2018/2019 Hyundai A-League
Season 14 Round 9
THE F3DERBY – GAME 1
Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle United Jets FC
When: Sunday 23rd December, 2018
Where: Central Coast Stadium, Dane Drive, Gosford, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 330pm)
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Watch: FoxSports 505 and MyFootballLive app
Listen: ABC Newsradio 104.9FM, ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #F3Derby #MadeOfNewcastle
Get to Hotel Gosford from midday for prematch drinks (under 18’s must be accompanied by parent/guardian)
Join Griff, Lawrie and Labi on the supporters march from Gosford Hotel to the Stadium, leaving from outside the hotel at 410pm
All current Jets Members can scan their membership card at turnstiles for free entry into the stadium
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 14, Mariners Wins – 14, Drawn – 16
Jets Wins – 8, Mariners Wins – 4, Drawn – 9
In Gosford – 22 matches
Jets Wins – 5, Mariners Wins – 10, Drawn – 7
Average Home A-League Crowd – 12343
Average Away A-League Crowd – 10643
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 52, Mariners – 53
In Gosford –
Jets – 28, Mariners – 35
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 22, Mariners – 19
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 107 (103 yellow, 4 red), Mariners 63 (57 yellow, 6 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – LWLWD (7 point from last 15)
Mariners – LLLLL (0 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Ronald Vargas (2)
Mariners – Pain, Simon, Shabow, O’Neill (1)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 8 (Champness 10′, O’Donovan 20′, McGree, 24′, McGree 53′, Jackson 61′, O’Donovan 68′ pen, McGree 75′, D Petratos 81′) – Central Coast Mariners 2 (Pain 39′, Buhagiar 80′) at Central Coast Stadium, A-League, Round 27, Season 2017/18
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 27
| Newcastle Jets | Central Coast Mariners |
| Jack Duncan | Ben Kennedy |
| John Koutroumbis | Jake McGing |
| Ben Kantarovski | Kye Rowles |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Alan Baro |
| Daniel Georgievski | Joshua Rose |
| Steven Ugarkovic | Liam Rose |
| Riley McGree | Wout Brama |
| Dimitri Petratos | Andrew Hoole |
| Joe Champness | Lachlan Wales |
| Jason Hoffman | Connor Pain |
| Roy O’Donovan | Blake Powell |
SQUADS
Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimi PETRATOS, 8.Jair, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 10.Ronald VARGAS,13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Kaine SHEPPARD, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY **two to be omitted**
Ins: 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (return form suspension), 22.Lachlan JACKSON (promoted), 32.Angus THURGATE (promoted)
Outs: 18.John KOUTROUMBIS (not selected)
Unavailable: 24.Joe CHAMPNESS (foot – TBC)
Central Coast Mariners squad: 3.Jack CLISBY, 4.Jake McGING, 5.Antony GOLEC, 7.Andrew HOOLE, 8.Michael McGLINCHEY, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Adam PEARCE (gk), 13.Aiden O’NEILL, 15.Kye ROWLES, 16.Josh MACDONALD, 17.Peter KEKERIS, 18.Matt MILLAR, 19.Matt SIMON (c), 20.Kalifa CISSE, 22.Jacob MELLING, 23.Mario SHABOW, 24.Joe GAUCI, 25.Jordan MURRAY **two to be omitted**
Ins: 17.Peter KEKERIS, 22.Jacob MELLING (return from illness)
Outs: nil
Unavailable: 10.Tommy OAR (knee), 21.Corey GAMEIRO (calf), 44.Ross McCORMACK (knee), 1.Ben KENNEDY (leg injury) & 6.Tom HIARIEJ (calf injury)
Referee: Alex King
Assistant Referee 1: Andrej Giev
Assistant Referee 2: Matthew McOrist
Fourth Official: Ben Abraham
VAR: Craig Zetter
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Mariners – Matt Simon (6)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Subbed On | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red Cards |
| 1 | Glen Moss | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 527 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 684 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Dimitri Petratos | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jair Edmundo | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 493 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy O’Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ronald Vargas | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 704 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mitch Austin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ivan Vujica | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kaine Sheppard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Nick Cowburn | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Georgievski | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 702 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Lachlan Jackson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Matthew Ridenton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Angus Thurgate | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
COACHING
Ernie Merrick – 0 wins, Mike Mulvey – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 3 matches (3 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller – 3 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses = 67% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 2 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (6 wins, 6 drawn and 5 losses = 35% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 wins, 0 drawn, 2 loss = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans -1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
Central Coast Mariners Coach Record – Mike Mulvey 14% win ratio (1 win, 2 drawn, 4 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- Roy O’Donovan returns for his first appearance of the season. O’Donovan ranks 4th in goals per minute in Jets hsitory, scoring every 141 minutes.
- O’Donovan is 1 goal behind equaling Joel Griffiths Jets record for goals inthis fixture.
- Newcastle won all 3 fixtures between these teams last season – the first of either side to achieve this in 13 seasons of the A-League.
- The Mariners have won 2 of the last 12 derbies.
- Of the 105 goals scored in this fixture, there has been 28 scored in final 15 minutes (26%).
Newcastle Jets
- 4 Jets players scored on their debut for the club in this fixture last year – Roy O’Donovan, Joey Champness, Dimi Petratos and Pato Rodriguez.
- The last away game, a 3-0 loss to Melbourne City, was the first time in 17 away A-League matches the Jets had failed to score.
- The Jets are conceding goals at the same rate they were last season (1.25 per game), however their goals per game this season is 0.88 compared to 2.5 at the same stage last season.
- The Jets have lost to the Mariners once when scoring first.
