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.