2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 26 Match Preview – Brisbane Roar FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 26
Brisbane Roar FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 3rd April, 2016
Where: Suncorp Stadium, 40 Castlemaine St, Milton QLD 4064
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #BRIvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Brisbane, please join us at our official venue – Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s) at Hamilton and watch the game LIVE. SJ’s is our venue for all away Newcastle Jets fixtures. The game will be shown on the big screen and all ages are welcome (u18’s must be accompanied by an adult). All supporters will be able to purchase $5 house beers, wine and spirits and $10 meals are available from the bistro.

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 12, Roar Wins – 12, Drawn – 9

In Newcastle – 18 matches.
Jets Wins – 3, Roar Wins – 9, Drawn – 6
In Brisbane – 15 matches
Jets Wins – 9, Roar Wins – 3, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9791
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11044

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 35, Roar – 40
In Brisbane –
Jets – 19, Roar – 9

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Roar – 14

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 80 (74 yellow, 6 red), Roar 48 (44 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – TBA (? points from last 15)
Roar – TBA (? points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (9*)
Roar – Jamie Maclaren (17*)

Last Result –
Jets 2 (M. Cooper 15′. Trifunovic 19′ pen) – Roar 2 (Maclaren 6′, Alivodic 69′ o.g) at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 19, 12/2/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 19

Newcastle Jets Brisbane Roar
Mark Birighitti Michael Theo
Jason Hoffman Jack Hingert
Daniel Mullen James Donachie
Nigel Boogaard Jade North
Nick Cowburn Corey Brown
Mateo Poljak Dimitri Petratos
Steven Ugarkovic Corona
Mitch Cooper Matt McKay
Enver Alivodic Brandon Borrello
Milos Trifunovic Jamie Maclaren
Leonardo Vitor Santiago Thomas Broich

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 3 (Bridge 9’, J Griffiths 53’, Bridge 77’) – Roar 0 at Suncorp Stadium, Round 16, Season 2006/07, 07/12/2006.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Roar 5 (Reinaldo 10’, Richter 44’, Brosque 52’, McKay 83’, Murdocca 90+1’), Round 20, Season 2005/06 at Energy Australia Stadium, 26/01/2006.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Joel Griffiths (8)
Roar – Reinaldo (7)

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 23 23 0 1 2059 0 0 2 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 16 16 0 0 1357 0 0 2 2 0
3 Jason Hoffman 22 22 0 1 1977 0 0 8 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 19 19 0 1 1644 0 0 2 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 19 14 5 2 1305 2 0 5 1 0
6 Cameron Watson 17 12 5 8 984 0 0 4 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 24 24 0 5 2082 1 3 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 23 23 0 2 2051 0 1 6 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 22 22 0 7 1862 9 0 4 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 17 15 2 11 1211 0 3 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
16 Steven Ugarkovic 8 7 1 0 655 1 0 1 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 6 0 6 0 87 0 0 2 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 8 5 3 1 529 2 2 1 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 17 13 4 2 1209 0 0 1 0 0
23 David Carney 15 15 0 3 1334 3 4 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 19 11 8 2 1112 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 15 9 6 8 733 2 1 1 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Scott Miller – 0 wins, John Aloisi – 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 (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (9 wins, 3 drawn and 5 losses = 53% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 wins, 4 drawn, 1 losses = 17% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans – No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)

Brisbane Roar Coach Record – John Aloisi 16% win ratio (1 win, 3 drawn, 2 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • Both matches between the teams this season have been drawn.
  • The Jets have been held scoreless only once in Brisbane, while keeping Brisbane scoreless on 9 occasions.
  • Brisbane have scored twice on each of the last 2 matches against the jets in Brisbane.
  • There has never been a goaless match between these teams in Brisbane.

 

Players

  • Mitch Cooper scored his first Jets goal during the last visit to Brisbane.
  • Daniel Mullen will make his 100th A-League appearance this weekend. It will be his 29th appearance for the Jets.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • Newcastle have won in Brisbane on their next visit on each occasion after drawing in the previous visit.
  • The Jets 100th A-League goal was scored in Brisbane by Joel Griffiths.

 

Brisbane Roar

  • Jamie Maclaren is looking to score in his third consecutive appearance against Newcastle.
  • Brisbane have scored the first goal in the last 5 matches between these teams.
  • However, they’ve scored the first goal only 3 times in 15 matches against the Jets at home.