2015/16 Hyundai A-League – Round 3 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory

 

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2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 3

Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory

When: Friday 23rd October, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 740pm AEDST (gates open 640pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link

Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvMVC                                                           

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

Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 13, Victory Wins – 10, Drawn – 7

In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins – 7, Victory Wins – 2, Drawn – 5
In Melbourne – 16
Jets Wins – 6, Victory Wins – 8, Drawn – 2

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10664
Average Away A-League Crowd – 18348

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 43, Victory – 43
In Newcastle –
Jets – 26, Victory – 18

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 16, Victory – 12

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 57 (53 yellow, 4 red), Victory 47 (44 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – LWL (3 points from last 6)
Victory – WWWDW (4 points from last 6)

Leading Scorers
Jets – David Carney, Milos Trifunovic (1)
Victory – Besart Berisha, Fahid Ben Khalfallah & Kosta Barbarouses (1)

Last Result –
Jets 1 (Montano 54′) – Victory 0 at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 25, 10/04/2015.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 25

Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Ben Kennedy Lawrence Thomas
Nick Cowburn Nicholas Ansell
Taylor Regan Mark Milligan
Daniel Mullen Daniel Georgievski
Ki-Je Lee Matthieu Delpierre
Enver Alivodic Leigh Broxham
Jacob Pepper Guilherme Finkler
Allan Welsh Fahid Ben Khalfallah
Mitch Cooper Carl Valeri
Edson Montano Besart Berisha
Andrew Hoole Archie Thompson

FIXTURE RECORDS

Biggest Win

Jets 4 (Bridge 36’, Bridge 48’, Coveny 51’, J Griffiths 73’) – Victory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 21, Season 2006/07, 19/01/2007.

Heaviest Defeat

Jets 0 – Victory 5 (Hernandez 41’, Thompson 50’, Allsopp 61’, Allsopp 64’, Brebner 90’), Round 3, Season 2008/09 at AAMI Park, 29/08/2008.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

Jets – Joel Griffiths (5)
Victory – Archie Thompson (7)

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 2 2 0 1 169 0 0 0 0 0
2 Daniel Mullen 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 0 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 1 1 0 0 77 0 0 0 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 2 1 1 0 118 0 0 2 0 0
6 Cameron Watson 2 2 0 1 152 0 0 0 0 0
7 Enver Alivodic 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 1 0 0
8 Mateo Poljak 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 1 0 0
9 Milos Trifunovic 2 2 0 1 179 1 0 0 0 0
10 Leonardo Vitor Santiago 2 2 0 2 160 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 90 0 1 0 0 0
14 Mitch Cooper 2 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
15 Themba Muata-Marlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lachlan Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Radovan Pavicevic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Ben Kennedy 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
23 David Carney 2 2 0 0 180 1 1 1 0 0
24 Nick Cowburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Brandon Lundy 1 0 1 0 75 0 0 0 0 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Kevin Muscat – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Phil Stubbins – 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
  • Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (10 wins, 2 drawn and 4 losses = 63% win ratio)
  • Richard Money – 3 matches (1 win, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
  • Branko Culina – 6 matches (1 wins, 2 drawn, 3 losses = 17% win ratio)
  • Nick Theodorakopoulos – 1 match (0 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Craig Deans – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)

Melbourne Victory Coach Record – Kevin Muscat 29% win ratio (2 wins, 3 drawn, 2 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • The last Jets are 7 games, or more than 6 years, undefeated against Melbourne Victory in Newcastle. The last loss was 18/10/09.
  • Most goals in this fixture are scored in the second half, with 58% of the Jets, and 62% of the Victory’s goals coming after half time.
  • The Jets have scored the first goal against the Victory 5 times in the last 6 meetings.
  • Newcastle have 4-3-2 Win-Draw-Loss record against the Victory on a Friday night.
  • Newcastle have won 3 and lost 7 of their last 10 Friday night games.

 

Players

  • The player to captain the Jets will be the 5th different captain to lead the club against the Victory in the last 5 games.
  • In the last match between these teams, Edson Montano scored the Jets 300th A-League goal
  • In Season 2009/10, Labinot Haliti scored in 3 consecutive matches against the Victory.

 

Coaches

  • With Kevin Muscat in charge, the 3 matches at Hunter Stadium have ended in draws (1-1, 2-2 and 2-2)
  • The team leading at helf time has only ever lost once in this fixture. While a draw at half time has only ever remained a draw twice.
  • The team scoring first has only ever lost 3 times in this fixture – Jets once and Victory twice.