2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 5
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Western Sydney Wanderers
When: Saturday 7th 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 #NEWvWSW
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 – 3, Wanderers Wins – 3, Drawn – 3
Jets Wins – 0, Wanderers Wins – 2, Drawn – 2
In Sydney – 5
Jets Wins – 3, Wanderers Wins – 1, Drawn – 1
Average Home A-League Crowd – 16524
Average Away A-League Crowd – 11185
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Wanderers – 12
In Newcastle –
Jets – 3, Wanderers – 7
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 3, Wanderers – 6
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 21 (19 yellow, 2 red), Wanderers 7 (7 yellow, 0 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LWLWW (9 points from last 12)
Wanderers – LLDLW (4 points from last 12)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (3)
Wanderers – Mitch Nichols, Andreu Mayoral, Dario Vidosic (1)
Last Result –
Jets 2 (Alivodic 22′, Ki-Je 45′) – Wanderers 1 (Kalmar 51′) at Pirtek Stadium, A-League, Round 22, 21/03/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 22
| Newcastle Jets | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| Ben Kennedy | Ante Covic |
| Nick Cowburn | Iacopo La Rocca |
| Taylor Regan | Sam Gallaway |
| Daniel Mullen | Daniel Alessi |
| Ki-Je Lee | Jonathan Aspropotamitis |
| Enver Alivodic | Yianni Perkatis |
| Ben Kantarovski | Jason Trifiro |
| Jacob Pepper | Alusine Fofanah |
| Andrew Hoole | Nick Kalmar |
| Mitch Cooper | Jaushua Sotirio |
| Edson Montano | Steve Kuzmanovski |
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Wanderers – Mark Bridge (4)
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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 359 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 244 | 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 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 | |
| 16 | Lachlan Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |
| 23 | David Carney | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 358 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Nicholas Cowburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Andrew Pawiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Blake Tuxford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COACHING
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Tony Popovic – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- 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)
Western Sydney Wanderers Coach Record – Tony Popovic 33% win ratio (3 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- Newcastle are undefeated in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
- The last match between these sides was memorable for a terrible offside call from the assistant referee against Edson Montano.
- The Jets have scored in the last 5 matches against the Wanderers.
- Last week’s match is only the second time the Jets have won after being behind at half time. It was the first time they’ve won after being two goals behind.
Players
- This match will be the first time Ante Covic hasn’t been between the sticks for the Wanderers against the Jets.
- There was 66 A-League appearances, and 129 matches, between the two goals Ben Kantarovski scored.
- Lee Ki-Je has scored in his last 2 appearances against the Wanderers.
- Visa players have scored the last 4 goals for the Jets against the Wanderers (Flores, Ki-Je x2, Alivodic)
- David Carney is a man in form. He’s had a hand in 4 of the Jets’ 6 goals scored this season.
Coaches
- Scott Miller has equalled the best start to a season by any Jets coach. He is equal with Gary Van Egmond (v2). A point this weekend will be the best start to a season in Jets history.
