Overall – 16 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 6, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 9899
Average Away A-League Crowd – 6909

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, City – 29
In Newcastle –
Jets – 15, City – 11

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City – 8

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 51 (50 yellow, 1 red), City 24 (23 yellow, 1 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LDDDL (3 points from last 15)
City – WLDWW (10 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (7)

Last Result –
Jets 3 (Kantarovski 58′, Trifunovic 74′ pen, Trifunovic 78′) – City 2 (Mooy 12′, Mauk 22′) at AAMI Park A-League, Round 4, 30/10/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 4

Biggest Win

Heaviest Defeat

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Coaches Head to Head – 1 matches
Scott Miller – 1 win, John Van’t Schip – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

• Scott Miller – 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
• Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
• Gary Van Egmond – 7 matches (3 wins, 1 drawn and 3 losses = 43% win ratio)
• Richard Money – No matches
• Branko Culina – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
• Nick Theodorakopoulos – No matches
• Craig Deans – 1 Match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)
• Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% win ratio)

Melbourne City Coach Record – John Van’t Schip 41% win ratio (5 wins, 2 drawn, 5 losses)

General

• The Jets last win came against Melbourne City was the second time they have come from behind at half time to win, and the first from being 2 goals down.
• City scored 5 goals in their last visit to Hunter Stadium
• Newcastle have been scoreless in the first half of the last 8 matches. This equals the previous record which was set last season.
• Both the Jets and the visiting team have entered the sheds scoreless at half time in 12 of the last 18 home matches.
• There is, on average, more than 3 goals per match when these two teams meet and only one match has had fewer than 2 goals.

Players

• Mark Birrighitti has kept 2 clean sheets in his 3 home appearances against Melbourne City
• Milos Trifunovic hasn’t had a shot in his last 2 appearances.
• The Jets have been adjudged offside 5 times in each of the last two matches

Coaches

• December has recently been a tough month for Jets coaches. In the previous 4 seasons, the Jets have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 13 matches during the festive period.
• However, the Jets remained winless in November for the second consecutive year.
• Miller’s Jets continue to be the tightest defensive team in Jets history, conceding 1.1 goals per match so far this season.
• However, they remain the least disciplined, with an average of 2.6 yellow cards per match. The team’s discipline may be improving because they have only received 1 booking in the last 2 matches.

Newcastle Jets

• The Jets have kept the visiting scoreless in the first half of the last 7 matches.
• The Jets have won only one game at home in 2015.

Melbourne City

• City have scored 5 goals in their last two games.
• But they are yet to keep a clean sheet in the A-League
• Melbourne City have kept the Jets scoreless in the first half of the last 5 matches.