2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Round 5
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Wellington Phoenix FC
When: Saturday 4th November, 2017
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 750pm AEDST (gates open 430pm, W-League kickoff 5pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Channel ONE, FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvWEL
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 31 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 9, Phoenix Wins – 17, Drawn – 5
In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins – 6, Phoenix Wins – 6, Drawn – 2
In New Zealand – 17 matches
Jets Wins – 3, Phoenix Wins – 11, Drawn – 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 9692
Average Away A-League Crowd – 8535
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 38, Phoenix – 63
In Newcastle –
Jets – 26, Phoenix – 24
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 11, Phoenix – 19
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 61 (54 yellow, 7 red), Phoenix 49 (45 yellow, 4 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – WDWD (8 point from last 12)
Phoenix – DLLD (2 points from last 12)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Roy O’Donovan (5)
Phoenix – Andrija Kaluderovic (3)
Last Result –
Newcastle Jets 0 – Wellington Phoenix 5 (Barbarouses 24′, Finkler 36′, Ridenton 49′, Hoffman 66′ o.g, Bonevacia 86′) at Westpac Stadium, A-League, Round 24, Season 2016/17
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 24
| Newcastle Jets |
Wellington Phoenix |
| Jack Duncan |
Lewis Italiano |
| John Koutroumbis |
Ryan Lowry |
| Nigel Boogaard |
Dylan Fox |
| Lachlan Jackson |
Marco Rossi |
| Jason Hoffman |
Adam Parkhouse |
| Wayne Brown |
Vince Lia |
| Steven Ugarkovic |
Roly Bonevacia |
| Morten Nordstrand |
Alex Rodriguez |
| Andrew Hoole |
Kosta Barbarouses |
| Andrew Nabbout |
Hamish Watson |
| Aleksandr Kokko |
Guilherme Finkler |
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 5 (Barbarouses 24′, Finkler 36′, Ridenton 49′, Hoffman 66′ o.g, Bonevacia 86′), Round 24, Season 2016/17 at Westpac Stadium, 26/03/2017.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – Joel Griffiths (4)
Phoenix – Shane Smeltz (6)
2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS
| Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red – Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
| 1 |
Jack Duncan |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
Jason Hoffman |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
353 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
354 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 7 |
Dimitri Petratos |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8 |
Ronald Vargas |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
197 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9 |
Roy O’Donovan |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 10 |
Wayne Brown |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
134 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 12 |
Mario Shabow |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ivan Vujica |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
351 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
326 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Nick Cowburn |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Daniel Georgievski |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
283 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
John Koutroumbis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 19 |
Kosta Petratos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20 |
Glen Moss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23 |
Devante Clut |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24 |
Joe Champness |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
63 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 44 |
Nikolai Topor-Stanley |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Ernie Merrick – 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% win ratio)
- Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 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
- This is just the second Saturday night match against the Nix in Newcastle. The last on 20/11/2010 saw the Jets win 1-0 with a Marko Jesic goal.
- And they have won 3 and lost 1 of the Saturday clashes against Wellington in Newcastle.
- Seven players have scored doubles in this fixture at Hunter Stadium.
- This fixture has produced an average of 4 goals per game over the last 10 between these two
Key Stats from Previous Round
- The Jets are 4 games undefeated for the first time since Round 3 last season (Rd 27 15/16 – Rd 3 16/17)
- Newcastle have managed to gain 5 points from losing positions so far this season.
- Newcastle remain undefeated after 4 games for the second time in A-League history. The last time was 2007/08.
- However, 8 points from 4 games is not the best start to a season. Twice before the Jets have won 3 and lost 1 to start a year with 9 points.
Players
- Nick Cowburn is in line to make his 50th appearance for the Jets. He will be the 8th local player to achieve this.
- Nigel Boogaard will lead the Jets out for a record 45th time in the A-Leauge.
Newcastle Jets
- Glen Moss kept 2 clean sheets in his last 3 apperances against the Jets.
- The Jets have scored 10 goals in 5 matches. It took 10 matches to achieve this last season.
- The 10 goals scored in 4 matches is the Jets most after 4 rounds. Their previous best was 7 in Season 05/06 and 12/13
