A-League 16/17 Round 6 Preview - Melbourne City v Newcastle Jets
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 18 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 8, City Wins - 7, Drawn - 3
In Newcastle – 10 matches.
Jets Wins - 6, City Wins - 3, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 8 matches
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 4, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9654
Average Away A-League Crowd - 6909
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 28, City - 34
In Melbourne -
Jets – 11, City - 18
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 9, City - 9
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 55 (54 yellow, 1 red), City 30 (28 yellow, 2 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DWDLL (5 points from last 15)
City - WWLWL (9 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Nigel Boogaard (2)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (4)
Last Result -
Jets 2 (Trifunovic 48' pen, Trifunovic 72') – City 1 (Bruno Fornaroli 79') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 18, 7/2/2016.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 15/16 Round 18
Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne City |
Mark Birighitti |
Thomas Sorensen |
Jason Hoffman |
Osama Malik |
Daniel Mullen |
Patrick Kisnorbo |
Nigel Boogaard |
Ivan Franjic |
Nick Cowburn |
Michael Zullo |
Mateo Poljak |
Jack Clisby |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Jacob Melling |
Mitch Cooper |
Paulo Retre |
Enver Alivodic |
Aaron Mooy |
Milos Trifunovic |
Bruno Fornaroli |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
Harry Novillo |
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 0 – City 4 (Jaliens 18', Novillo 47', Williams 63', Ramsay 87') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 21, 14/03/2015 & Jets 0 - City 4 (Mooy 43', Fornaroli 56', Mooy 59', Fornaroli 62') at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Mate Dugandzic (5)
2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red - Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
246 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
330 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
425 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Andrew Hoole |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
252 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Aleksandr Kokko |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
430 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Andy Brennan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
376 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Mitch Cooper |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
262 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Morten Nordstrand |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
246 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Jack Duncan |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
450 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
157 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
186 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Kristian Brymora |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
John Koutroumbis |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
98 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
Pierce Clark |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, John Van't Schip - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Mark Jones - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
- 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 – 3 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 43% win ratio (6 wins, 2 drawn, 6 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The last time the Jets placed City in Melbourne, they had their famous 3-2 come from behind win.
- There has never been a scoreless draw between these two teams, and only one match where only 1 goal was scored.
- The average goals per match in this fixture is over 3.
- Only one Jets coach has lost their first match against City - Gary van Egmond
- The Jets have a W-D-L record on a Thursday night of 2-1-2.
Players
- Jason Hoffman has been booked in the last 3 matches against Melbourne Heart
- Bruno Fornaroli and Aaron Mooy both scored 3 goals against the Jets last year, however were outscored by Milos Trifunovic with 4.
- A player has scored a double in 4 of the last 5 fixutes between these teams.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have won only twice against City in Melbourne.
- Every time Newcastle have lead at half time, they have gone on to claim all 3 points.
- The Jets have a poor record after playing the Phoenix away from home, winning 2 while drawing 5 and losing 6.
- The Jets have travelled to Melboune the round following a trip to Wellington on 4 occasions and have lost every time.
Melbourne City
- City have scored 4 or more goals against the Jets 3 times in the last 2 seasons.