2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Round 17
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC
When: Saturday 20th January, 2018
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 535pm AEDST (gates open 445pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Channel ONE, FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvWEL
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 10, Phoenix Wins – 17, Drawn – 5
Jets Wins – 7, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 2
In New Zealand – 17 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Phoenix Wins – 11, Drawn – 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9465
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8535
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 41, Phoenix – 63
In Newcastle –
Jets – 29, Phoenix – 24
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Phoenix – 19
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 63 (56 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 49 (45 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WLDWW (10 point from last 15)
Phoenix – LDLWD (5 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Roy O’Donovan, Andrew Nabbout (7)
Phoenix – Andija Kaluderovic (9)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 3 (O’Donovan 37′, O’Donovan 45+1′, Nabbout 54′) – Wellington Phoenix 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 5, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 5
Newcastle Jets | Wellington Phoenix |
Jack Duncan | Keegan Smith |
Jason Hoffman | Daniel Mullen |
Nigel Boogaard | Andrew Durante |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Thomas Doyle |
Ivan Vujica | Ali Abbas |
Steven Ugarkovic | Goran Paracki |
Ben Kantarovski | Guilherme Finkler |
Dimitri Petratos | Michael McGlinchey |
Joe Champness | Dario Vidosic |
Andrew Nabbout | Roy Krishna |
Roy O’Donovan | Andrija Kaluderovic |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Phoenix – Shane Smeltz (6)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Subbed On | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
1 | Jack Duncan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Jason Hoffman | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 984 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
4 | Nigel Boogaard | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Ben Kantarovski | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1114 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
6 | Steven Ugarkovic | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1426 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
7 | Dimitri Petratos | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1427 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Ronald Vargas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Roy O’Donovan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 571 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
10 | Wayne Brown | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 651 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
11 | Patricio Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Mario Shabow | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Ivan Vujica | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1341 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
14 | Riley McGree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Andrew Nabbout | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1384 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
16 | Nick Cowburn | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Daniel Georgievski | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 642 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
18 | John Koutroumbis | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 463 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | Kosta Petratos | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Glen Moss | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lachlan Jackson | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Devante Clut | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Joe Champness | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 910 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
COACHING
Ernie Merrick – 1 win, Darije Kalezic – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 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)
Wellington Phoenix Coach Record – Darije Kalezic 0% win ratio (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Newcastle are undefeated against the Nix at home across the last 3 seasons.
- And the Jets haven’t been kept scoreless against Phoenix at home since November 2012.
- The Jets have conceded six 2nd half goals this season.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- First time since 22/3/2014 we have kept consecutive clean sheets.
- First time since 2/2/2007 we have kept 3 consecutive HOME clean sheets.
- We have won 4 consecutive home games for the first time since 2011, when we won the last home game of 2010/11 season and first 3 home games of 2011/12 season.
- Last time we won 4 consecutive home games in a season was2008, which included the Semi-final against Mariners and Preliminary final against Roar.
Players
- Angus Thurgate is the 160th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League
- Ernie Merrick has given 10 A-League debuts this year, so far.
- Daniel Georgievski is 1 yellow card from a 1 week suspension.
Newcastle Jets
- 33 points this season is a higher tally that all but 5 of the last 12 seasons.
- We are 9 points ahead of the previous best season at this point in time – season 2005/06 (the first season of the A-League).