2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 10 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets vs Melbourne City FC

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 10

Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC

When: Sunday 13th December, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 2pm AEDST (W-League) 5pm AEDST (A-League)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link

Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvMCI

Active support is located in Bay 60. 
Anyone wishing to enter Bay 60 needs to hold a Bay 60 membership or a valid ticket.
If you are already a Jets Member, please go to Members Services to the left of Western Stand gates to be issued a gameday Bay 60 ticket.
For non-members you can purchase a Bay 60 ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 ticket window to the right of the Western Stand gates. 

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 16 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 6, Drawn – 3

In Newcastle – 8 matches.
Jets Wins – 5, City Wins – 2, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 8
Jets Wins – 2, City Wins – 4, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9899
Average Away A-League Crowd – 6909

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, City – 29
In Newcastle –
Jets – 15, City – 11

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City – 8

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 51 (50 yellow, 1 red), City 24 (23 yellow, 1 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LDDDL (3 points from last 15)
City – WLDWW (10 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (7)

Last Result –
Jets 3 (Kantarovski 58′, Trifunovic 74′ pen, Trifunovic 78′) – City 2 (Mooy 12′, Mauk 22′) at AAMI Park A-League, Round 4, 30/10/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 4

Newcastle Jets Melbourne City
Mark Birighitti Thomas Sorensen
Jason Hoffman Connor Chapman
Daniel Mullen Patrick Kisnorbo
Nigel Boogaard Paulo Retre
Ki-Je Lee Ben Garrucio
Mateo Poljak Aaron Mooy
Ben Kantarovski Jacob Melling
Mitch Cooper Stefan Mauk
David Carney Steve Kuzmanovski
Enver Alivodic Bruno Fornaroli
Milos Trifunovic David Williams

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.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Ryan Griffiths (6)
City – Mate Dugandzic (5)

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 8 8 0 1 709 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 4 4 0 0 360 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 9 9 0 0 810 0 0 3 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 6 6 0 1 519 0 0 0 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 8 7 1 1 627 2 0 4 0 0
6 Cameron Watson 8 6 2 4 540 0 0 2 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 9 9 0 1 789 1 0 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 9 9 0 0 810 0 1 1 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 8 8 0 2 717 4 0 3 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 6 6 0 5 450 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 7 7 0 0 630 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
17 Radovan Pavicevic 4 0 4 0 70 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
22 Lachlan Jackson 6 6 0 2 500 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 9 9 0 1 808 2 3 4 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 4 0 4 0 70 0 0 0 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
27 Braedyn Crowley 3 1 2 0 110 0 0 0 0 0
28 Ryan Kitto 3 1 2 1 115 0 1 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

Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Scott Miller – 1 win, John Van’t Schip – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Scott Miller – 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% 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 – John Van’t Schip 41% win ratio (5 wins, 2 drawn, 5 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • The Jets last win came against Melbourne City was the second time they have come from behind at half time to win, and the first from being 2 goals down.
  • City scored 5 goals in their last visit to Hunter Stadium
  • Newcastle have been scoreless in the first half of the last 8 matches. This equals the previous record which was set last season.
  • Both the Jets and the visiting team have entered the sheds scoreless at half time in 12 of the last 18 home matches.
  • There is, on average, more than 3 goals per match when these two teams meet and only one match has had fewer than 2 goals.

 

Players

  • Mark Birrighitti has kept 2 clean sheets in his 3 home appearances against Melbourne City
  • Milos Trifunovic hasn’t had a shot in his last 2 appearances.
  • The Jets have been adjudged offside 5 times in each of the last two matches

 

Coaches

  • December has recently been a tough month for Jets coaches. In the previous 4 seasons, the Jets have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 13 matches during the festive period.
  • However, the Jets remained winless in November for the second consecutive year.
  • Miller’s Jets continue to be the tightest defensive team in Jets history, conceding 1.1 goals per match so far this season.
  • However, they remain the least disciplined, with an average of 2.6 yellow cards per match. The team’s discipline may be improving because they have only received 1 booking in the last 2 matches.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have kept the visiting scoreless in the first half of the last 7 matches.
  • The Jets have won only one game at home in 2015.

 

Melbourne City

  • City have scored 5 goals in their last two games.
  • But they are yet to keep a clean sheet in the A-League
  • Melbourne City have kept the Jets scoreless in the first half of the last 5 matches.