2013/14 Round 23 Preview – Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets

 

2013/2014 Hyundai A-League
Season 9 Round 23
Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Saturday 15th March, 2014
Where: Central Coast Stadium, Dane Drive, Gosford, NSW
Kickoff: 730pm AEDST (gates open 630pm)
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Prematch: Hotel Gosford, 179 Mann St, Gosford from 3pm
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Central Coast 95.2FM or ABC Grandstand Digital online
Tweet: @newyboys #F3Derby #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Gosford, please come down to the District Park Tennis Club in Broadmeadow and watch the game LIVE. The Tenzo is now our permanent venue for both home AND away Newcastle Jets fixtures.

If you are travelling to the game you have two options:

Statistics

Overall – 31 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Mariners Wins – 11, Drawn – 11

Total Goals in fixture
Jets – 27, Mariners – 38

Cards in fixture –
Jets – 71 Yellow, 4 red (2 straight), Mariners – 46 Yellow, 3 red (2 straight)

In Gosford- 15 games
Jets Wins – 1, Mariners Wins – 7, Drawn – 7

Last Result –
Jets 0 – 3 Mariners (Caceres 13’, McBreen 31’, Simon 45+2’) at the Central Coast.

Biggest Win –
Jets 3 (Bridge 6’, Carle 18’, Rodriguez 79’) – Central Coast Mariners 1 (Mori 40’), Round 12, Season 2 at Energy Australia Stadium, 12/11/2006.

Heaviest Defeat –
Jets 1 (Coveney 85’) – Central Coast Mariners 4 (Gumprecht 4’, Brown 34’, Hutchinson 72’ 83’), Round 16, Season 1 at Bluetoungue Stadium, 31/12/2005.

Leading Scorers in fixture 
Jets – 5 (Joel Griffiths)
Mariners – 7 (Matt Simon)

Coaches Head to Head – 1 match.
Clayton Zane – 0 wins, Phil Moss – 1 win

Newcastle Jets Coaching Records –
Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Craig Deans – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn and 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn and 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
Richard Money – 5 matches (1 win, 2 drawn and 2 losses = 20% win ratio)
Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 win, 1 drawn and 0 losses = 0% win ratio)

Average Home crowd – 11578

Key facts:

  • Clayton Zane is the only Jets coach to have lost in his first F3 Derby. At the same time Phil Moss became the first Mariners coach to win an F3 Derby on his first attempt.
  • Our last, and only, victory at Blue Tongue Stadium was Round 20, Season 3. This was a 2-1 victory. Joel Griffiths and James Holland were on the scoresheet that day, Adam Kwasnik for the Mariners
  • The Jets have won twice in the last 12 meetings between the two clubs.
  • The Jets have scored only 2 goals in the last 9 matches at Blue Tongue Stadium. The Mariners have scored 15.
  • Joel Griffiths is the only current Jets player to have scored at Blue Tongue Stadium.
  • All Jets players that have been sent off in this fixture have been dismissed playing at Blue Tongue.
  • 40 of the 71 yellow cards the Jets have received have come at Blue Tongue. Also, the Jets have never gone through a game at Blue Tongue without receiving a booking.
  • The most booked players for each team are John Hutchinson and Matt Thompson. Both players have been booked 5 times in this fixture.
  • 4 of the 9 Jets victories were refereed by Matthew Breeze.
  • The Jets have only been ahead at half time twice while playing at Blue Tongue, but we have scored first 5 times in the 15 games.
  • Mark Brighitti is the only Jets player to have kept a clean sheet at Blue Tongue (Season 8, Round 17).

The Referee – TBA