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A-League 2017/18 GRAND FINAL Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory
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 drawn
Newcastle 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)