A-League 2017/18 Round 25 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 23 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 9, City Wins - 10, Drawn - 4
In Newcastle – 12 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, City Wins - 4, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 11 matches
Jets Wins - 2, City Wins - 6, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9378
Average Away A-League Crowd - 7251
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 34, City - 45
In Newcastle -
Jets – 20, City - 19
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, City - 11
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 64 (63 yellow, 1 red), City 40 (38 yellow, 2 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DWWWL (10 point from last 15)
City - LLLDW (4 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (10)
City – Ross McCormack (14)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Topor-Stanley 3', Hoffman 70') - Melbourne City 2 (Arzani 43' pen, Vidosic 82') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 18, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 18
Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne City |
Jack Duncan |
Dean Bouzanis |
Daniel Georgievski |
Manny Muscat |
Nigel Boogaard |
Harrison Delbridge |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
Michael Jakobsen |
Ivan Vujica |
Scott Jamieson |
Steven Ugarkovic |
Osama Malik |
Ben Kantarovski |
Luke Brattan |
Patricio Rodriguez |
Stefan Mauk |
Joe Champness |
Dario Vidosic |
Andrew Nabbout |
Macin Budzinski |
Jason Hoffman |
Daniel Arzani |
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 and Jets 0 - City 4 (Cahill 12', Fitzgerald 65', Fornaroli 75' pen, Fornaroli 81') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 23 18/3/2017
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Bruno Fornaroli (8)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Subbed On |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red Cards |
1 |
Jack Duncan |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1350 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
21 |
19 |
2 |
7 |
1657 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
21 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1882 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
19 |
17 |
2 |
4 |
1544 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
24 |
24 |
0 |
4 |
2113 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
22 |
22 |
0 |
5 |
1962 |
9 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Ronald Vargas |
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
288 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Roy O'Donovan |
11 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
817 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
19 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
948 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
Patricio Rodriguez |
8 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
572 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Mario Shabow |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
19 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
1520 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
22 |
22 |
0 |
8 |
1902 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
156 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
16 |
16 |
0 |
4 |
1272 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
John Koutroumbis |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
463 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
Kosta Petratos |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Glen Moss |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
810 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
10 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
423 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
5 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Joe Champness |
22 |
13 |
9 |
11 |
1130 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
27 |
Riley McGree |
7 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
436 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
Angus Thurgate |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
93 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
24 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
2160 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Ernie Merrick - 0 wins, Warren Joyce - 1 win, 1 draw
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick - 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Mark Jones - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% 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 – Warren Joyce 50% win ratio (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets secured 2nd spot following Victory's 1-0 loss to Perth.
- This fixture has provided, on average, 4 goals per game over the last 10.
- The two Sunday Jets home games this season have been draws.
- City have defeated the Jets 4-0 once in each of the last 3 seasons.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- This was the first match the Jets have lost by greater than 2 goals.
- Ben Kantarovski has scored 5 goals this season, more than doubling his tally from the previous 9 seasons.
- Bruno Fornaroli has scored in 5 consecutive matches against the Jets. He's scored 7 goals during that time.
- The Jets scored in their 24th consecutive A-League match.
Players
- Jason Hoffman is the 9th player to reach 100 A-League appearances for the Jets.
- Daniel Georgievski is 1 yellow card from receiving a 1 week suspension.
- Mateo Poljak was the last Jets played to score in April - the final goal in the 4-2 thrashing of the Mariners in 2016.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have opened the scoring against City in the last 3 home games, and 7 of the last 9.
- Newcastle have won 8, drawn 2 and lost 2 at home this season. One loss was to City.
- The Jets have scored over 2 goals per home game, while conceding less than 1 goal per match.
- However, they've had an average of 47% possession at home this season.
Melbourne City
- City haven't been kept scoreless in 11 matches against the Jets.