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Newcastle Jets 2-1 Melbourne City - April 27, 2018 / A-League 2017/2018

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A-League 2017/2018 - Semi-finals

McDonald Jones Stadium - Newcastle - Australia

April 27, 2018

19 131

Newcastle Jets

2 - 1

Melbourne City

Assist by Ronald VargasRiley McGree

57'

Jason Hoffman

75'

14'

Nikolai Topor-Stanley (o.g)

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14' - Own goal Nikolai Topor-Stanley

19' - Yellow card Steven Ugarkovic19

28' - Substitution Jack Duncanis substituted by Glen Moss28

42' - Yellow card Stefan Mauk

43' - Yellow card Ronald Vargas43

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54' - Yellow card Daniel Arzani

57' - Goal Riley McGree57

66' - Substitution Ronald Vargasis substituted by Joseph Champness66

75' - Goal Jason Hoffman75

81' - Substitution Oliver Bozanicis substituted by Marcin Budzinski photo Nicholas Fitzgerald

81' - Substitution Stefan Maukis substituted by Nicholas Fitzgerald

84' - Yellow card Luke Brattan

85' - Yellow card Bart Schenkeveld

86' - Yellow card Dimitri Petratos86

90' - Substitution Jason Hoffmanis substituted by Nick Cowburn90

95' - Yellow card Nathaniel Atkinson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle Jets

2 - 1

Melbourne City

Newcastle Jets Melbourne City

Team line-ups

Newcastle Jets

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Petratos86

Dimitri Petratos

Australia

B.date10/11/1992

Age25 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

9O'Donovan

Roy O'Donovan

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1985

Age32 years

H1m79

positionStriker

8Vargas6643

Ronald Vargas

Venezuela

B.date02/12/1986

Age31 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

6Ugarkovic19

Steven Ugarkovic

Australia

B.date19/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

27McGree57

Riley McGree

Australia

B.date02/11/1998

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

18Koutroumbis

John Koutroumbis

Australia

B.date06/03/1998

Age20 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

44Topor-Stanley14

Nikolai Topor-Stanley

Australia

B.date11/03/1985

Age33 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

4Boogard

Nigel Boogard

Australia

B.date14/08/1986

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

17Georgievski

Daniel Georgievski

North Macedonia

B.date17/02/1988

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

1Duncan28

Jack Duncan

Australia

B.date19/04/1993

Age25 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jack Duncan	28	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nigel Boogard		31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	14	33	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	John Koutroumbis		20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Daniel Georgievski		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ronald Vargas	6643	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Riley McGree	57	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Steven Ugarkovic	19	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Dimitri Petratos	86	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Roy O'Donovan		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Melbourne City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Fornaroli

Bruno Fornaroli

Australia

B.date07/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

10Vidosic

Dario Vidosic

Australia

B.date08/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

13Mauk8142

Stefan Mauk

Australia

B.date12/10/1995

Age22 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Arzani54

Daniel Arzani

Australia

B.date04/01/1999

Age19 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Bozanic81

Oliver Bozanic

Australia

B.date08/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

26Brattan84

Luke Brattan

Australia

B.date08/03/1990

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

3Jamieson

Scott Jamieson

Australia

B.date13/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

6Malik

Osama Malik

Australia

B.date30/09/1990

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft Midfielder

5Schenkeveld85

Bart Schenkeveld

Netherlands

B.date28/08/1991

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

37Atkinson95

Nathaniel Atkinson

Australia

B.date13/06/1999

Age18 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

1Bouzanis

Dean Bouzanis

Australia

B.date02/10/1990

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dean Bouzanis		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Bart Schenkeveld	85	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Scott Jamieson		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Oliver Bozanic	81	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luke Brattan	84	28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	D	Nathaniel Atkinson	95	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Osama Malik		27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Stefan Mauk	8142	22	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Daniel Arzani	54	19	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Dario Vidosic		31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Bruno Fornaroli		30	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	G	Glen Moss	28	35	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Lachlan Jackson		23
16	D	Nick Cowburn	90	23	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Pato Rodríguez		27
24	F	Joseph Champness	66	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Eugene Galekovic		36
4	D	Harrison Delbridge		26
2	D	Manny Muscat		33
7	M	Nicholas Fitzgerald	81	26	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Marcin Budzinski	81	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nigel Boogard

Benjamin Kantarovski

OUT

Ronald Vargas

Joseph Champness

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernie Merrick

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Merrick vs Melbourne City

5 victories

5 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 2018

Merrick vs Joyce

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 27, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Warren Joyce

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Joyce vs Newcastle Jets

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 2018

Joyce vs Merrick

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 27, 2018

Referee

Shaun Evans

7 victories	14 draws	12 losses	Newcastle Jets33 matches	General total	Melbourne City35 matches	17 victories	5 draws	13 losses
3 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Newcastle Jets5 matches	Season total	Melbourne City5 matches	1 victory	0 draw	4 losses
Latest figure on February 11, 2024					Latest figure on October 29, 2023

