A-League 15/16 Round 21 Preview - Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 36 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, Mariners Wins - 13, Drawn - 14
In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, Mariners Wins - 4, Drawn - 7
In Gosford - 17 matches
Jets Wins - 1, Mariners Wins - 9, Drawn - 7
Average Home A-League Crowd – 12523
Average Away A-League Crowd - 11267
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 30, Mariners - 44
In Gosford -
Jets – 10, Mariners - 28
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Mariners - 16
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 90 (86 yellow, 4 red), Mariners 51 (47 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LLWDW (7 points from last 15)
Mariners - LWLLL (3 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Milos Trifunovic (9)
Mariners – Fabio Ferreira (6)
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Trifunovic 83') – Mariners 1 (Sim 90+2') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 6, 14/11/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 6
Newcastle Jets |
Central Coast Mariners |
Mark Birighitti |
Paul Izzo |
Jason Hoffman |
Storm Roux |
Nigel Boogaard |
Jacob Poscoliero |
Lachlan Jackson |
Jake McGing |
Ki-Je Lee |
Joshua Rose |
Mateo Poljak |
Nick Montgomery |
Cameron Watson |
Anthony Caceres |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
Dan Heffernan |
David Carney |
Mitch Austin |
Milos Trifunovic |
Roy O'Donovan |
Enver Alivodic |
Nick Fitzgerald |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 3 (Bridge 6', Carle 18', Rodriguez 79') - Mariners 1 (Mori 40') Round 12, Season 2006/07 at Energy Australia Stadium, 12/11/2006.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 1 - (Coveny 85') - Mariners 4 (Gumprecht 4', Brown 34', Hutchinson 72', 83'), Round 16, Season 2005/06 at Express Advocate Stadium, 31/12/2005.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (6)
Mariners - Matt Simon (6)
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 |
19 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
1699 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
13 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
1170 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
19 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
1707 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
15 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
1284 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
15 |
13 |
2 |
2 |
1138 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
Cameron Watson |
16 |
12 |
4 |
8 |
978 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Enver Alivodic |
20 |
20 |
0 |
3 |
1736 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
19 |
19 |
0 |
1 |
1697 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
19 |
19 |
0 |
5 |
1638 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
13 |
11 |
2 |
9 |
875 |
0 |
2 |
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 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
266 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Themba Muata-Marlow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
87 |
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 |
15 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
1113 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
David Carney |
15 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
1334 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nick Cowburn |
15 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
752 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
Braedyn Crowley |
8 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
202 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
Ryan Kitto |
12 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
650 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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 – 1 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Tony Walmsley - 0 wins, 1 draw
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller - 1 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond - 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
- Richard Money - 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina - 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Central Coast Mariners Coach Record – Tony Walmsley 0% win ratio (0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- Newcastle have only won once in Gosford, back in Season 3. It was a 2-1 win with goals scored by James Holland and Joel Griffiths.
- The Jets are winless in the last 12 derbies. However, the last 3 have been drawn results.
- By game day, it will be 2969 days since the Jets last won in Gosford.
- There has only been one penalty awarded in the derby at Gosford. That penalty was for the Mariners, taken by Troy Hearfield and saved by Ben Kennedy.
- The match will occur 4 days after the 8 year anniversary of the Jet's Grand Final win over the Mariners.
Players
- Jason Hoffman is the only remaining player in the squad who made an appearance in the Jets only win in Gosford.
- Morten Nordstrand became the 62nd player to score for the Jets.
- Enver Alivodic has provided 2 assists in 2 weeks.
- Alivodic is also the only Jets player to have appeared in every match this season. It will be his 30th consecutive appearance for the club.
- Mark Birighitti is the only Jets keeper to have kept a clean sheet in Gosford.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets are winless in their last 6 away matches.
- Since the Jets won away in Gosford in Season 3, they have scored only 3 goals in 11 matches on the Coast.
- Those 3 players are Song Jin-Hyung, Labinot Haliti and Joel Griffiths.
- The Jets have the opportunity to go 4 games undefeated, the first time since November 2013.
- In the month of February, the Jets have only lost one match in the last 2 years.
Central Coast Mariners
- The Mariners will be missing 7 (possibly 8) of the 13 players who appeared in the Round 6 clash at Hunter Stadium.
- The Mariners have scored the first goal in the last 3 derbies at Gosford.