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
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 6, Drawn – 3
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
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
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
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.