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Key figures

Newcastle Jets keeps its 13 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Melbourne City running (since 19/10/2014). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/01/2014 (2 matches)

Dean Bouzanis played his game number 50 in A-League

Nikolai Topor-Stanley played his game number 10 vs in his professional career with

Read the next 7 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle Jets 1-0 Brisbane Roar12/01/2018

LNewcastle Jets 2-3 Wellington Phoenix20/01/2018

VNewcastle Jets 2-0 Melbourne Victory03/02/2018

VNewcastle Jets 2-1 Sydney FC03/03/2018

LNewcastle Jets 0-3 Melbourne City01/04/2018

LNewcastle Jets 0-2 Perth Glory06/04/2018

Overall

VNewcastle Jets 2-1 Sydney FC03/03/2018

VWellington Phoenix 0-1 Newcastle Jets17/03/2018

LAdelaide United 5-2 Newcastle Jets23/03/2018

LNewcastle Jets 0-3 Melbourne City01/04/2018

LNewcastle Jets 0-2 Perth Glory06/04/2018

VCentral Coast Mariners 2-8 Newcastle Jets14/04/2018

Current form

Away

DCentral Coast Mariners 2-2 Melbourne City14/01/2018

VBrisbane Roar 1-2 Melbourne City04/02/2018

LPerth Glory 2-1 Melbourne City24/02/2018

DAdelaide United 1-1 Melbourne City16/03/2018

VNewcastle Jets 0-3 Melbourne City01/04/2018

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne City14/04/2018

Overall

DAdelaide United 1-1 Melbourne City16/03/2018

VMelbourne City 3-0 Western Sydney24/03/2018

VNewcastle Jets 0-3 Melbourne City01/04/2018

VMelbourne City 1-0 Central Coast Mariners07/04/2018

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne City14/04/2018

VMelbourne City 2-0 Brisbane Roar20/04/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	12	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	13	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1008	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1018
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

27	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
15	Victories (Competition total)	14
8	Victories (Home / Away)	6
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	10
4	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

57	Goals scored (Competition total)	43
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
2.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.62
1.37	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.18
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	48
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
2	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Andrew Nabbout	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Ross McCormack
Andrew Nabbout	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Ross McCormack
Roy O'Donovan	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Ross McCormack
Dimitri Petratos	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Ross McCormack
Andrew Nabbout	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Luke Brattan
Andrew Nabbout	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Scott Jamieson
Riley McGree	3 goals, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	Bruno Fornaroli

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

7 v

1 d

5 l

20 gf

22 ga

Away

11 matches

2 v

3 d

6 l

14 gf

26 ga

Total

24 matches

9 v

4 d

11 l

34 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

3 d

2 l

26 gf

14 ga

Away

13 matches

5 v

1 d

7 l

22 gf

20 ga

Total

24 matches

11 v

4 d

9 l

48 gf

34 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 11, 2012
Home	3 - 0	February 11, 2012

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 18, 2017
Away	4 - 0	December 13, 2015

Latest head to head

April 01, 2018 - A-League 2017/2018

Newcastle Jets

0 - 3

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

January 25, 2018 - A-League 2017/2018

Melbourne City

2 - 2

Newcastle Jets logo Newcastle Jets

December 02, 2017 - A-League 2017/2018

Newcastle Jets

1 - 2

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

March 18, 2017 - A-League 2016/2017

Melbourne City

4 - 0

Newcastle Jets logo Newcastle Jets

January 27, 2017 - A-League 2016/2017

Newcastle Jets

2 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Ryan Griffiths	6 goals	2011 - 2013
Milos Trifunovic	4 goals	2015 - 2016
Adam Taggart	4 goals	2013 - 2014
Andrew Nabbout	4 goals	2016 - 2017
Jeremy Brockie	2 goals	2010 - 2012
Edson Montaño	2 goals	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle Jets

Bruno Fornaroli	9 goals	2015 - 2018
Mate Dugandzic	5 goals	2011 - 2014
Aaron Mooy	4 goals	2014 - 2015
Dario Vidosic	3 goals	2018 - 2018
Robert Koren	3 goals	2014 - 2014
Josip Tadic	2 goals	2012 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Benjamin Kantarovski	16 matches	2010 - 2018
Ruben Zadkovich	11 matches	2010 - 2014
Mark Birighitti	9 matches	2013 - 2016
Nikolai Topor-Stanley	9 matches	2010 - 2018
Andrew Hoole	8 matches	2013 - 2017
Jacob Pepper	8 matches	2012 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/08/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle Jets

David Williams	12 matches	2011 - 2015
Aziz Behich	9 matches	2010 - 2014
Jason Hoffman	9 matches	2010 - 2014
Patrick Kisnorbo	8 matches	2013 - 2016
Paulo Retre	8 matches	2013 - 2017
Michael Marrone	8 matches	2010 - 2013