2015/15 Hyundai A-League – Round 20 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 20
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC

When: Saturday 20th February, 2016
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 515pm AEDST (gates open 415pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link

Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvWEL

Active support will located in Bay 42 on the Southern Hill for the remainder of the 2015/16 season. 
If you have ever wanted to join active support and try it out, now is the time. We are looking for people to step up and be involved in active support so please come along and join in.
You will only require a General Admission ticket or membership for the Southern Hill. 

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 27 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 8, Phoenix Wins – 15, Drawn – 4

In Newcastle – 12 matches.
Jets Wins – 5, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 1
In New Zealand – 15 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Phoenix Wins – 9, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10010
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8962

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, Phoenix – 52
In Newcastle –
Jets – 21, Phoenix – 20

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix – 15

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 54 (47 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 45 (42 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – WLLWD (7 points from last 15)
Phoenix – LLLLW (3 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (9)
Phoenix – Blake Powell (7)

Last Result –
Jets 3 (Trifunovic 7′ pen, Kitto 26′, Carney 66′) – Phoenix 1 (Ridenton 81′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 14, 17/11/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 8

Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix
Mark Birighitti Glen Moss
Jason Hoffman Justin Gulley
Daniel Mullen Andrew Durante
Nigel Boogaard Dylan Fox
Lachlan Jackson Troy Danaskos
Mateo Poljak Albert Riera
Ben Kantarovski Roly Bonevacia
Ryan Kitto Vince Lia
David Carney Michael McGlinchey
Enver Alivodic Blake Powell
Milos Trifunovic Alex Rodriguez

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)

2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Substitute Appearances Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red – Second Bookable Straight Red
1 Mark Birighitti 18 18 0 1 1609 0 0 1 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 12 12 0 0 1080 0 0 1 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 18 18 0 1 1617 0 0 7 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 14 14 0 1 1194 0 0 1 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 15 13 2 2 1138 2 0 5 1 0
6 Cameron Watson 15 11 4 7 911 0 0 3 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 19 19 0 3 1646 1 2 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 19 19 0 1 1697 0 1 5 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 18 18 0 5 1548 9 0 4 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 12 10 2 8 787 0 1 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 2 1 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ki-Je Lee 8 8 0 0 720 0 1 1 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 9 3 6 3 256 1 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 6 0 6 0 87 0 0 2 0 0
18 Josh Barresi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 2 1 1 0 101 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 14 11 3 2 1023 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 15 15 0 3 1334 3 4 6 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 14 7 7 2 729 0 0 3 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0
27 Braedyn Crowley 8 1 7 0 202 0 0 0 0 0
28 Ryan Kitto 11 8 3 7 648 1 1 1 0 0
29 Andrew Pawiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Blake Tuxford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Scott Miller – 2 wins, Ernie Merrick – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Scott Miller – 2 matches (2 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 – Ernie Merrick 34% win ratio (9 wins, 6 drawn, 11 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • Newcastle have the opportunity to do the clean sweep against Wellington for the first time.
  • The last 5 matches between these teams at Hunter Stadium have seen 3 or more goals.
  • The last match at Hunter Stadium between these teams is the only home match in the last 2 seasons the Jets have lead at half time and gone on to win.

Penalties

  • The Jets have been awarded 33 penalties and converted 29 in the A-League (88%) while the opposition have been awarded 45 penalties and converted 36 (80%).
  • Mark Birrighitti has saved 3 of the last 4 penalties he has faced. He has a 30% success rate at saving penalties in the A-League – the best rate in the Jets history.
  • Ryan and Joel Griffiths have scored the most A-League penalties for the Jets with 6. Trifunovic is outright 3rd with 4.
  • 2008/2009 (Season 4), 2009/10 (Season 5) & 2012/13 (Season 8) we were awarded 5 penalties, which is the highest we have received in a season.

Players

  • Mateo Poljak and Ben Kantarovski will miss this match after receiving their 5th bookings for the season against Brisbane
  • Mateo Poljak was also substituted for the first time this season.
  • Milos Trifunovic has scored 5 goal in the last 5 games and 4 in the last 3 home matches.
  • Jason Hoffman (7) and Milos Trifunovic (4) are still one match away from an automatic suspension.
  • Mitch Cooper scored his first goal in his 30th A-League appearance for the club.

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have had 3 players dismissed in the last 3 matches against Wellington – Ben Kantarovski (2) and Nigel Boogaard.
  • Jason Hoffman’s only two goals for the Jets were scored against Wellington Phoenix.
  • The Jets have scored the first goal in the last 3 matches at Hunter Stadium.
  • The Jets have lead at halftime in 3 of the last 4 matches between these teams.

Wellington Phoenix

  • Glen Moss has never kept a clean sheet at Hunter Stadium.

The Jetstream Ep51 – TriffIce Ice Baby

Furns (@newyboys) is joined this episode by David (@JeterPool), Michael (@BodyNovo) and Emma (@Synapse101).
After the opening question, we delve into the details of a 2-2 draw away from home to Brisbane Roar. We go through the major talking points from the game and review the overall performance while discussing tactics, stats and player performances.
We talk about some news on the ownership front, by going through the two main prospective buyers. We then talk about a few Newcastle players who have left or are on the outer before going over those Jets W-League players who made or missed out making the Matildas squad. We the get into some correspondence from fellow Jets supporters we preview the game on Saturday 20th February against Wellington Phoenix at Hunter Stadium. We then give our tips and thoughts on the rest of the games in Round 20.

