A-League 16/17 Round 12 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 29 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, Phoenix Wins - 16, Drawn - 4
In Newcastle – 13 matches.
Jets Wins - 6, Phoenix Wins - 6, Drawn - 1
In New Zealand - 16 matches
Jets Wins - 3, Phoenix Wins - 10, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9788
Average Away A-League Crowd - 8767
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 36, Phoenix - 56
In Newcastle -
Jets – 24, Phoenix - 22
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix - 17
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 57 (50 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 47 (43 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DLLWW (7 points from last 15)
Phoenix - WLLWD (7 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Nigel Boogaard, Andrew Hoole, Andrew Nabbout, Morten Nordstrand, Own Goals (2)
Phoenix – Roy Krishna (7)
Last Result -
Jets 0 – Phoenix 2 (Krishna 21', Krishna 42') at Westpac Stadium, A-League, Round 5, 5/11/2016.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 16/17 Round 5
Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
Jack Duncan |
Glen Moss |
Nick Cowburn |
Jacob Tratt |
John Koutroumbis |
Andrew Durante |
Nigel Boogaard |
Marco Rossi |
Ivan Vujica |
Louis Fenton |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Vince Lia |
Mateo Poljak |
Alex Rodriguez |
Wayne Brown |
Michael McGlinchey |
Jason Hoffman |
Kosta Barbarouses |
Andrew Hoole |
Roy Krishna |
Morten Nordstrand |
Guilherme Finkler |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, Season 2013/14, 22/03/2014.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 2010/11 at Westpac Stadium, 18/12/2010.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix - Shane Smeltz (6)
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 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
243 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
10 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
786 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
630 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
7 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
464 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
10 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
775 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Andrew Hoole |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
990 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
10 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
640 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Aleksandr Kokko |
5 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
154 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
11 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
952 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
116 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Andy Brennan |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
8 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
644 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
8 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
582 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
9 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
722 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Ma Leilei |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
124 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Morten Nordstrand |
8 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
504 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Jack Duncan |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
990 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
157 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
11 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
554 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Kristian Brymora |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
Iain Fyfe |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
John Koutroumbis |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
557 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, Chris Greenacre - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Mark Jones - 1 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller - 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 losses = 25% win ratio)
- Richard Money - No matches
- Branko Culina – 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos - No Matches
- Craig Deans - 1 Match (0 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)
Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Chris Greenacre 0% win ratio (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- There has been an average of over 4 goals per match at MJ Stadium over the last 4 seasons (6 matches).
- These two teams have drawn only once in Newcastle.
- The Jets have the chance to make it 3 wins in a row for the first time since 2013.
- This is the most successful Jets December in 3 years. A win will equal the best December performance since 2009( 9 points of possible 12) and 2010 (9 points from possible 15).
- Newcastle's Home record this calendar year is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses.
Players
- Andrew Hoole remains 1 yellow card from receiving a 1 match suspension.
- Hoole and Jack Duncan are the only two players to have appeared in every minute of the season so far.
- The Jets have claimed points in 75% of the matches in which Andrew Nabbout has played.
- The Jets have never lost when Morten Nordstrand has scored.
- Nordstrand has the 9th best goals per minutes played ratio (1 goal every 214 minutes) and 6th best goals per game ratio (3.17) in Jets history.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have scored 13 goals in 11 matches this year. In only Season 05/06 (18) and 2012/13 (14) have the Jets scored more goals at the same point in a season.
- The Jets have won the last 2 home matches against the Nix.
Wellington Phoenix
- Shane Smeltz will return for Wellington. He is the player with the second most goals against the Jets in A-League history. He's scored 10 A-League goals against the Jets, 6 of which came for Wellington.