16/17 HAL Round 8 | Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets | Sat 26 Nov 2016 5:35PM

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A-League 16/17 Round 8 Preview - Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 14, Victory Wins - 11, Drawn - 8

In Newcastle – 16 matches.
Jets Wins - 8, Victory Wins - 3, Drawn - 5
In Melbourne - 17 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 8, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10515
Average Away A-League Crowd - 18115

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 45, Victory - 45
In Melbourne -
Jets – 18, Victory - 26

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 18, Victory - 13

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 63 (58 yellow, 5 red), Victory 60 (57 yellow, 3 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - DLLLD (2 points from last 15)
Victory - LWWLW (9 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Nigel Boogaard (2)
Victory – Besart Berish, Marcos Rojas (4)

Last Result -
Jets 1 (Kitto 37') – Victory 1 (Berisha 57') at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 24, 20/3/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 15/16 Round 27

Newcastle Jets	Melbourne Victory
Mark Birighitti	Lawrence Thomas
Jason Hoffman	Jason Geria
Daniel Mullen	Thomas Deng
Nigel Boogaard	Matthieu Delpierre
Nick Cowburn	Scott Galloway
Mateo Poljak	Leigh Broxham
Steven Ugarkovic	Guilherme Finkler
Leonardo Vitor Santiago	Oliver Bozanic
Enver Alivodic	Jai Ingham
Morten Nordstrand	Kosta Barbarouses
Ryan Kitto	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)

2016/17 SEASON STATISTICS

Number	Name	Appearances	Starts	Substitute Appearances	Subbed off	Minutes Played	Goals	Assists	Yellow Cards	Red - Second Bookable	Straight Red
2	Daniel Mullen	1	1	0	1	63	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jason Hoffman	6	5	1	2	426	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nigel Boogaard	6	6	0	0	540	2	1	1	0	0
5	Ben Kantarovski	5	4	1	2	357	0	1	0	0	0
6	Steven Ugarkovic	6	5	1	1	443	1	0	1	0	0
7	Andrew Hoole	7	7	0	0	630	1	1	3	0	0
8	Mateo Poljak	6	4	2	0	432	0	0	1	0	0
9	Aleksandr Kokko	5	2	3	2	154	0	0	0	0	0
10	Wayne Brown	7	7	0	2	592	1	0	1	0	0
11	Labinot Haliti	2	0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0
13	Ivan Vujica	6	5	1	1	466	0	0	0	0	0
15	Andrew Nabbout	6	5	1	4	404	1	3	2	0	0
16	Nick Cowburn	6	6	0	0	540	0	0	0	0	0
18	Ma Leilei	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	Morten Nordstrand	6	5	1	2	426	1	0	0	0	0
20	Jack Duncan	7	7	0	0	630	0	0	0	0	0
22	Lachlan Jackson	3	2	1	1	157	0	0	0	0	0
23	Devante Clut	7	2	5	2	302	1	0	0	0	0
26	Iain Fyfe	1	1	0	1	63	0	0	0	0	0
28	John Koutroumbis	4	3	1	0	278	0	0	1	0	0

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, Kevin Muscat - 0 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –

• Mark Jones - 0 matches (0 wins, 0 drawn, 0 losses = N/A% 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 – 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 30% win ratio (3 wins, 4 drawn, 3 losses)

TALKING POINTS:

Memorable Match - 3/3/2012. Round 22, Season 2011/12

• The Jets were on a good run in 2012, having lost only once in 6 matches. Facing a Victory team boasting Harry Kewell, the Jets struck after 20 minutes through Ryan Griffiths. Kewell converted a controversial penalty on 24 minutes before youngster Jacob Pepper popped up and scored a double in 9 minutes before half time to give the Jets a 3-1 lead. This would be the final score and continue the Jets mid-season revival and run to the finals.

General

• The Jets lost 3-1 to Victory in the Round of 32 in this year's FFA Cup
• Newcastle have conceeded the first goal in the last 5 matches.
• The Jets are currently on a 5 match winless streak.
• The Jets are a second half team - scoring 6 goals and conceding just once in the second 45 this season.

Mark Jones

• After 7 matches, Jones' points tally is the same or better than 3 previous seasons.
• Jones ' team is scoring at a rate per match higher than Scott Miller's team (1.2 to 1), while also conceding fewer goals per match (1.4 to 1.5)
• The team is also more disciplined under Jones, having the received only 1.4 bookings per match. Only Nick Theodorakopoulos' team received fewer (1.14 per match)

Players

• Wayne Brown became the 23rd captain of the Jets in the A-League, last weekend.
• Iain Fyfe (#145) and Ma LeiLei (#146) made their A-League debut's for the club.
• Ben Kantarovski may equal the record of appearances in the A-League for the Newcastle Jets. The record is currently held by Tarek Elrich (134).

Newcastle Jets

• A Newcastle Jets coach hasn't lost their first A-League match against the Victory since 2006 (Nick Theodorakopoulos).
• The Jets have never received a penalty in Melbourne when playing the Victory.
• The Jets have scored 149 goals away from home.

Melbourne Victory

• Marcos Rojas has scored 4 goals and provided 2 assists in his last 2 appearances against the Jets.
• Leigh Broxham (24 appearances) may equal Archie Thompson's record for the most appearances of a Victory player against the Jets.
• Melbourne have had the week off following the postponement of their match against Wellington.