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Gaz’s Gone Drinkin – Match Review and Player Ratings – Brisbane Roar 2 – Newcastle United Jets FC 2

Some will look at the shots stats 23-7 and think we were hopelessly outplayed, truth be told the real stat to look at is the shot accuracy, 29% -50% the chances the roar created were not as clear and gilt edged as ours, and were restricted to scoring from a penalty and a deflection….. A deflection I might add, made by a defender lunging to cut out a ball destined for a player I reckon was offside.

I’ll be honest and say I had cash on us to win, and the draw, so while I did hedge my bets it was clear Friday’s performance is one that yet again points to a vast improvement in mentality and organization.

We deserved more than they did, to be honest. I thought they were unimaginative in attack, simply lobbing balls into the box and hoping to pick up scraps and they did little to get in behind us. We on the other hand, fought back from a slightly dodgy penalty, scored against the run of play, and conceded the equalizer with a horrendous deflection from some desperate defending.

A proud point if ever there was one, and the hint of disappointment in the squad as they trudged off shows they have truly stepped beyond the “be hard to beat” motto from earlier in the season. The January transfer window seems to have seen us rid ourselves of some negativity and take on board some balls to back ourselves. Long may it continue.

Birraz 8/10 some great saves in the final stages. By his own admission should have done more with the penalty….. Nah, screw that, he was excellent and any striker worth their money shouldn’t have given him any chance anyway, it was a shit penalty…. So yeah, screw him he should have done better. Kept us in the match and in all honesty that point should be chalked up as one he earned for us. Looking better on crosses, and boy did the roar throw some in.

Hoffman solid as always he’s been one of our most consistent this year 7/10 played confidently at the back and move the ball forward well. Annoys the shit out of me that some still hate on him from his time with us years ago. For a bloke who’s now a pretty handy fullback he was playing way too far forward back then. Hope he’s here for a a few more seasons to come.

Mulloongaard 7/10 both these lads should drop a turd in a burning paper bag at the aloisi brothers’ door ring the bell and run. Surely pay back is need after the roars brains trust insulting game plan of chipping balls into the box all day. Boogullen dealt with the monotonous Brisbane attack with relative ease, and if not for a soft penalty and a deflection would have earned another clean sheet.

Cowburn 6/10 did well to keep his head screwed on straight after the penalty, a soft call, but a correct one IMO. Hopefully he learns from it….. Either to not let the quick blokes get a shoulder inside him, or to hit the ground quicker than a striker who gets a shoulder inside him. Bloke should buy Ando a few beers for magically producing spare boots. Ando 10/10 made a pair of boots magically appear. What more can a kit-man do! Cowburn substituted by….

Jackson 6/10 did his job. Executed the game plan, demonstrated a keen understanding of what’s expected of him when representing Newcastle. Played his role within the team and buzzworded well, buzzworded effectively in attack linking well with his buzzword. That’s what Miller said anyway.

Poljak 7/10 workhorse on suncorp, a massive pitch and he had the roar midfield largely contained to hopefull balls into the box or passes pushed to men already tightly marked. Thankless task the DM role, just ask Yaya. I’d buy Mateo a birthday cake anyday. Substituted by….

Kanta 6/10 played 13 minutes got yet another yellow. Like Jackson, came on and buzzworded all over the place.

Stevie uG 8/10 like Nordstrand, Stevie uG is a glimpse of the quality we need. He’s strong on the ball, quick across the turf and plays his teammates into space intelligently. Our best midfield player we’ve had at the club since Vignaroli. Lock him up in fort scratchley till he signs on for 7 years.

Leonardo 5/10 looks slow in the last 25 minutes, many passes left wanting. Looked like he should have been dragged off after 70 minutes, but was left on the pitch to get 90minutes into his legs…. And show him that he’s not fully fit yet. Great on the ball, can dance the electric boogaloo with the pigskin, but passes worse than any of the Auckland Kings did.

Cooper 6/10 I know what I’m about to say may seem contradictory but he deserved his goal, and deserved to be hooked after 45. Present, without being highly effective. Substituted by….

Nordstrand 7/10 not the same impact from last week but that would be hard. Linked well when moving forward and again showed he has that touch of class we have been missing.

Alivodic 5/10 he really is the direct opposite of Andrey Arshavin. He works his backside off for the team, but has no end product. He needs to be tied to a chair and made to watch Nordstrands assist for Triffo’s 2nd vs City on loop for 90minutes so he gets to understand he value of an early ball and not trying to beat a bloke 5 times before crossing. Clearly he spent too much time with Carney. Love the bloke, but was frustrating.

triffo! 8/10 ice cool from the spot, and has really started working well, clearly enjoying playing with the Great Dane as opposed the great albino. I’m enjoying watching him drop a little deeper and hold the ball up and bring the midfield into the game with a close attention from the opposition. Love the fact he looks like he doesn’t give a shit, he’s clearly got the best poker face in the team.

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