2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 8
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Brisbane Roar FC
When: Saturday 28th November, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 515pm AEDST (gates open 415pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvBRI
Active support is located in Bay 60. Anyone wishing to enter Bay 60 needs to hold a Bay 60 membership or a valid ticket. If you are already a Jets Member go to Members Services at Western Stand to be issued a gameday Bay 60 ticket. For non-members you can purchase a Bay 60 ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 ticket window at the Western Stand entrance.
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 13, Roar Wins – 12, Drawn – 7
Jets Wins – 4, Roar Wins – 9, Drawn – 5
In Brisbane – 14
Jets Wins – 9, Roar Wins – 3, Drawn – 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9218
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11163
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 33, Roar – 37
In Newcastle –
Jets – 16, Roar – 30
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Roar – 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 78 (72 yellow, 6 red), Roar 46 (42 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – WWLDD (8 points from last 15)
Roar – LWDWD (8 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
Roar – Brandon Borello (4)
Last Result –
Jets 1 (Montano 77′) – Roar 2 (Danning 71′, Jackson 86′) at Suncorp Stadium, A-League, Round 27, 24/04/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 27
| Newcastle Jets | Brisbane Roar |
| Ben Kennedy | Jamie Young |
| Nick Cowburn | Jerome Polenz |
| Taylor Regan | Daniel Bowles |
| Daniel Mullen | Lachlan Jackson |
| Ki-Je Lee | George Lambadaridis |
| Enver Alivodic | Adam Sarota |
| Jacob Pepper | Steven Lustica |
| Allan Welsh | Shannon Brady |
| Mitch Cooper | Dimitri Petratos |
| Edson Montano | Patrick Theodore |
| Andrew Hoole | Jean Carlos Solorzano |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Roar – Reinaldo (7)
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 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 529 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 447 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 627 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 362 | 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mitch Cooper | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Carney | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 628 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Cowburn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Braedyn Crowley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ryan Kitto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 – 0 wins, John Aloisi – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 17 matches (9 wins, 3 drawn and 5 losses = 53% win ratio)
- Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 33% win ratio)
- Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 wins, 4 drawn, 1 losses = 17% win ratio)
- Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans – No Matches
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = 100% win ratio)
Brisbane Roar Coach Record – John Aloisi 25% win ratio (1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The last match between these teams was the first loss in Brisbane in almost 2.5 years.
- Brisbane won all 3 matches against the Jets last year.
- The Jets have scored only 1 first half goal against the Roar in the last 3 years, which was a James Donachie own goal, and are currently on a 6 game streak without scoring a first half goal.
- But when the Jets have scored the first goal in the fixture, they have gone on to win the last 4 times, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
- Just under one third of the Roar’s goals against the Jets have been scored between the 76th and 90th minute.
Players
- Lachlan Jackson scored the winner the last time these two teams met.
- Radovan Pavicevic’s goal last season in Round 10 was the lsat scored by a Jets substitute.
- Mark Birighitti has kept 4 clean sheets in 6 appearances against Brisbane.
- Ryan Kitto became the 135th player to appear for the Jets in the A-League.
- David Carney and Ben Kantarovski are one booking from an automatic one week suspension.
Coaches
- Adam Taggart scored a hat-trick against the last John Aloisi lead team to play at Hunter Stadium
- Scott Miller has the second best record of a Jets coach after their first 7 games, behind Gary Van Egmond.
- The Jets are undefeated in 3 consecutive away matches. The last time this was achieved was back in 2011/12.
