ALM 2025/26 | MD 7 | Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City | 06/12/25

[Jeterpool]

A-League 2025/26 Match Day 7 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne City

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall ? 43 fixtures between the two teams. Of this, the teams have met on 42 occasions in the A-League and on 1 occasions in the Australia Cup, on 0 occasions in the NSL, on 0 occasions in the Asian Champions League, on 0 occasions in the Pre-Season Cup and on 0 in the OCC.
Jets Wins - 15, City Wins - 22, Drawn - 6

In Newcastle ? 22 matches.
Jets Wins - 11, City Wins - 10, Drawn - 1
In Melbourne - 21 matches
Jets Wins - 4, City Wins - 12, Drawn - 5
In Neutral venues 0 matches
Jets Wins - 0, City Wins - 0, Drawn - 0

Average Home A-League Crowd ? 8559
Average Away A-League Crowd - 6065

Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 51, City - 80
In Newcastle -
Jets ? 31, City - 38

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets ? 18, City - 24

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 105 (102 yellow, 3 red), City 84 (79 yellow, 5 red)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 1 (Rose 69') - Melbourne City 0 at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 19, Season 2024/25

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2024/25 Match day 19

Newcastle Jets	Melbourne City
Noah James	Patrick Beach
Phillip Cancar	Nathaniel Atkinson
Kosta Grozos	Samuel Souprayen
Mark Natta	Kai Trewin
Thomas Aquilina	Aziz Behich
Daniel Wilmering	Mathew Leckie
Charles M'Mombwa	Steven Ugarkovic
Callum Timmins	Kavian Rahmani
Eli Adams	Andreas Kuen
Clayton Taylor	Marco Tilio
Lachlan Rose	Max Caputo

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, Jets 0 - City 4 (Cahill 12', Fitzgerald 65', Fornaroli 75' pen, Fornaroli 81') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 23 18/3/2017 and Jets 0 - City 4 (Luna 3', Luna 28', Cabrera 47', Maclaren 59') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 15/12/2019

Leading Scorers in fixture ?

Jets - Ryan Griffiths (6)
City - Bruno Fornaroli (10)

2025/26 SEASON STATISTICS

Number	Name	Appearances	Starts	Subbed On	Subbed off	Minutes Played	Goals	Assists	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Minutes per Goal Contribution	Position
1	James Delianov	11	11	0	0	1020	0	0	0	0	0	GK
5	Joe Shaughnessey	4	3	1	0	271	0	0	0	0	0	DF
7	Eli Adams	4	0	4	0	116	1	2	1	0	38.6666666666667	MF
8	Lachlan Bayliss	9	4	5	4	376	0	0	2	0	0	DF
9	Lachlan Rose	10	4	6	4	399	2	0	0	0	199.5	FW
11	Ben Gibson	10	7	3	7	541	5	1	1	0	90.1666666666667	FW
13	Clayton Taylor	3	0	3	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	MF
14	Max Burgess	11	11	0	8	881	2	3	1	0	176.2	FW
15	Aleksandar Susnjar	9	9	0	0	840	0	0	5	0	0	DF
17	Kosta Grozos	10	8	2	1	768	0	1	1	1	768	MF
18	Kota Mizunuma	5	5	0	4	413	3	1	0	0	103.25	MF
19	Alexander Badolato	10	10	0	2	871	5	3	3	0	108.875	MF
21	Noah James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	GK
22	Joel Bertolissio	6	2	4	2	304	0	0	0	0	0	MF
23	Daniel Wilmering	11	11	0	1	1005	2	4	1	0	167.5	DF
24	Alex Nunes	6	0	6	0	90	1	1	0	0	45	MF
25	Oscar Fryer	6	1	5	1	207	2	0	0	0	103.5	FW
28	Will Dobson	10	6	4	6	531	2	2	0	0	132.75	MF
33	Mark Natta	3	3	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	0	DF
39	Thomas Aquilina	9	7	2	3	615	0	2	1	0	307.5	DF
41	Lucas Scicluna	2	0	2	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	MF
42	Max Cooper	7	7	0	0	630	0	0	1	0	0	DF
43	Xavier Bertoncello	11	10	1	10	683	3	0	0	0	227.666666666667	FW
45	Christian Bracco	7	2	5	1	280	0	0	0	0	0	MF
46	Ethan Debono	1	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	MF
60	Garang Arou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	DF

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head ? 0 matches
Mark Milligan - 0 wins, Aurelio Vidmar - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records ?

• Mark Milligan - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
• Robert Stanton - 4 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 2 defeats = 25% win ratio)
• Arthur Papas - 4 matches (0 win, 1 drawn, 3 defeats = 0% win ratio)
• Carl Robinson - 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
• Ernie Merrick - 8 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 5 defeats = 25% win ratio)
• Mark Jones - 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 defeats = 33% win ratio)
• Scott Miller - 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 defeat = 67% win ratio)
• Phil Stubbins - 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats = 0% win ratio)
• Clayton Zane ? 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 defeats = 100% win ratio)
• Gary Van Egmond ? 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 defeats = 43% win ratio)
• Craig Deans - 4 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 2 defeats = 50% win ratio)
• Branko Culina ? 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 defeat = 33% win ratio)
• Nick Theodorakopoulos - No matches
• Richard Money - No matches

Melbourne City A-League Coach Record ? Aurelio Vidmar 38% win ratio (5 wins, 4 drawn, 4 losses)

[Jetmaster]

So....a home team that wears gold is playing a team that is usually sky blue. No colour clash at all. But the home team will wear a blue third strip (only for marketing purposes and despite most of the fans now back in gold) and the away team will probably wear a white strip if they have one, or their own third strip.

Words fail me.

[Jeterpool]

But think of the money we will make from the Sydney FC kit

[Jetmaster]

For maximum impact should have worn the third kit next home game v Smurfs. Their fans would be keen to buy.

[Bremsstrahlung]

So....a home team that wears gold is playing a team that is usually sky blue. No colour clash at all. But the home team will wear a blue third strip (only for marketing purposes and despite most of the fans now back in gold) and the away team will probably wear a white strip if they have one, or their own third strip.

Words fail me.

Desperately need to get back to a world where clubs have a “main” kit. Then design the “alternate” kit for those you clash against - eg as gold is pretty light, we’d probably go with a darker jersey. Let clubs have fun with a third kit if they want. But I think teams should always wear their “main” kit even for away games.

I get its money. But it’s so stupid.

[belchardo]

Desperately need to get back to a world where clubs have a “main” kit. Then design the “alternate” kit for those you clash against - eg as gold is pretty light, we’d probably go with a darker jersey. Let clubs have fun with a third kit if they want. But I think teams should always wear their “main” kit even for away games.

I get its money. But it’s so stupid.

I think we should take the concept to it's logical absurdity. 4 new kits each and every game. 1st kit worn in the first half, 2nd kit in the second half. In the event of drinks breaks, the 1st kit is swapped for the third at the time drinks are taken, and the same happens for the 2nd and 4th in the second half. Obviously, during finals there will need to be an additional 4 new kits to cover extra time and shootouts.

Actually, penalties opens up a whole new area...think of the marketing and engagement opportunities if you could vote on the shirt the player will wear to take the penalty...

Anybody got infantino's number? This could get me a peace prize.