2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 18
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne City FC
When: Sunday 7th February, 2016
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 5pm AEDST (gates open 4pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvMCI
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
Jets Wins – 7, City Wins – 7, Drawn – 3
Jets Wins – 5, City Wins – 3, Drawn – 1
In Melbourne – 8
Jets Wins – 2, City Wins – 4, Drawn – 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9920
Average Away A-League Crowd – 6909
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 26, City – 33
In Newcastle –
Jets – 15, City – 15
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 8, City – 9
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 52 (51 yellow, 1 red), City 25 (24 yellow, 1 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LLWLL (3 points from last 15)
City – DWDWL (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (6)
City – Bruno Fornaroli (14)
Last Result –
Jets 0 – City 4 (Mooy 43′, Fornaroli 56′, Mooy 59′, Fornaroli 62′) at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 10, 13/12/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 11
| Newcastle Jets | Melbourne City |
| Mark Birighitti | Thomas Sorensen |
| Jason Hoffman | Connor Chapman |
| Lachlan Jackson | Patrick Kisnorbo |
| Ben Kantarovski | Ivan Franjic |
| Ki-Je Lee | Jack Clisby |
| Mateo Poljak | Aaron Mooy |
| Cameron Watson | Jacob Melling |
| Leonardo Vitor Santiago | Erik Paartalu |
| David Carney | Stefan Mauk |
| Enver Alivodic | Bruno Fornaroli |
| Milos Trifunovic | Harry Novillo |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
City – Mate Dugandzic (5)
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 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1429 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1437 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1125 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 15 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 911 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1466 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1530 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1368 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 634 | 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 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Carney | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1334 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Cowburn | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 574 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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
Scott Miller – 1 win, John Van’t Schip – 1 win, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller – 2 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 50% 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 46% win ratio (6 wins, 2 drawn, 5 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- There has never been a scoreless game between these two teams and only one where fewer than 2 goals were scored.
- The Jets have drawn their last 3 matches in February.
- City have scored the first goal in the nlast 4 meeting’s between the clubs.
- The clean sheet in the last match is so far the only clean sheet City have kept this season.
- The Jets haven’t scored in the first half against City in the last 6 matches.
Players
- Three players have scored doubles in this fixture this season.
- Mateo Poljak and Ben Kantarovski both remain on 4 yellow cards – 1 away from an automatic suspension.
- Steven Ugarkovic and Morten Nordstrand were the 136th and 137th players respectively to appear for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.
- Bruno Fornaroli has scored more goals this season than the Jets.
- Milos Trifunovic was offside 6 times in the last meeting. The team, 13 times in the match.
