What the stats say!
All the stats you know about this Sunday's Hyundai A-League 2008 Grand Final
Played: 13; Central Coast Mariners 3 wins, Newcastle Jets 5 wins, Drawn 5 Goals (team): Central Coast Mariners 14, Newcastle Jets 14 Goals (players): John Hutchinson 3 (CCM), Joel Griffiths 3 (NJ) Cards (Yellow/Red): Central Coast Mariners (21-0), Newcastle Jets (32/3)
LAST MATCH
Central Coast Mariners 3 defeated Newcastle Jets 0 at Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford, 10 Feb 2008 Goalscorers: Adam Kwasnik 37-, Sasho Petrovski 74-/95-
Central Coast line-up: Danny Vukovic (gk); John Hutchinson, Tom Pondeljak (Andre Gumprecht 32-), Tony Vidmar, Nigel Boogaard (Greg Owens 104-), Alex Wilkinson (C), Adam Kwasnik, Sasho Petrovski, Mile Jedinak, John Aloisi, Alvin Ceccoli (Andrew Clark 28-) Newcastle line-up: Ante Covic (gk); Adam Griffiths, Jade North (C), Andrew Durante, Matt Thompson, Joel Griffiths, Tarek Elrich, Noel Spencer (Stuart Musialik 59-), Mark Bridge, James Holland (Jason Hoffman 80-), Jin-Hyung Song (Troy Hearfield 110-)
2007-08 RESULTS
Central Coast Mariners 1 drew Newcastle Jets 1 at Bluetongue Stadium, 7 Oct 2007 Newcastle Jets 0 drew Central Coast Mariners 0 at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 25 Nov 2007 Central Coast Mariners 1 lost Newcastle Jets 2 at Bluetongue Stadium, 12 Jan 2008 Newcastle Jets 2 beat Central Coast Mariners 0 at EnergyAustralia Stadium, 27 Jan 2008 Central Coast Mariners 3 beat Newcastle Jets 0 at Bluetongue Stadium, 10 Feb 2008
HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
50+ GAMES (including finals) Central Coast Mariners: Sasho Petrovski (64), Adam Kwasnik (61), Alex Wilkinson (60), Daniel Vukovic (59), Andrew Clark (55), Tom Pondeljak (54), Dean Heffernan (54), John Hutchinson (50) Newcastle Jets: Matt Thompson (70 - most appearances by any player), Jade North (63), Noel Spencer (59), Stuart Musialik (57)
10+ GOALS (including finals) Central Coast Mariners: Sasho Petrovski (22), Adam Kwasnik (15), John Hutchinson (10) Newcastle Jets: Joel Griffiths (21), Mark Bridge (12)
KEY TEAM STATS
Goals Scored: Central Coast Mariners 33 (1.4/ game), Newcastle Jets 30 (1.25/game) Total Shots: Central Coast Mariners 364 (15.8/game), Newcastle Jets 305 (12.75/game) Shots ON %: Central Coast Mariners 38.7%, Newcastle Jets 45.9% Goals Conceded: Central Coast Mariners 27 (1.17/game), Newcastle Jets 26 (1.08/game) Shots Conceded: Central Coast Mariners 329 (14.3/game), Newcastle Jets 342 (14.25/game) Completed Passes: Central Coast Mariners 4962 (215.7/game), Newcastle Jets 7132 (297.2/game) Passing Efficiency: Central Coast Mariners 73.9%, Newcastle Jets 80.2% Effective Tackles: Central Coast Mariners 595 (25.9/game), Newcastle Jets 546 (22.75/game)
KEY PLAYER STATS
Goals Scored: CCM - Sasho Petrovski (8), John Aloisi (7), Adam Kwasnik (6); NJ - Joel Griffiths (14 - leading goalscorer), Mark Bridge (4) Goal Assists: CCM - Tom Pondeljak (5), Andre Gumprecht (4); NJ - Adam D-Apuzzo (4), Joel Griffiths (4) Shots on Target: CCM - Sasho Petrovski (27), John Aloisi (21); NJ - Joel Griffiths (40), Mark Bridge (25) Completed Passes: CCM - John Hutchinson (661), Mile Jedinak (585); NJ - Matt Thompson (843 - leads the league), Jade North (748) Effective Tackles: CCM - Mile Jedinak (102 - leads the league), Nigel Boogaard (73); NJ - Tarek Elrich (83), Adam Griffiths (75) Keeper Clean Sheets: CCM - Danny Vukovic (8); NJ - Ante Covic (7) Keeper Saves: CCM - Danny Vukovic (73); NJ - Ante Covic (75)
GAME TRENDS
Scoring the first goal is obviously fairly important in any football game, but the odds are slightly in favour of the Jets based on their respective records this season. The Jets have taken the lead on 12 occasions and are yet to lose once, while the Mariners have opened the scoring on 14 occasions, but lost twice along way.
When conceding the opening goal, both teams have managed only 1 win each, ironically each against Melbourne Victory. The Mariners have only gone behind first 7 times this season, while the Jets on 10 occasions. The Mariners lost their other 6 matches, while the Jets managed 3 draws and 6 losses.
OTHER NOTABLE STATS
• 1 goal by Joel Griffiths will see him tie Melbourne-s Archie Thompson for most in a season (15). • Newcastle will become the first team to achieve 30 wins, if successful on Sunday. • Newcastle has the best passing efficiency (80.2%) and the Mariners the worst (73.9%) this season. • Head to head this season, Newcastle has had 85 shots compared to Central Coast-s 60, but Central Coast has more shots on target (33) to Newcastle-s 28. Both have scored 5 goals in their clashes this season. • Disciplinary wise, Central Coast is more likely to have a player sent off than Newcastle in the final. The Mariners have had 7 red cards this season, the most in a season, while Newcastle is yet to have a single player dismissed this season.
All data provided by SportData - Official Statisical Data Supplier of the Hyundai A-League