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2017/18 Hyundai A-League – Grand Final Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory FC

2017/2018 Hyundai A-League
Season 13 Grand Final
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory FC

When: Saturday 6th April, 2018
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 750pm AEDST (gates open 6pm)
Tickets: SOLD OUT!!!!!

Watch: ONE, FoxSports 1 and FoxSports 1HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand Radio online/app
Tweet: @SquadronNewy @JetstreamNewy #NTUA #NEWvMVC#ALeagueGF

Prematch: Starlight Room, Wests New Lambton from 2pm
2008 Grand Final Replay 3pm
March To Stadium 615pm

Newcastle Jets squad: 1.Jack DUNCAN (Gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimi PETRATOS, 8.Ronald VARGAS, 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 11.Patricio RODRIGUEZ, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS, 19.Kosta PETRATOS, 20.Glen MOSS (Gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 24.Joseph CHAMPNESS, 27.Riley MCGREE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 13.Ivan VUJICA (promoted), 19.Kosta PETRATOS (promoted)

Outs: Nil

Unavailable: 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI (hamstring – 2 weeks), 10.Wayne BROWN (calf – 2 weeks)

Melbourne Victory squad: 1.Matt ACTON (Gk), 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 7.Kenny ATHIU, 8.Besart BERISHA, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.James TROISI, 14.Thomas DENG, 16.Josh HOPE, 17.James DONACHIE, 18.Matias SANCHEZ, 19. Pierce WARING, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (Gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22. Stefan NIGRO, 23.Jai INGHAM, 24.Terry ANTONIS, 31.Christian THEOHAROUS, 41.Leroy GEORGE

**two to be omitted**

Ins: 19.Pierce WARING (promoted), 23.Jai INGHAM (promoted)

Outs: Nil

Unavailable:
 4.Rhys Williams (calf), 11.Mitch AUSTIN (knee)

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 39 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 16, Victory Wins – 14, Drawn – 9

In Newcastle – 19 matches.
Jets Wins – 10, Victory Wins – 3, Drawn – 6
In Melbourne – 20 matches
Jets Wins – 6, Victory Wins – 11, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10231
Average Away A-League Crowd – 17792

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 54, Victory – 54
In Newcastle – 
Jets – 33, Victory – 20

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 19, Victory – 17

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 76 (71 yellow, 5 red), Victory 69 (65 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets – LLLWW (6 point from last 15)
Victory – WWLWW (12 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets – Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos (10)
Victory – Besart Berisha (14)

Last Result – 
Newcastle Jets 2 (Boogaard 31′, McGree 70′) – Melbourne Victory 0 at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 19, Season 2017/18

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2017/18 Round 19

Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Jack Duncan Lawrence Thomas
Jason Hoffman Matias Sanchez
Nigel Boogaard James Donachie
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Rhys Williams
Lachlan Jackson Leigh Broxham
Steven Ugarkovic Carl Valeri
Ben Kantarovski Terry Antonis
Dimitri Petratos James Troisi
Patricio Rodriguez Christian Theoharous
Andrew Nabbout Kosta Barbarouses
Roy O’Donovan Besart Berisha

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 Telstra Dome, 29/08/2008.

