2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Round 26
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory FC
When: Friday 6th April, 2018
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 750pm AEDST (gates open 650pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvPER
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 8, Glory Wins – 22, Drawn – 8
Jets Wins – 5, Glory Wins – 10, Drawn – 4
In Perth – 19 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Glory Wins – 12, Drawn – 4
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9272
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8879
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 43, Glory – 74
In Newcastle –
Jets – 23, Glory – 36
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 13, Glory – 23
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 82 (77 yellow, 5 red), Glory 60 (55 yellow, 5 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WWWLL (9 point from last 15)
Glory – WDWWL (10 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (10)
Glory – Andy Keogh, Diego Castro, Adam Taggart (6)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 2 (Koutroumbis 88′, Walker 90+2′ o.g) – Perth Glory 1 (Knowles 20′) at nib Stadium, A-League, Round 10, Season 2017/18
Assistant Referee 1: Lance Greenshields
Assistant Referee 2: James Cleal
Fourth Official: Ben Abraham
Video Assistant Referee: Kris Griffiths-Jones
Ins: 3.Jason HOFFMAN (return from suspension), 10.Wayne BROWN (return from injury), 32.Angus THURGATE (promoted)
Outs: 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI (suspension)
Unavailable: 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (knee – 5 weeks)
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Jack DUNCAN (Gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimi PETRATOS, 8.Ronald VARGAS, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 10.Wayne BROWN, 11.Patricio RODRIGUEZ, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 16.Nick COWBURN, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 20.Glen MOSS (Gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joseph CHAMPNESS, 27.Riley MCGREE, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY (c)
**two to be omitted**
Perth Glory
Ins: 20.Jake BRIMMER, 26.Jacob ITALIANO (both promoted)
Outs: 15.Brandon WILSON (illness)
Unavailable: 15.Brandon WILSON (illness)
Perth Glory squad: 2.Alex GRANT, 4.Shane LOWRY, 7.Joel CHIANESE, 8.Xavi TORRES, 9.Andy KEOGH (c), 13.Nick FEELY (Gk), 14.Chris HAROLD, 16.Joseph MILLS, 17.Diego CASTRO, 18.Andreu GUERAO, 20.Jake BRIMMER, 22.Adam TAGGART, 23.Scott NEVILLE, 26.Jacob ITALIANO, 33.Liam REDDY (Gk) , 66.Dino DJULBIC, 88.Neil KILKENNY
**one to be omitted**
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 10
| Newcastle Jets | Perth Glory |
| Glen Moss | Liam Reddy |
| Jason Hoffman | Jeremy Walker |
| Nigel Boogaard | Shane Lowry |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Alex Grant |
| Ivan Vujica | Joseph Mills |
| Steven Ugarkovic | Brandon Wilson |
| Ben Kantarovski | Xavi Torres |
| Dimitri Petratos | Jacob Italiano |
| Joe Champness | Chris Harold |
| Andrew Nabbout | Mitch Nichols |
| Wayne Brown | Joseph Knowles |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Glory – Jamie Harnwell (7)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Subbed On | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
| 1 | Jack Duncan | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1657 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1882 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1634 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2203 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Dimitri Petratos | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2052 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Ronald Vargas | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 362 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy O’Donovan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 907 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Wayne Brown | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 948 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Patricio Rodriguez | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 600 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mario Shabow | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ivan Vujica | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1610 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Andrew Nabbout | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1902 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Nick Cowburn | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Georgievski | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1362 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 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 |
| 22 | Lachlan Jackson | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Devante Clut | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Joe Champness | 23 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1146 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Riley McGree | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 526 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Angus Thurgate | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2250 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
COACHING
Ernie Merrick – 1 win, Ken Lowe – 0 wins, 1 drawNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 2 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Scott Miller – 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (3 wins, 6 drawn and 7 losses = 19% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 4 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans – No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
Perth Glory Coach Record – Ken Lowe 69% win ratio (9 wins, 2 drawn, 2 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Last week was the first time all seaosn the Jets have lost consecutive games.
- It was also the first time this season they have been kept scoreless.
- Newcastle last defeated Perth at home on November 5th, 2011, through a Jeremy Brockie 2-minute double. They are winless against Glory at home in their last 9.
Players
- Daniel Georgievski will miss the game through suspension after receiving his 8th booking of the season.
- Adam Taggart has scored in his last 2 appearances in Newcastle.
