A-League 15/16 Round 4 Preview - Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 15 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, City Wins - 6, Drawn - 3
In Newcastle – 8 matches.
Jets Wins - 5, City Wins - 2, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 7
Jets Wins - 1, City Wins - 4, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9899
Average Away A-League Crowd - 6866
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 23, City - 27
In Melbourne -
Jets – 8, City - 16
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City - 7
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 45 (44 yellow, 1 red), City 22 (21 yellow, 1 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LWLW (6 points from last 9)
City - WDLLW (4 points from last 9)
Leading Scorers
Jets - David Carney (2)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (3)
Last Result -
Jets 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 21
Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne City |
Ben Kennedy |
Tando Velaphi |
Scott Neville |
Jack Clisby |
Jacob Pepper |
Patrick Kisnorbo |
Daniel Mullen |
Kew Jaliens |
Ki-Je Lee |
Aaron Mooy |
Enver Alivodic |
Harry Novillo |
Ben Kantarovski |
Robert Koren |
Zenon Caravella |
Jonathan Germano |
Andrew Hoole |
Paulo Retre |
Mitch Cooper |
Joshua Kennedy |
Radovan Pavicevic |
Mate Dugandzic |
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 2 (Montano 71’, Neumann 79’) – City 5 (Mooy 4’ pen, Koren 9’, 63’ 74’, Duff 24’) at Hunter Stadium, Round 13, Season 2014/15, 30/12/2014.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Mate Dugandzic (5)
2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red - Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
1 |
Mark Birighitti |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
169 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
167 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
208 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Cameron Watson |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
152 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Enver Alivodic |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
269 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
244 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Andy Brennan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ki-Je Lee |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Mitch Cooper |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Themba Muata-Marlow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Lachlan Jackson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Ben Kennedy |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
David Carney |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
268 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nicholas Cowburn |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Andrew Pawiak |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, John Van't Schip - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- 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 – 6 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 – John Van't Schip 45% win ratio (5 wins, 2 drawn, 4 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- While the Jets haven't beaten City in Melbourne since 2010/11 Season, their last trip to AAMI park produced a win against the Victory.
- There has never been a scoreless draw between these teams, and only one of the games has had less than 2 goals.
- Melbourne City have scored 9 goals in the last 2 matches against the Jets (2-5 and 0-4)
- When leading at half time, the Jets have never lost. However, the Jets haven't scored a first half goal in the last 4 matches against City.
- The Jets have won 3 of their last 4 away games.
Players
- Lachlan Jackson became the 134th player to make an A-League appearance for the Jets.
- Should he play this week, Mark Birrighitti will equal the number of appearances of Ante Covic.
- A visa player has scored for the Jets in the last 4 away matches.
Coaches
- Scott Miller has equalled the best start to a season by any Jets coach. He is equal with Craig Deans and Gary Van Egmond (v2). A win this weekend will equal the start from 2012/13.