A-League 15/16 Round 8 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Brisbane Roar
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 32 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 13, Roar Wins - 12, Drawn - 7
In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 4, Roar Wins - 9, Drawn - 5
In Brisbane - 14
Jets Wins - 9, Roar Wins - 3, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9218
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11163
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, Roar - 37
In Newcastle -
Jets – 16, Roar - 30
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Roar - 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 78 (72 yellow, 6 red), Roar 46 (42 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - WWLDD (8 points from last 15)
Roar - LWDWD (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (4)
Roar – Brandon Borello (4)
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Montano 77') – Roar 2 (Danning 71', Jackson 86') at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 27, 24/04/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 27
| Newcastle Jets |
Brisbane Roar |
| Ben Kennedy |
Jamie Young |
| Nick Cowburn |
Jerome Polenz |
| Taylor Regan |
Daniel Bowles |
| Daniel Mullen |
Lachlan Jackson |
| Ki-Je Lee |
George Lambadaridis |
| Enver Alivodic |
Adam Sarota |
| Jacob Pepper |
Steven Lustica |
| Allan Welsh |
Shannon Brady |
| Mitch Cooper |
Dimitri Petratos |
| Edson Montano |
Patrick Theodore |
| Andrew Hoole |
Jean Carlos Solorzano |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge 9’, J Griffiths 53’, Bridge 77’) – Roar 0 at Suncorp Stadium, Round 16, Season 2006/07, 07/12/2006.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Roar 5 (Reinaldo 10’, Richter 44’, Brosque 52’, McKay 83’, Murdocca 90+1’), Round 20, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 26/01/2006.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (8)
Roar - Reinaldo (7)
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 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
529 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2 |
Daniel Mullen |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
630 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
6 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
519 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
447 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 6 |
Cameron Watson |
6 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
394 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Enver Alivodic |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
630 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
Mateo Poljak |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
630 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
7 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
627 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
362 |
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 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 |
Mitch Cooper |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Themba Muata-Marlow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
64 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
Josh Barresi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 |
Ben Kennedy |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
101 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
338 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
David Carney |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
628 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Nick Cowburn |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 27 |
Braedyn Crowley |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 28 |
Ryan Kitto |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 29 |
Andrew Pawiak |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 40 |
Blake Tuxford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, John Aloisi - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond - 17 matches (9 wins, 3 drawn and 5 losses = 53% win ratio)
- Richard Money - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina - 6 matches (1 wins, 4 drawn, 1 losses = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - No Matches
- Clayton Zane - 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
Brisbane Roar Coach Record – John Aloisi 25% win ratio (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The last match between these teams was the first loss in Brisbane in almost 2.5 years.
- Brisbane won all 3 matches against the Jets last year.
- The Jets have scored only 1 first half goal against the Roar in the last 3 years, which was a James Donachie own goal, and are currently on a 6 game streak without scoring a first half goal.
- But when the Jets have scored the first goal in the fixture, they have gone on to win the last 4 times, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
- Just under one third of the Roar's goals against the Jets have been scored between the 76th and 90th minute.
Players
- Lachlan Jackson scored the winner the last time these two teams met.
- Radovan Pavicevic's goal last season in Round 10 was the lsat scored by a Jets substitute.
- Mark Birighitti has kept 4 clean sheets in 6 appearances against Brisbane.
- Ryan Kitto became the 135th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
- David Carney and Ben Kantarovski are one booking from an automatic one week suspension.
Coaches
- Adam Taggart scored a hat-trick against the last John Aloisi lead team to play at Hunter Stadium
- Scott Miller has the second best record of a Jets coach after their first 7 games, behind Gary Van Egmond.
- The Jets are undefeated in 3 consecutive away matches. The last time this was achieved was back in 2011/12.