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2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 1 Preview – Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle United Jets

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 1
Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC

When: Sunday 11th October, 2015
Where: Westpac Stadium, 105 Waterloo Quay, Wellington, NZ
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (local time 7pm)
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Digital online or ABC Radio App
Tweet: @newyboys #WELvNEW #NTUA

If you are unable to travel to the game in Wellington, please join us at our away venue – Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s) at Hamilton and watch the game LIVE. SJ’s is our venue for away Newcastle Jets fixtures. 

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 25 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Phoenix Wins – 15, Drawn – 4

In Newcastle – 11 matches.
Jets Wins – 4, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 1
In New Zealand – 14
Jets Wins – 2, Phoenix Wins – 9, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10222
Average Away A-League Crowd – 9156

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 28, Phoenix – 50
In New Zealand –
Jets – 10, Phoenix – 31

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 9, Phoenix – 15

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 48 (43 yellow, 5 red), Phoenix 42 (39 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – L (0 points from last 0)
Phoenix – WL (0 points from last 0)

Leading Scorers
Jets – N/A (N/A)
Phoenix – N/A (N/A)

Last Result –
Jets 2 (Bonevacia 12’o.g., Neville 18′) – Phoenix 2 (Krishna 68′, Hicks 90+4’) at Hutt Recreational Park, A-League, Round 18, 22/02/2015 .

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 18

Newcastle Jets Wellington Phoenix
Ben Kennedy Glen Moss
Scott Neville Manny Muscat
Taylor Regan Michael Boxall
Andrew Hoole Ben Sigmund
Sam Gallagher Andrew Durante
Daniel Mullen Roly Bonevacia
Ben Kantarovski Alex Gorrin
Zenon Caravella Nathan Burns
Jacob Pepper Michael McGlinchey
Ki-Je Lee Albert Riera
Edson Montano Roy Krishna

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 5 (Heskey 36’, Griffiths 46’, Taggart 57’, Taggart 77’, Bridges 90+3’) – Phoenix 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 24, 22/03/2014.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Phoenix 4 (Brown 18’, Rojas 31’, Greenacre 41’, Macallister 88’), Round 19, Season 6 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 Second Yellows Straight Total
1 Mark Birighitti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cameron Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Labinot Haliti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Andy Brennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ki-Je Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lachlan Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Braedyn Crowley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

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

  • 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 37% win ratio (9 wins, 6 drawn, 9 losses)

PLAYER FOCUS
This week we take a look at the player who has returned to the Jets in the off-season and scored his first and second A-League goals against the Phoenix in the one match.

  • Jason Hoffman has made 4 appearances against Wellington Phoenix which has consisted of 2 starts and 2 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 0 times. He has played on the field for 227 minutes.
  • He has captained the side 0 times and scored 0 penalties.
  • He has scored 2 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 0 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Jets once every 692 minutes.
  • Jason Hoffman has a Win-Draw-Loss record against Wellington Phoenix of 2-0-2.

The opposition player is a former Jet from the Grand Final winning team, who also the Phoenix captain:

  • Andrew Durante has made 19 appearances for Wellington Phoenix which has consisted of 19 starts and 0 appearances as a substitute. He has been substituted 0 times. He has played on the field for 1740 minutes.
  • He has captained the side 18 times and scored 0 penalties.
  • He has scored 1 goals and provided 0 assists. He has received 3 yellow and 0 red cards. He scored for the Opposition once every 1740 minutes.
  • Andrew Durante has a Win-Draw-Loss record for Wellington Phoenix against the Jets of 11-4-4.

KEY FACTS:

Goals

  • Both teams are without their leading scorers from last year – Edson Montano and Nathan Burns

Players

  • The Jets have kept only 2 clean sheets in Wellington.
  • However, Glen Moss has kept only 3 clean sheets in 18 appearances against the Jets.

Discipline

  • All red cards (8) shown in this fixture have been given at Westpac Stadium.

