Overall Head-To-Head Record
Played 13; Wellington Phoenix FC 8, Newcastle Jets FC 4, Drawn 1
Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Local kick-off: 4.30pm
Referee: Matt Gillett
AR 1/2: Glen Lochrie/Jan Hendrik Hintz
4th official: Matthew Conger
Radio broadcaster: The Radio Network (Wellington) 1035AM
Wellington Phoenix squad: 1. Mark Paston; 2, Manny Muscat; 3, Tony Lochhead; 4, Brent Griffiths; 6, Tim Brown; 7, Leo Bertos; 8, Paul Ifill; 9, Chris Greenacre; 11, Daniel; 12, Nicky Ward; 13, Niko Tsattalios; 15, Cameron Lindsay; 18, Ben Sigmund; 19, Jimmy Downey; 20, Tony Warner; 21, Dani Sanchez; 22, Andrew Durante; 24 Alex Smith
*three to be omitted*
In: Cameron Lindsay (Blackburn Rovers); Alex Smith (Sydney Olympic).
Out: Vince Lia (knee, indefinite)
Unavailable: Lucas Pantelis (ACL rupture, indefinite); Mirjan Pavlovic (Broken arm, 8 to 10 weeks)
Newcastle Jets squad: 1. Ben Kennedy (gk), 2. Taylor Regan, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Tiago Calvano, 6. Ben Kantarovski, 7. Kasey Wehrman, 8. Jeremy Brockie, 10. Ruben Zadkovich, 11. Tarek Elrich, 12. Jobe Wheelhouse (c), 13. Sung-Hwan Byun, 14. Labinot Haliti, 15. Chris Payne, 17. James Virgili, 18. Marko Jesic, 19. Matthew Nash, 22. Ali Abbas, 23. Ryan Griffiths
In: 2. Taylor Regan, 15. Chris Payne, 18. Marko Jesic (all promoted)
Out: Nil
Game Trends
• In their last clash, Wellington defended an early lead to brush past the Jets with a 1-0 win.
• Wellington have kept Newcastle scoreless in 6 of their last 10 matches.
• Newcastle have come away with a victory only once at Westpac Stadium (1-0, Round 3 2007)
• No current Jets player has scored more than 1 goal against the Phoenix.
• Chris Greenacre (15) is Wellington’s 4th highest ever goal scorer, moving one closer to Tim
Brown (17).
Head to Head Record
Overall Head-To-Head Record
Played 13; Wellington Phoenix FC 8, Newcastle Jets FC 4, Drawn 1
Head-To-Head at this venue
Played 7; Wellington Phoenix FC 6, Newcastle Jets FC 1, Drawn 0
