2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 17
Adelaide United FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC
When: Sunday 31st January, 2016
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
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 10, United Wins – 13, Drawn – 10
Jets Wins – 7, United Wins – 5, Drawn – 3
In Adelaide – 18
Jets Wins – 3, United Wins – 8, Drawn – 7
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10308
Average Away A-League Crowd – 9925
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 – 85 (83 yellow, 2 red), United 50 (47 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LLLWL (3 points from last 15)
United – WDWWW (13 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (6)
United – Craig Goodwin, Marcelo Carrusca & Pablo Sanchez (4)
Last Result –
Jets 0 – United 0 at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 11, 18/12/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 11
Newcastle Jets | Adelaide United |
Mark Birighitti | Eugene Galekovic |
Jason Hoffman | Michael Marrone |
Lachlan Jackson | Dylan McGowan |
Nigel Boogaard | Jordan Elsey |
Nick Cowburn | Tarek Elrich |
Mateo Poljak | Isaias |
Ben Kantarovski | Marcelo Carrusca |
Ryan Kitto | James Jeggo |
David Carney | Sergio Cirio |
Enver Alivodic | Pablo Sanchez |
Milos Trifunovic | Craig Goodwin |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Adelaide 7 (Djite 2’, 54’, Carrusca 23’, 28’, Boogaard 35’, Cirio 70’, Isais 90+3’) at Hindmarsh Stadium, A-League Season 2014/15 Round 15, 24/01/2015.
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 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1339 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Daniel Mullen | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Jason Hoffman | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1347 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Nigel Boogaard | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Ben Kantarovski | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1125 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Cameron Watson | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 846 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Enver Alivodic | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1376 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Mateo Poljak | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Milos Trifunovic | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1278 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 561 | 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Mitch Cooper | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | David Carney | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1334 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Nick Cowburn | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 484 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Braedyn Crowley | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Ryan Kitto | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 568 | 1 | 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 – 0 wins, Guillermo Amor – 0 wins, 2 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller – 2 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- 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)
Adelaide United Coach Record – Guillermo Amor 0% win ratio (0 wins, 2 drawn, 0 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- Newcastle haven’t scored against Adelaide in the last 4 matches.
- Both results this season have 0-0 draws.
- Last week’s defeat was the club’s heaviest defeat at home and the second worst defeat in the club’s history. It came exactly 1 year after the 7-0 loss to Adelaide.
- The Jets haven’t scored away from home since Rd4 against Melbourne City
Players
- Mateo Poljak, Ben Kantarovski and Milos Trifunovic are all 1 booking away from an automatic suspension
- Ben Kantarovski equals Matt Thompson’s number of A-League appearance (121) for the Jets this weekend.
- Steven Ugarkovic could become the 136th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
- Milos Trifunovic has a goals per minute ratio of 1 goal every 213 minutes. Some notable comparisons are Joel Griffith (198), Adam Taggart (168), Milton Rodriguez (200) and Sasho Petrovski (137).
- Nigel Boogaard set a new club record as the quickest player to receive 2 red cards for the Jets. Boogaard took 12 matches while the previous holder, Mateo Corbo, took 14.
Coaches
- Scott Miller’s Jets remain the least potent goalscorers in the club’s history.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have only received 1 penalty in this fixture’s history.
- At least one Jets player has received a booking in every match in this fixture’s history.
- Newcastle have lost their last 3 matches on the road.
- Newcastle have never defeated Adelaide on a Sunday.
- I’m ordering Indian food Sunday because that’s my tradition for Adelaide away games following last year’s thrashing.
Adelaide United
- With 3 wins on the trot and being undefeated in 8 matches, Adelaide are the current form team in the league.
- Eugene Galekovic has kept 10 clean sheets against the Jets.