A-League 16/17 Round 19 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 35 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 14, Victory Wins - 13, Drawn - 8
In Newcastle – 16 matches.
Jets Wins - 8, Victory Wins - 3, Drawn - 5
In Melbourne - 19 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 10, Drawn - 3
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10515
Average Away A-League Crowd - 17910
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 47, Victory - 51
In Newcastle -
Jets – 27, Victory - 19
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 18, Victory - 15
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 67 (62 yellow, 5 red), Victory 62 (59 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - WDLWL (7 points from last 15)
Victory - WLLLW (6 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets - Andrew Nabbout (7)
Victory – Besart Berisha (9)
Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 2 (Leilei 61', Brown 76') - Melbourne Victory 4 (Berisha 30' pen, Rojas 35', Ben Khalfallah 60', Troisi 69') at Simonds Stadium, A-League, Round 13, Season 2016/17
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2016/17 Round 13
Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne Victory |
Jack Duncan |
Lawrence Thomas |
Jason Hoffman |
Jason Geria |
Daniel Mullen |
Alan Baro |
John Koutroumbis |
James Donachie |
Ivan Vujica |
Leigh Broxham |
Wayne Brown |
Carl Valeri |
Steven Ugarkovic |
James Troisi |
Mateo Poljak |
Oliver Bozanic |
Andrew Hoole |
Marco Rojas |
Andrew Nabbout |
Besart Berisha |
Morten Nordstrand |
Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
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 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
634 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
17 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
1416 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
13 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
1134 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
7 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
464 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Steven Ugarkovic |
16 |
15 |
1 |
3 |
1306 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Andrew Hoole |
17 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
1530 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
17 |
13 |
4 |
3 |
1247 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Aleksandr Kokko |
8 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
246 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Wayne Brown |
15 |
14 |
1 |
4 |
1206 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
116 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Andy Brennan |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Harrison Sawyer |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ivan Vujica |
10 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
775 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Andrew Nabbout |
15 |
14 |
1 |
6 |
1178 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Nick Cowburn |
13 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
1039 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Ma Leilei |
11 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
513 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
Morten Nordstrand |
14 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
973 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Jack Duncan |
18 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1620 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Lachlan Jackson |
8 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
607 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
Devante Clut |
16 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
670 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Kristian Brymora |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
Iain Fyfe |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
205 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
John Koutroumbis |
15 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
793 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 2 matches
Mark Jones - 0 wins, Kevin Muscat - 2 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Mark Jones - 2 matches (0 wins, 0 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 – 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 42% win ratio (5 wins, 4 drawn, 3 losses)
TALKING POINTS:
General
- The Jets have defeated Victory just once in the last 10 fixtures between these teams.
- The Jets have never lost 3 consecutive matches to the Victory.
- Victory have just one A-League win in Newcastle since 2010.
- While the Jets have scored the first goal at home against Victory in 5 of the last 6 matches.
- The Jets have conceded 4 penalties in their last 6 matches.
Players
- Marcos Rojas has scored 6 goals in his last 4 appearances against Newcastle.
- Andrew Hoole will equal Taylor Regan's number (68) of A-Leauge appearances for the Jets this weekend. They are 15th in overall A-League appearances for the club.
- Wayne Brown, John Koutroumbis, Ma Leilei and Nigel Boogaard are all one yellow card from a one week suspension.
- Jason Hoffman scored his first goal for the club since Round 1 of season 2009/10.
Newcastle Jets
- All 3 penalties awarded to the Jets in this fixture have been awarded at home.
- Just under two-thirds of the Jets goals in this fixure come in the second half.
- The current run of 16 matches is a Jets record for the the most consecutive matches in one season without a clean sheet. The Jets overall record is 18 matches.