A-League 15/16 Round 14 Preview - Sydney FC v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 34 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 6, FC Wins - 20, Drawn - 8
In Newcastle – 17 matches.
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 10, Drawn - 4
In Sydney - 17
Jets Wins - 3, FC Wins - 10, Drawn - 4
Average Home A-League Crowd – 12505
Average Away A-League Crowd - 14112
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 35, FC - 53
In Sydney -
Jets – 18, FC - 27
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 10, FC - 21
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 61 (58 yellow, 3 red), FC 70 (63 yellow, 7 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LLDLL (1 points from last 15)
FC - WLDWD (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (4)
FC – Alex Brosque (5)
Last Result -
Jets 0 – Sydney FC 1 (Brosque 57') at Allianz Stadium, A-League, Round 9, 4/12/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 3
Newcastle Jets |
Sydney FC |
Mark Birighitti |
Vedran Janjetovic |
Jason Hoffman |
Rhyan Grant |
Ben Kantarovski |
Sebastian Ryall |
Lachlan Jackson |
Matthew Jurman |
Ki-Je Lee |
Alex Gersbach |
Mateo Poljak |
Milos Dimitrijevic |
Cameron Watson |
Mickael Taveres |
Ryan Kitto |
Alex Brosque |
David Carney |
Milos Ninkovic |
Milos Trifunovic |
Filip Holosko |
Enver Alivodic |
Andrew Hoole |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 5 (Topor-Stanley 22’, Zadkovich 29’, Brockie 38’, Brockie 87’, Abbas 90’) – Sydney FC 2 (Moriyasu 47’, Beauchamp 71’), Round 7, Season 2011/12 at Sydney Football Stadium, 05/02/2012.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Sydney FC 4 (Brosque 13’, Brosque 40’, Milligan 76 og’, Bridge 85’), Round 21, Season 2008/09 at Sydney Football Stadium, 25/01/2009.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Milton Rodriguez, Ryan Griffiths, Jeremy Brockie, Michael Bridges, Jobe Wheelhouse (3)
FC - Alex Brosque (10)
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 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1069 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
540 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1080 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
9 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
789 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
12 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
987 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Cameron Watson |
12 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
791 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Enver Alivodic |
13 |
13 |
0 |
3 |
1106 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1170 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
12 |
12 |
0 |
3 |
1065 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
7 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
527 |
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 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
720 |
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 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
82 |
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 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
725 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
David Carney |
12 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
1078 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nick Cowburn |
8 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
325 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Braedyn Crowley |
7 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Ryan Kitto |
7 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
351 |
0 |
1 |
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 – 2 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Graham Arnold - 2 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller - 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 win, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 18 match (4 wins, 3 drawn and 11 losses = 22% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 0 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 4 drawn, 1 loss = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - No matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 losses = 0% win ratio)
Sydney FC Coach Record – Graham Arnold 53% win ratio (8 wins, 5 drawn, 2 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The Jets are currently on their longest A-League scoreless streak, standing at 469 minutes.
- Newcastle are also winless in the last 9 matches.
- When playing away against Sydney, the Jets have won on the 3 occasions they have scored first.
- This is the first time the Jets have played at ANZ Stadium.
Players
- Alex Brosque has scored in the last 3 matches against Newcastle.
- Milos Trifunovic and Ben Kantarovski are both 1 yellow card away from and automatic suspension.
- Vedran Janjetovic has never conceded a goal against the Jets at home.
- Alex Brosque is the player who has scored the most goals against the Jets, with 11.
- Shane Smeltz is second on the list with 10 goals and Matt Simon equal 3rd with 7 goals against the Jets during their A-League careers.
Coaches
- Graham Arnold is 8 games undefeated against the Jets.
- Graham Arnold has never lost a home match against the Jets.
- Scot Miller's Jets have the leanest defence but also the bluntest attack in the club's history.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle's last win away against Sydney was 13/10/12. The match was billed as "Heskey v Del Piero"
- Newcastle have failed to score in the first half of the last 12 matches.
- Nine goals in the first 13 games is equal to the previous worst at the same point set in Season 2010/11.
- The Jets have had 10 shots on target in the last 7 matches.
Sydney FC
- FC have kept the Jets scoreless in 7 of the last 8 matches between the two teams.
- The Jets are winless against Sydney in the last 9 matches.
- Sydney have been kept scoreless in the first half of the last 7 clashes between the two teams.