2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 7
Adelaide United FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC
When: Sunday 22nd November, 2015
Where: Cooper Stadium, Holden St, Hindmarsh, SA
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (Local time 430pm)
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #ADLvNEW #NTUA #NewyHelps
If you are unable to travel to the game in Adelaide, please join us at our official away venue – Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s) at Hamilton and watch the game LIVE.
SJ’s is our venue for all away Newcastle Jets fixtures.
The Squadron will be selling tickets for the #NewyHelps raffle at SJ’s. Tickets are only $5 each or 6 for $25. Details on the #NewyHelps charity campaign and raffle are available at newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps
The game will be shown on the big screen and all ages are welcome (u18’s must be accompanied by an adult). All supporters will be able to purchase $5 house beers, wine and spirits and $10 meals are available from the bistro.
Please RSVP to the Facebook event here
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 10, United Wins – 13, Drawn – 8
Jets Wins – 7, United Wins – 5, Drawn – 2
In Adelaide – 17
Jets Wins – 3, United Wins – 8, Drawn – 6
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10521
Average Away A-League Crowd – 9918
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, United – 43
In Adelaide –
Jets – 17, United – 30
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 15, United – 13
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 79 (77 yellow, 2 red), United 47 (44 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LWWLD (7 points from last 15)
United – DLLLL (1 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
United – Pablo Sanchez (2)
Last Result –
Jets 0 – United 1 (Carrusca 28′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 23, 29/03/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 23
| Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United |
| Ben Kennedy | Eugene Galekovic |
| Nick Cowburn | Dylan McGowan |
| Taylor Regan | Craig Goodwin |
| Daniel Mullen | Isaias |
| Ki-Je Lee | Marcelo Carrusca |
| Enver Alivodic | James Jeggo |
| Ben Kantarovski | Pablo Sanchez |
| Jacob Pepper | Sergio Cirio |
| Zenon Caravella | Bruce Djite |
| Mitch Cooper | Michael Marrone |
| Edson Montano | Osama Malik |
NEWCASTLE JETS SQUAD
1.Mark BIRIGHITTI (gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (C), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Cameron WATSON, 7.Enver ALIVODIC, 8.Mateo POLJAK, 9.Milos TRIFUNOVIC, 10.LEONARDO, 13.Lee KI-JE, 14.Mitch COOPER, 17.Radovan PAVICEVIC, 20.Ben KENNEDY (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.David CARNEY, 24.Nicholas COWBURN, 25.Brandon LUNDY, 27.Braedyn CROWLEY
**two to be omitted**
Ins
5.Ben KANTAROVSKI (returns from calf injury), 14.Mitch COOPER (promoted), 27.Braedyn CROWLEY (promoted)
Outs
29.Andrew PAWIAK (not selected)
Unavailable
2.Daniel MULLEN (knee – indefinite), 11.Labinot HALITI (knee – season)
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
United – Carl Veart, Marcelo Carrusca (4)
2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Substitute Appearances | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red – Second Bookable | Straight Red |
| 1 | Mark Birighitti | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 357 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 539 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 362 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Labinot Haliti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Andy Brennan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ki-Je Lee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mitch Cooper | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Lachlan Jackson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 248 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Josh Barresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ben Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Carney | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 538 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Cowburn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Andrew Pawiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Blake Tuxford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COACHING
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Guillermo Amor – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (5 wins, 7 drawn and 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 2 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans – No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The Jets have an opportunity to win their 3rd consecutive away game for the first time in their history.
- The last trip to Adelaide saw the Jets defeated 7-0.
- The Jets haven’t scored in the first half of the last 5 matches.
- Adelaide’s last victory was against Sydney in the FFA cup, back in late August.
- Emile Heskey, with 5 goals, is the only player to have scored more goals at this stage of the season than Milos Trifunovic.
Players
- The Jets haven’t scored in the first half of the last 5 matches.
- Before last weekend, Nigel Boogaard’s dismissal was the last previous red card of an opposition player, which was over 2 years ago on 9/11/13. This equates to 55 games.
- This season the Jets are drawing on average 1 save per match from the opposition keeper. The Jets keeper is making on average 4.66 per match.
- Both the Jets and opposition players are averaging a higher amount of yellow cards per match than in any previous seasons – 3.17 (Jets) and 2.33 (Opposition)
Coaches
- The 10 points achieved so far this year is the 2nd best start to a season in Jets history.
- Scott Miller has not used all 3 available substitutes in the last 3 matches.
- Miller’s Jets have the best A-League defensive record of any Jets coach.