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets haven’t won the first match of a season in the last 3 years.
  • Their W-D-L record on the opening day is 2-3-4.
  • This is the 3rd year in a row the Jets have been the visiting team in Round 1
  • Nigel Boogaard will become the 21st captain of the club (assuming he is the captain)
  • The Jets have lost only once away from home to Wellington in the last 3 seasons (1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss)

Wellington Phoenix

  • Wellington has scored 8 goals in the last 15 minutes of home matches agaisnt the Jets. That’s 26% of their goals in this fixture.
  • Ernie Merrick has lost against the Jets only once during his time as Wellington coach.
  • When Wellington has scored first (15 occasions), the Jets have never won and only come back to draw twice.
  • Wellington have only won their first match of the season once in 8 seasons and have lost their first match in the last two seasons.
Podcast

The Jetstream Podcast Ep31 – The Stubbins-less Edition

Its an even fuller house this edition as special guest Perth Glory supporter Matt joins David (@Jeterpool), Michael (@BodyNovo), Mitch (@jerkpv4) and Mitchy (@mitchy_novo) for an FFA Cup review episode of The Jetstream Podcast/Pubcast hosted by furns (@newyboys).

In the immediate aftermath of going out of the 2015 FFA Cup competition on penalties to Perth Glory, we sat down in the Sydney Junction Hotel to dissect the overall team and individual player performances, tactics and coaching, as well as the news and recent turmoil surrounding both clubs. We thank Matt for joining us and giving us the Perth perspective, and we hope you enjoy his contributions for this episode.

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Next Match

2015 FFA Cup – Round of 32 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory FC

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2015 Westfield FFA Cup
Round of 32
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Perth Glory FC

When: Tuesday 11th August, 2014
Where: Magic Park, Cnr Curley Rd & Denny St, Broadmeadow, NSW
Kickoff: 730pm AEDST (gates open 630pm)
Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/
Pre-match: 5pm Sydney Junction Hotel (SJ’s), Beaumont St, Hamilton

Interested supporters are invited to attend The Squadron FSC Annual General Meeting which will commence at 530pm at SJ’s prior to catching the shuttle bus to the stadium in time for kickoff.

Watch: online only http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffacupondemand
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvPER

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall A-League – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 6, Glory Wins – 18, Drawn – 6
FFA Cup – 1 match between the two teams. Glory have the only win.

A-League In Newcastle – 17 matches.
Jets Wins – 5, Glory Wins – 8, Drawn – 2
In Perth – 16
Jets Wins – 1, Glory Wins – 10, Drawn – 4

Average Home A-League Crowd – 7986
Average Away A-League Crowd – 7954

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 31, Glory – 55

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 12, Glory – 16

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 58 (56 yellow, 2 red), Glory 46 (43 yellow, 3 red)

Last FFA Cup Result –
Jets 0 – Glory 2 (Keogh 20′ and 88’) at Magic Park, Round of 32

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 4 (Haliti 13’, Brockie 54’, Petrovski 68’ Penalty, Petrovski 69’) – Glory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Midweek Round 1, Season 6, 10/02/2011.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 1 (Parisi 71’) – Glory 5 (Mori 33’, Harnwell 46’, Despotovski 52’, Mori 62’, Sekulovski 81’), Round 7, Season 1 at Energy Australia Stadium, 08/10/2005.

COACHING

Perth Glory Coach Record – Ken Lowe 100% win ratio (6 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses) – A-League & FFA Cup

KEY FACTS:

Goals

  • This match is the Jets opportunity for redemption after losing the same fixture at Magic Park last year.
  • There is a chance there will be no players appearing for the Jets from last years loss. The only players remaining in the squad from last year are Ben Kennedy, Ben Kantarovski and Brandon Lundy.
  • Similarly, Perth will send out a significantly changed line-up.
  • This will be Scott Milller’s first competitive hit out as the Jets manager. Only Branko Culina and Craig Deans have won their first competitive match as manager of the club.
  • Should Edgeworth fail to beat Melbourne City the Jets will have the chance to be the first club from the region to progress to the round of 16.

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