Leading Scorers in fixture –

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

2017/18 SEASON STATISTICS

Number Name Appearances Starts Subbed On Subbed off Minutes Played Goals Assists Yellow Cards Red Cards
1 Jack Duncan 19 19 0 1 1648 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 24 22 2 9 1923 6 1 4 1
4 Nigel Boogaard 22 22 0 1 1972 1 0 2 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 22 20 2 5 1769 5 0 5 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 28 28 0 4 2473 1 4 3 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 26 26 0 5 2322 10 9 4 0
8 Ronald Vargas 8 7 1 7 485 0 2 1 0
9 Roy O’Donovan 15 14 1 3 1177 9 2 4 1
10 Wayne Brown 20 11 9 9 957 0 0 4 0
11 Patricio Rodriguez 11 6 5 4 651 1 4 0 0
12 Mario Shabow 7 0 7 0 90 0 0 1 0
13 Ivan Vujica 21 19 2 2 1700 0 2 6 0
15 Andrew Nabbout 22 22 0 8 1902 10 7 4 0
16 Nick Cowburn 11 2 9 2 276 0 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 19 19 0 4 1542 1 2 8 0
18 John Koutroumbis 12 7 5 2 643 2 0 2 0
19 Kosta Petratos 4 0 4 0 27 0 0 0 0
20 Glen Moss 10 9 1 0 872 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 11 4 7 1 468 1 0 0 0
23 Devante Clut 5 1 4 1 59 0 0 0 0
24 Joe Champness 26 14 12 12 1266 5 2 2 0
27 Riley McGree 11 8 3 1 796 5 1 0 0
32 Angus Thurgate 7 0 7 0 96 0 0 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 28 28 0 0 2520 1 1 5 0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Ernie Merrick – 2 wins, Kevin Muscat – 1 win, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

  • Ernie Merrick – 3 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 1 loss = 67% win ratio)
  • Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
  • Scott Miller – 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% win ratio)
  • 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 – No Matches
  • Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 loss = 0% win ratio)

Melbourne Victory Coach Record – Kevin Muscat 38% win ratio (6 wins, 5 drawn, 5 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

General

  • The Jets finals record (W-D-L) is 6-1-5.
  • Newcastle have won their last 4 home finals matches.
  • This is the 6th Grand Final for Melbourne Victory. It’s the second for the Jets.

 

Key Stats from Previous Round

  • Last week’s win was the first time the Jets defeated City this season.
  • The Jets gained a win from a losing position for the first time since Round 10.
  • For the 5th time, the Jets came back to win after trailing at half time. It’s the second time they’ve done it against City.
  • The crowd of 19131 is the 6th biggest Jets home crowd.

 

Players

  • Jason Hoffman is the only player who remains from the ’08 Grand Final winning team.
  • Nikolai Topor-Stanley is the only Jets player to have played every minute this season.
  • Daniel Georgievski will play in his second consecutive Grand Final.
  • There have been 7 occasions where a Jets player scored at least once against a former club – Dimi Petratos (Roar and Sydney FC), Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne Victory), Daniel Georgievski (Melbourne Victory), Joe Champness (Brisbane Roar) and Jason Hoffman (Melbourne City)
  • Joel Griffiths is the Jets leading scorer in Grand Finals with 1.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets have been in 5 competitive shootouts in all competitions, winning 2 and losing 3. They lost their last penalty shootout, which was to Perth in the 2015 FFA Cup.
  • The Jets have defeated all A-League clubs this season.
  • The attendance record for a Jets game at McDonald Jones stadium is 24338.

 

Melbourne Victory

  • Victory have been kept scoreless in 3 of their last 5 visits to Newcastle (3 seasons).
  • The Victory have defeated the Jets in Newcastle twice since the Jets lifted their only championship.
  • The last 4 Victory players to score in Newcastle have all had their first name start with B (Berisha, Barbarouses, Ben Khalfallah)

 

Injuries 

  • Newcastle Jets Ben Kantarovski, Jack Duncan
  • Melbourne Victory Rhys Williams,

THE REFEREE: – Jarred Gillett

  • The Jets have a W-D-L record under Gillett of 8-6-12.
  • He has officiated 26 Jets matches.
  • He has refereed a Jets v Mariners game on 4 occassions, with each team winning twice.
  • He has never refereed the Jets in a finals fixture.
  • His ratio of bookings is roughly 3:2 (Jets to opposition)

The Jetstream S13 Grand Final Week – Squad Announcements

David (@Jeterpool) is joined by  Grant (@GrantBLK) & Bodes (@Bodynovo) to discuss squads @NewcastleJetsFC vs @gomvfc #ALeagueGF in @ALeague Grand Final @mjstadium.

