2016/17 Hyundai A-League – Round 17 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC

2016/2017 Hyundai A-League
Season 12 Round 17
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC

When: Friday 27th January, 2017
Where: C.Ex Coffs International Stadium, Stadium Dr, Coffs Harbour NSW
Kickoff: 750pm AEDST (W-League kickoff 520pm)

Not Travelling?
Join fellow Jets supporters from 5pm at The Premier Hotel to watch the game LIVE. All supporters are welcome – u18’s will need to be accompanied by a supervising adult.
If you sign up to become a Premier Hotel member for $10, you receive $10 in credit on your card. Ask for a membership form at the bar. A Premier Hotel membership gets you a 5% discount on food & drink not only at Premier but also at Junction Hotel & Sunnyside Tavern. You can purchase members only schooner cards – 10 schooners of local tap beers $55 or 10 schooners of craft tap beers $65.

Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Radio online/app or EON Sports Radio app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy#NTUA #NEWvMCY

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 19 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 8, City Wins – 8, Drawn – 3

In Newcastle – 10 matches.
Jets Wins – 6, City Wins – 3, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 9 matches
Jets Wins – 2, City Wins – 5, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9654
Average Away A-League Crowd – 7002

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 29, City – 36
In Newcastle –
Jets – 17, City – 16

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 9, City – 10

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 58 (57 yellow, 1 red), City 32 (30 yellow, 2 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – DLWDL (5 points from last 15)
City – DDWLW (8 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (5)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (11)

Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 1 (Nabbout 35′) – Melbourne City 2 (Fornaroli 14′, Fornaroli 27′) at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 6, Season 2016/17

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 6

Newcastle Jets Melbourne City
Jack Duncan Dean Bouzanis
Jason Hoffman Ivan Franjic
John Koutroumbis Osama Malik
Nigel Boogaard Michael Jakobsen
Ivan Vujica Manny Muscat
Wayne Brown Neil Kilkenny
Mateo Poljak Anthony Caceres
Morten Nordstrand Tim Cahill
Andrew Nabbout Bruce Kamau
Andrew Hoole Bruno Fornaroli
Aleksandr Kokko Fernando Brandan

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, Bruno Fornaroli (5)

2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red – Second Bookable Straight Red
2 Daniel Mullen 6 5 1 1 454 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 15 14 1 2 1236 0 0 1 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 11 11 0 1 954 2 1 3 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 7 5 2 3 464 0 1 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 15 14 1 3 1216 1 0 4 0 0
7 Andrew Hoole 15 15 0 0 1350 4 1 5 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 15 11 4 3 1067 1 0 1 0 0
9 Aleksandr Kokko 8 3 5 3 246 0 0 0 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 14 14 0 4 1174 2 1 4 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 3 1 2 0 116 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 2 1 1 1 95 0 0 0 0 0
12 Harrison Sawyer 1 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 10 9 1 3 775 0 0 1 0 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 13 12 1 6 998 5 3 3 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 13 11 2 1 1039 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ma Leilei 9 3 6 2 377 1 0 3 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 12 9 3 5 814 3 1 1 0 0
20 Jack Duncan 16 16 0 0 1440 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 6 5 1 1 427 0 0 0 0 0
23 Devante Clut 15 7 8 6 663 1 2 0 0 0
24 Kristian Brymora 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
26 Iain Fyfe 3 3 0 2 205 0 0 1 0 0
28 John Koutroumbis 13 7 6 0 709 0 1 4 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones – 0 wins, Michael Valkanis – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Mark Jones – 1 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller – 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% 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 – Michael Valkanis 0% win ratio (0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • This fixture has never produced a 0-0 result.
  • On average, this fixture produces over 3 goals.
  • The last time these teams faced off on a Friday, the Jets came back from 2 down at half time to win.
  • Newcastle are 14 matches without keeping a clean sheet. Their record for consecutive matches without a clean sheet is 18.
  • Newcastle have won 3 matches during January over the last 5 seasons (20 matches).

 

Players

  • Bruno Fornaroli has scored 5 goals in his last 3 appearances against the Jets.
  • Wayne Brown and John Koutroumbis are one yellow card from an automatic 1 week suspension.
  • Harrison Sawyer became the 148th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
  • Nigel Boogaard made his 32nd appearance as captain last week, surpassing Matt Thompson (31). He is now the player with 3rd most appearances as captain.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • Newcastle have conceded the first goal in 13 of their last 14 matches.
  • The Jets have 1 additional point, when compared to the same point last season.
  • The Jets have claimed 2 wins from a losing position against City (Heart) – the equal most against any other A-League team.

 

Melbourne City

  • Michael Valkanis has faced the Jets only once as a head coach. He was temporary manager for Adelaide following the departure of John Kosmina.