2016/17 Hyundai A-League – Round 24 Match Preview – Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

2016/2017 Hyundai A-League
Season 12 Round 24
Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 26th March, 2017
Where: Westpac Stadium, 105 Waterloo Quay, Wellington, NZ
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (local time 7pm)

Away Supporters
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Purchase your tickets in Bay 36 to sit with fellow away supporters

Not Travelling?
Join fellow Jets supporters from 3pm at our venue – The Premier Hotel – to watch the away 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 #WELvNEW

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Phoenix Wins – 16, Drawn – 5

In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins – 6, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 2
In New Zealand – 16 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Phoenix Wins – 10, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9692
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8767

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, Phoenix – 58
In New Zealand –
Jets – 12, Phoenix – 34

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix – 18

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 60 (53 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 48 (44 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – DLDLL (2 points from last 15)
Phoenix – LLWDL (4 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (8)
Phoenix – Roy Krishna (11)

Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 2 (Hoole 48′, Nabbout 62′) – Wellington Phoenix 2 (Barbarouses 35′, Finkler 50′) at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 12, Season 2016/17

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 12

Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix
Jack Duncan Glen Moss
Jason Hoffman Jacob Tratt
Daniel Mullen Andrew Durante
Nigel Boogaard Marco Rossi
Ivan Vujica Thomas Doyle
Wayne Brown Vince Lia
Steven Ugarkovic Roly Bonevacia
Mateo Poljak Guilherme Finkler
Andrew Hoole Kosta Barbarouses
Andrew Nabbout Roy Krishna
Devante Clut Adam Parkhouse

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, Season 2013/14, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 2010/11 at Westpac Stadium, 18/12/2010.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix – Shane Smeltz (6)

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 13 12 1 1 1084 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 21 20 1 2 1717 1 0 2 1 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 17 16 1 1 1444 2 1 6 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 10 7 3 5 614 0 1 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 21 20 1 4 1751 1 0 6 0 0
7 Andrew Hoole 22 22 0 1 1963 5 2 6 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 22 16 6 6 1475 1 0 1 0 0
9 Aleksandr Kokko 12 6 6 6 458 1 0 1 0 0
10 Wayne Brown 19 16 3 4 1412 2 1 6 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 3 0 3 0 47 0 0 1 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 10 9 1 3 775 0 0 1 0 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 20 19 1 6 1628 8 4 3 0 0
16 Nick Cowburn 13 11 2 1 1039 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ma Leilei 14 7 7 6 696 1 2 5 0 0
19 Morten Nordstrand 19 14 5 10 1267 3 2 2 0 0
20 Jack Duncan 21 21 0 0 1890 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 13 12 1 1 1057 0 0 2 0 0
23 Devante Clut 18 7 11 6 689 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 20 11 9 1 1100 0 0 4 0 0

COACHING

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

  • Mark Jones – 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller – 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 12 matches (3 wins, 3 drawn and 6 losses = 25% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – No matches
  • Branko Culina – 7 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 5 losses = 29% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – No Matches
  • Craig Deans – 1 Match (0 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% win ratio)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • The Jets have lost in Wellington only twice in the last 5 seasons.
  • Newcastle have lost their last 4 matches on the road.
  • Newcastle haven’t scored the first goal on the road all season – 11 matches.

Key Stats from Previous Round (Courtesty of A-Leauge.com.au)

  • Of the 6 shots the Jets had, 1 was on target and 1 was taken from inside the box.
  • The Jets had 39% possession and completed 67.5% of their passes in the opposition half. City achieved 78%.
  • City have defeated the Jets 4-0 in each of the last 3 seasons.
  • Bruno Fornaroli has scored 8 goals in 6 appearances against the Jets. The 8 goals have been scored in the last 5 appearances. He’s now the players with the 3rd most goals against the Jets in the A-League.
  • Fornaroli now joins Shane Smeltz as the player to have scored 3 doubles in matches against the Jets – the most of any opposition player.
  • Andrew Nabbout was offside 4 times.
  • Andrew Hoole drew 7 fouls – the most in the game.

Players

  • Andrew Hoole has won 69 fouls for the Jets this year – the most in the team. Morten Nordstrand is second with 29.
  • Hoole has also conceded the most fouls in the team, with 42.

Newcastle Jets

  • Newcastle have conceded 7 penalties in the last 11 matches.
  • The 8 penalties the Jets have conceded this year is the most of any previous season in the club’s history.
  • Newcastle have failed to keep a clean sheet on the road in the last 15 matches.
  • The Jets have had a total of 2 shots on target in their last 2 matches.

Wellington Phoenix

  • Wellington will be missing a number of key players due to the international week.
  • Wellington are winless in their last 4 home matches.
  • A Wellington manager has never won their first match in charge against the Jets.