Average Home A-League Crowd – 9494
Average Away A-League Crowd – 7197

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 31, City – 41
In Newcastle – 
Jets – 19, City – 17

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 10, City – 11

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 62 (61 yellow, 1 red), City 35 (33 yellow, 2 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WDWLW (10 point from last 15)
City – WLDLL (4 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Roy O’Donovan (7)
City – Ross McCormack (5)

Last Result – 
Newcastle Jets 2 (Nabbout 14′, Nabbout 52′) – Melbourne City 1 (Fornaroli 69′ pen) at Coffs International Stadium, A-League, Round 17, Season 2016/17

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

Biggest Win

Heaviest Defeat

Leading Scorers in fixture –

• Ernie Merrick – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
• Mark Jones – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% 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)

General

• The Jets have scored in 8 consecutive matches – the second longest streak in the club’s history. The current record is between Round 8 and 17 in 2006/07, the first 10 matches of Gary van Egmond’s reign a coach.
• There have been 35 goals scored in this fixture over the last 3 seasons. An average of just under 4 goals per game.
• The Jets have currently gained 17 points from their last 10 matches, the highest number of points since December 29th 2013.
• The last 7 results in this fixture for the Jets have read Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss, Win, Loss.
• The Jets have the chance to win 3 home matches in a row for the first time since October 2011.

Key Stats from Previous Round

• The 17 points achieved after 8 rounds equals the total earned in Season 2014/15 and 1 point behind the total earned last year.
• 45% of the goals conceded by the Jets have come in the opening 15 minutes, 78% have been conceded in the 1st half.
• It was the 4th time in Jets history they have won a match without any Visa players in the team.
• The Jets have earned 11 points coming from behind this season, the most of ANY season in their history.
• The Jets have earned 4 points more after 8 rounds than any other season in thier history.
• Last week against Victory, the Jets ended a match with the greater share of possession for the first time this season.

Players

• Glen Moss is player 158 to appear for the club.
• Daniel Georgievski became the 75th player to score for the Newcastle Jets.
• Nigel Boogaard will make his 50th apperance for the Jets this weekend.
• Andrew Nabbout is now 7th on the overall goals scored list for the Jets with 12 goals. He’s equal with Michael Bridges.
• Dimi Petratos is averaging a goal or assist every 101 minutes of play this season.

Newcastle Jets

• Ernie Merrick, with 63% , currently has the second highest win percentage in Jets history – behind Craig Deans with 67%.
• Two players have scored the last 7 goals for the Jets in this fixture – Milos Trifunovic and Andrew Nabbout.
• Glen Moss is just the 10th goalkeeper to take the field for the Jets.
• Ivan Vujica is 1 yellow card from a 1 week suspension.
• There have been 21 players appear for the Jets so far this season.

Melbourne City

• Bruno Fornaroli, who will miss this fixture, has scored in 5 consecutive matches against the Jets.
• City will be without Osama Malik, who is suspended for the fixture.
• Ross McCormack has scored half of City’s goals this season.
• City will play in Newcastle for the fist time since early February 2016. The Jets last home game against City was played in Coffs Harbour