2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 18 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 18

Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC

When: Sunday 7th February, 2016
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
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 will located in Bay 42 on the Southern Hill for the remainder of the 2015/16 season. 
If you have ever wanted to join active support and try it out, now is the time. We are looking for people to step up and be involved in active support so please come along and join in.
You will only require a General Admission ticket or membership for the Southern Hill. 

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 17 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 7, Drawn – 3

In Newcastle – 9 matches.
Jets Wins – 5, City Wins – 3, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 8
Jets Wins – 2, City Wins – 4, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9920
Average Away A-League Crowd – 6909

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, City – 33
In Newcastle –
Jets – 15, City – 15

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City – 9

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 52 (51 yellow, 1 red), City 25 (24 yellow, 1 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LLWLL (3 points from last 15)
City – DWDWL (8 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (6)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (14)

Last Result –
Jets 0 – City 4 (Mooy 43′, Fornaroli 56′, Mooy 59′, Fornaroli 62′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/2015.

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

Newcastle Jets Melbourne City
Mark Birighitti Thomas Sorensen
Jason Hoffman Connor Chapman
Lachlan Jackson Patrick Kisnorbo
Ben Kantarovski Ivan Franjic
Ki-Je Lee Jack Clisby
Mateo Poljak Aaron Mooy
Cameron Watson Jacob Melling
Leonardo Vitor Santiago Erik Paartalu
David Carney Stefan Mauk
Enver Alivodic Bruno Fornaroli
Milos Trifunovic Harry Novillo

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 & Jets 0 – City 4 (Mooy 43′, Fornaroli 56′, Mooy 59′, Fornaroli 62′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/15

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 16 16 0 1 1429 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 10 10 0 0 900 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 16 16 0 1 1437 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 15 11 4 7 911 0 0 3 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 17 17 0 3 1466 1 1 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 17 17 0 0 1530 0 1 4 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 16 16 0 5 1368 6 0 5 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 10 8 2 7 634 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 7 1 6 1 126 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 13 11 2 2 998 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 15 15 0 3 1334 3 4 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 12 5 7 1 574 0 0 2 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 11 8 3 7 648 1 1 1 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 – 2 matches
Scott Miller – 1 win, John Van’t Schip – 1 win, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Scott Miller – 2 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% 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 46% win ratio (6 wins, 2 drawn, 5 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • There has never been a scoreless game between these two teams and only one where fewer than 2 goals were scored.
  • The Jets have drawn their last 3 matches in February.
  • City have scored the first goal in the nlast 4 meeting’s between the clubs.
  • The clean sheet in the last match is so far the only clean sheet City have kept this season.
  • The Jets haven’t scored in the first half against City in the last 6 matches.

Players

  • Three players have scored doubles in this fixture this season.
  • Mateo Poljak and Ben Kantarovski both remain on 4 yellow cards – 1 away from an automatic suspension.
  • Steven Ugarkovic and Morten Nordstrand were the 136th and 137th players respectively to appear for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
  • Bruno Fornaroli has scored more goals this season than the Jets.
  • Milos Trifunovic was offside 6 times in the last meeting. The team, 13 times in the match.