Matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 0 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - 0 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = -% win ratio)
Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 43% win ratio (3 win, 2 drawn, 2 losses).
KEY FACTS:
- The Wanderers have scored a goal in the first half each time they have played in Newcastle.
- The Jets record on a Saturday against the Wanderers in 1 win, 2 draw and 2 losses.
- The Wanderers won their first match on the weekend. Should they in they will go above the Jets on the table.
- The Wanderers have only received 5 bookings against the Jets in 7 matches.
- The Jets have received 45 bookings and 1 red card this season, while an opposition player has only been booked 10 times.
- The Jets current point tally is 7 points behind their previously worst season performance (Season 4) at this current point (16 matches).
- The Jets have only kept one clean sheet against the Wanderers.
- The Wanderers have scored 1 goal in the first clash with the Jets each season. They have also scored 2 goals the second time the teams have met each season.
- Ante Covic is the only Wanderers keeper to have appeared against the Jets.
- The Jets have scored two very late goals in this fixture (90th minute or later).
- There have been no penalties awarded so far in this fixture.
- The Jets have only won against Western Sydney when they are ahead at half time.
- This weekend could mark the 40th A-League appearance for Scott Neville.
- Daniel Mullen and Lee Ki-Ji became the 121st and 122nd players to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
- Radovan Pavicevic became the 54th player to score a goal for the Jets.
Jets v Wanderers Trivia:
1. How many players has Phil Stubbins given a Newcastle Jets debut to this season?
2. Who are the 5 Wanderers players to have received a booking against the Jets?
3. Which Jets player has spent the most time on the pitch this season?