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2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 23 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 23
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers

When: Sunday 13th 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 #NEWvWSW

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 – 11 matches between the two teams.

Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 5, Drawn – 3

In Newcastle – 5 matches.
Jets Wins – 0, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 2
In Sydney – 6 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 2, Drawn – 1

Average Home A-League Crowd – 16197
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11011

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Wanderers – 16
In Newcastle –
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 9

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 7

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 25 (23 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 13 (13 yellow, 0 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – WDWWL (10 points from last 15)
Wanderers – DLDWL (5 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (9)
Wanderers – Mitch Nichols (9)

Last Result –
Jets 0 – Wanderers 2 (Aguilar 45+2′, Bridge 70′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 12, 24/12/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 12

Newcastle Jets Western Sydney Wanderers
Mark Birighitti Andrew Redmayne
Cameron Watson Scott Neville
Daniel Mullen Alberto Aguilar
Nigel Boogaard Scott Jamieson
Nick Cowburn Nikolai Topor-Stanley
Mateo Poljak Dimas
Ben Kantarovski Jacob Pepper
Ryan Kitto Romeo Castelen
David Carney Mitch Nichols
Enver Alivodic Mark Bridge
Milos Trifunovic Federico Piovaccari

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 2 (Jaliens 37’, Taggart 64’) – Wanderers 0, Round 21, Season 2013/14 at Pirtek Stadium, 02/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Wanderers 3 (Bridge 6’, 33’, Visconte 80’), Round 27, Season 2012/13 at Hunter Stadium, 29/03/2013.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Adam Taggart (3)
Wanderers – Mark Bridge (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 21 21 0 1 1879 0 0 2 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 15 15 0 0 1318 0 0 2 1 0
3 Jason Hoffman 21 21 0 1 1887 0 0 8 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 17 17 0 1 1464 0 0 2 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 17 13 4 2 1168 2 0 5 1 0
6 Cameron Watson 16 12 4 8 978 0 0 4 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 22 22 0 4 1908 1 3 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 21 21 0 1 1877 0 1 6 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 21 21 0 6 1789 9 0 4 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 15 13 2 11 1031 0 2 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 2 1 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ki-Je Lee 8 8 0 0 720 0 1 1 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 11 3 8 3 274 1 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 6 0 6 0 87 0 0 2 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 15 12 3 2 1113 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 15 15 0 3 1334 3 4 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 17 9 8 2 932 0 0 3 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 13 8 5 7 673 1 1 1 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Tony Popovic – 2 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Scott Miller – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – No Matches
  • Branko Culina – No Matches
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – No Matches
  • Craig Deans – No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)

Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 45% win ratio (5 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • The Jets have never defeated Western Sydney at home.
  • Five of the 13 goals scored in this fixture at Hunter Stadium have been scored after the 80th minute.
  • Newcastle have only played the Wanderers once on a Sunday, a match which they won 2-0.
  • There has never been a crowd smaller than 10000 at Hunter Stadium present for a match between these teams.

Players

  • The last 5 goals the Jets have scored against the Wanderers have been scored by Visa players.
  • Milos Trifunovic and Cameron Watson are both one yellow card from an automatic suspension.
  • Jason Hoffman will sit out the match after collecting 8 yellow cards during the season. Daniel Mullen will also be absent following his red card last match.
  • Nikolai Topor-Stanley has been booked in both matches between these teams this season.
  • A player has been sent off in the last 4 matches at Hunter Stadium.

Newcastle Jets

  • The last time the Jets lost after travelling to Perth was 23/11/08. The W-D-L record since is 6-3-0.
  • The Jets last won 3 in a row at home back in November 2011.
  • Trifunovic has scored 4 goals in the last 4 games at Hunter Stadium.

Western Sydney Wanderers

  • The Jets have only won once at home when Liam Reddy is in goals for the opposition.
  • The Wanderers have received 2 penalties in their last two visits to Hunter Stadium, both in the final 15 minutes of the match.