In the final podcast prior to the Grand Final, some Jetstream contributors we haven’t heard from this week come together with Dave to discuss the announced squads of the Jets and Victory respectively, before discussing the referee appointment for the decider. Finally, we get each of the contributor’s prediction for the game.

Please click the link for podcast subscription and social media details or to play episode via embedded media player

If you haven’t already, you can subscribe to the podcast feed via Itunes, Android or using the RSS feed for any other platform. You can also search for “jetstream podcast” via your podcasting app. Please give us an Itunes review and we will read it out during the podcast!!

If you are enjoying the content and can help us to spread the word, please share the episodes on your social media platforms. We are really targeting this season to increase our listenership and word of mouth amongst supporters is the best way to help that along.

Subscription links and previous episodes are all available at our podcast landing page newcastlefootball.net/podcast

**The Jetstream Podcast is now also available via Stitcher**
Please click http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=81552&refid=stpr to open the show via your Stitcher app.
You can also find us at Podcasts.com by searching “Jetstream”

We invite all listeners to send us any questions, comments, feedback, topics, etc you might have:
Facebook – facebook.com/JetstreamNewy
Twitter – @JetstreamNewy
Instagram – @JetstreamNewy
email – podcast@newcastlefootball.net
Join the forums at newcastlefootball.net and go to The Jetstream subforum.

The Championship Chronicles now has their own page, where you can listen to all your favourite episodes again and again. Check out newcastlefootball.net/chronicles

The Jetstream has now launched The Jetstream TV
Please check out our Facebook LIVE broadcasts via our Facebook Page facebook.com/JetstreamNewy
and you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA7bRkewmMXTrcB9Eq3vJ1A

The Jetstream Preview S13 Grand Final – Qualitative Podcasting

David (@Jeterpool) is joined by Furns (@squadronnewy), Dr Emma (@Synapse101) & Aaron Kearney (@aaronkearneyaus) to preview @NewcastleJetsFC vs @gomvfc #ALeagueGF in @ALeague Grand Final @mjstadium.

We preview the Grand Final! Yes, A GRAND FINAL! And we’ve brought in super-sub Aaron Kearney, a man whose voice is synonymous with football in Newcastle. The team preview the upcoming home Grand Final against Melbourne Victory in Newcastle. They cover a variety of topics including the  A-League stats between the two teams, talking points on the match, injuries and the possible changes to the starting XI. The team then give their predictions for this game and discuss the news around the week.

Please click the link for podcast subscription and social media details or to play episode via embedded media player

If you haven’t already, you can subscribe to the podcast feed via Itunes, Android or using the RSS feed for any other platform. You can also search for “jetstream podcast” via your podcasting app. Please give us an Itunes review and we will read it out during the podcast!!

If you are enjoying the content and can help us to spread the word, please share the episodes on your social media platforms. We are really targeting this season to increase our listenership and word of mouth amongst supporters is the best way to help that along.

Subscription links and previous episodes are all available at our podcast landing page newcastlefootball.net/podcast

**The Jetstream Podcast is now also available via Stitcher**
Please click http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=81552&refid=stpr to open the show via your Stitcher app.
You can also find us at Podcasts.com by searching “Jetstream”

We invite all listeners to send us any questions, comments, feedback, topics, etc you might have:
Facebook – facebook.com/JetstreamNewy
Twitter – @JetstreamNewy
Instagram – @JetstreamNewy
email – podcast@newcastlefootball.net
Join the forums at newcastlefootball.net and go to The Jetstream subforum.

The Championship Chronicles now has their own page, where you can listen to all your favourite episodes again and again. Check out newcastlefootball.net/chronicles

The Jetstream has now launched The Jetstream TV
Please check out our Facebook LIVE broadcasts via our Facebook Page facebook.com/JetstreamNewy
and you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA7bRkewmMXTrcB9Eq3vJ1A