2016/2017 Hyundai A-League
Season 12 Round 24
Wellington Phoenix FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC
When: Sunday 26th March, 2017
Where: Westpac Stadium, 105 Waterloo Quay, Wellington, NZ
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (local time 7pm)
Away Supporters
Tickets: Ticketek Link
Purchase your tickets in Bay 36 to sit with fellow away supporters
Not Travelling?
Join fellow Jets supporters from 3pm at our venue – The Premier Hotel – to watch the away game LIVE. All supporters are welcome – u18’s will need to be accompanied by a supervising adult.
If you sign up to become a Premier Hotel member for $10, you receive $10 in credit on your card. Ask for a membership form at the bar. A Premier Hotel membership gets you a 5% discount on food & drink not only at Premier but also at Junction Hotel & Sunnyside Tavern. You can purchase members only schooner cards – 10 schooners of local tap beers $55 or 10 schooners of craft tap beers $65.
Watch: LIVE on FoxSports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Grandstand Radio online/app or EON Sports Radio app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #WELvNEW
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Phoenix Wins – 16, Drawn – 5
In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins – 6, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 2
In New Zealand – 16 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Phoenix Wins – 10, Drawn – 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9692
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8767
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, Phoenix – 58
In New Zealand –
Jets – 12, Phoenix – 34
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix – 18
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 60 (53 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 48 (44 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – DLDLL (2 points from last 15)
Phoenix – LLWDL (4 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout (8)
Phoenix – Roy Krishna (11)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 2 (Hoole 48′, Nabbout 62′) – Wellington Phoenix 2 (Barbarouses 35′, Finkler 50′) at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 12, Season 2016/17
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 12
| Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
| Jack Duncan |
Glen Moss |
| Jason Hoffman |
Jacob Tratt |
| Daniel Mullen |
Andrew Durante |
| Nigel Boogaard |
Marco Rossi |
| Ivan Vujica |
Thomas Doyle |
| Wayne Brown |
Vince Lia |
| Steven Ugarkovic |
Roly Bonevacia |
| Mateo Poljak |
Guilherme Finkler |
| Andrew Hoole |
Kosta Barbarouses |
| Andrew Nabbout |
Roy Krishna |
| Devante Clut |
Adam Parkhouse |
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)
2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red – Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
| 2 |
Daniel Mullen |
13 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
1084 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
21 |
20 |
1 |
2 |
1717 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
17 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
1444 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
10 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
614 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
21 |
20 |
1 |
4 |
1751 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Andrew Hoole |
22 |
22 |
0 |
1 |
1963 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
Mateo Poljak |
22 |
16 |
6 |
6 |
1475 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Aleksandr Kokko |
12 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
458 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
Wayne Brown |
19 |
16 |
3 |
4 |
1412 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| 11 |
Labinot Haliti |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
116 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Andy Brennan |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Harrison Sawyer |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ivan Vujica |
10 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
775 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
20 |
19 |
1 |
6 |
1628 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Nick Cowburn |
13 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
1039 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
Ma Leilei |
14 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
696 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 19 |
Morten Nordstrand |
19 |
14 |
5 |
10 |
1267 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 |
Jack Duncan |
21 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
1890 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
13 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
1057 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Devante Clut |
18 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
689 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Kristian Brymora |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 26 |
Iain Fyfe |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 28 |
John Koutroumbis |
20 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1100 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones – 0 wins, Des Buckingham – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Mark Jones – 2 matches (0 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Scott Miller – 3 matches (3 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)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets have lost in Wellington only twice in the last 5 seasons.
- Newcastle have lost their last 4 matches on the road.
- Newcastle haven’t scored the first goal on the road all season – 11 matches.
Key Stats from Previous Round (Courtesty of A-Leauge.com.au)
- Of the 6 shots the Jets had, 1 was on target and 1 was taken from inside the box.
- The Jets had 39% possession and completed 67.5% of their passes in the opposition half. City achieved 78%.
- City have defeated the Jets 4-0 in each of the last 3 seasons.
- Bruno Fornaroli has scored 8 goals in 6 appearances against the Jets. The 8 goals have been scored in the last 5 appearances. He’s now the players with the 3rd most goals against the Jets in the A-League.
- Fornaroli now joins Shane Smeltz as the player to have scored 3 doubles in matches against the Jets – the most of any opposition player.
- Andrew Nabbout was offside 4 times.
- Andrew Hoole drew 7 fouls – the most in the game.
Players
- Andrew Hoole has won 69 fouls for the Jets this year – the most in the team. Morten Nordstrand is second with 29.
- Hoole has also conceded the most fouls in the team, with 42.
Newcastle Jets
- Newcastle have conceded 7 penalties in the last 11 matches.
- The 8 penalties the Jets have conceded this year is the most of any previous season in the club’s history.
- Newcastle have failed to keep a clean sheet on the road in the last 15 matches.
- The Jets have had a total of 2 shots on target in their last 2 matches.
Wellington Phoenix
- Wellington will be missing a number of key players due to the international week.
- Wellington are winless in their last 4 home matches.
- A Wellington manager has never won their first match in charge against the Jets.
