2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Round 4
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC
When: Sunday 29th October, 2017
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 2pm, W-League kickoff 230pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvWSW
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 8, Drawn – 4
Jets Wins – 0, Wanderers Wins – 5, Drawn – 2
In Sydney – 8 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 14645
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11099
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 14, Wanderers – 24
In Newcastle –
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 13
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 4, Wanderers – 11
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 31 (29 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 22 (22 yellow, 0 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WDW (7 point from last 9)
Wanderers – WDD (5 points from last 9)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Roy O’Donovan (5)
Wanderers – Oriol Riera (3)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 0 – Western Sydney Wanderers 3 (Cornthwaite 40, Sotirio 42′, Corthwaite 50′) at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 25, Season 2016/17
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 25
| Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| Jack Duncan | Vedran Janjetovic |
| Daniel Mullen | Scott Neville |
| Nigel Boogaard | Robert Cornthwaite |
| Lachlan Jackson | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| Jason Hoffman | Jack Clisby |
| Mateo Poljak | Terry Antonis |
| Steven Ugarkovic | Kearyn Baccus |
| Wayne Brown | Nicolas Martinez |
| Andrew Hoole | Jumpei Kusukami |
| Andrew Nabbout | Jaushua Sotirio |
| Morten Nordstrand | Lachlan Scott |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Wanderers – Mark Bridge (5)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number | Name | Appearances | Starts | Substitute Appearances | Subbed off | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists | Yellow Cards | Red – Second Bookable | Straight Red |
| 1 | Jack Duncan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Steven Ugarkovic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dimitri Petratos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ronald Vargas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roy O’Donovan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wayne Brown | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mario Shabow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ivan Vujica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 261 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Andrew Nabbout | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 236 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nick Cowburn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel Georgievski | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | John Koutroumbis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Kosta Petratos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Glen Moss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lachlan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Devante Clut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Joe Champness | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Nikolai Topor-Stanley | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COACHING
Ernie Merrick – 0 wins, Hayden Foxe – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller – 3 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (1 win, 2 drawn, 0 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 4 matches (1 win, 0 drawn and 3 losses = 25% win ratio)
- Richard Money – No Matches
- Branko Culina – No Matches
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – No Matches
- Craig Deans – No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 2 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 0 losses = 50% win ratio)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- In the 15 times these two teams have met, the crowd has never been below 9000 – home and away.
- Both teams are undefeated so far this season.
- The Jets have conceded just one second half goal this season.
- The Jets have claimed 1 point in the last 6 times these two teams have met.
- The Jets A-League record at home in a Sunday 5:00pm kick off is 40 matches, 16 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses.
Key Stats from Previous Round
- Roy O’Donovan became the first player since Edson Montano to score in 3 consecutive games.
- Roy’s 5 shots on target this season have all resulted in goals.
- This win was the Jets’ 100th in the A-League.
- This was the 11th consecutive game the Jets have failed to keep a clean sheet.
- The Jets scored the 1st goal in a match for the first time in 9 competitive matches.
Players
- Jaushua Sotirio has scored in his last 3 games against the Jets.
- A Wanderers defender scored in each of the 3 fixtures between these teams last season.
- Roy O’Donovan can become the first player since Adam Taggart to score in 4 consecutive matches.
- Nigel Boogaard will equal the most A-League appearances as captain, with 44.
- Nick Cowburn could make his 50th appearance for the Jets this weekend.
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have kept just 1 clean sheet in this fixture.
- The Jets have scored in just one match of the last 5 times these two teams have met.
