A-League 2018/19 Round 3 Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory

FIXTURE FACTS
[INDENT]Overall – 40 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 16, Victory Wins - 15, Drawn - 9

In Newcastle – 20 matches.
Jets Wins - 10, Victory Wins - 4, Drawn - 6
In Melbourne - 20 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 11, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 11190
Average Away A-League Crowd - 17792

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 54, Victory - 55
In Newcastle -
Jets – 33, Victory - 21

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 19, Victory - 18

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 79 (73 yellow, 6 red), Victory 70 (66 yellow, 4 red)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Dimitri Petratos, Ronald Vargas (1)
Victory – Honda, Roux and Antonis (1)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 0 - Melbourne Victory 1 (Barbarouses 9') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round GF, Season 2017/18

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 Glen Moss 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 0 0
3 Jason Hoffman 2 2 0 1 166 0 1 0 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 1 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 1 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 2 2 0 1 175 0 0 1 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 2 2 0 0 180 1 0 0 0
8 Jair Edmundo 2 2 0 2 133 0 0 0 0
9 Roy O'Donovan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ronald Vargas 2 2 0 0 180 1 0 0 0
11 Mitch Austin 2 0 2 0 28 0 1 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 1 0 1 0 26 0 0 0 0
14 Kaine Sheppard 1 0 1 0 33 0 0 1 0
16 Nick Cowburn 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 1 0
18 John Koutroumbis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Kosta Petratos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lewis Italiano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 2 2 0 1 154 0 0 0 0
23 Matthew Ridenton 2 2 0 1 163 0 0 1 0
24 Joe Champness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Patrick Langlois 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Jake Adelson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Angus Thurgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 0 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 4 matches
Ernie Merrick - 2 wins, Kevin Muscat - 2 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Ernie Merrick - 4 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0.5% 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 41% win ratio (7 wins, 5 drawn, 5 losses)



TALKING POINTS:
General
  • The Jets last drew a game on a Saturday on 3rd January 2016 - a 1-1 draw with Brisbane.
  • The Grand Final loss was the first time in A-League history the Jets have lost to Victory at home on a Saturday. There have been 7 Saturday fixtures between the teams in Newcastle.
  • The Jets have lost 3 of their last 4 home matches, being held scoreless in each one.
  • Newcastle have lost only 3 home matches in October in the last 7 seasons (13 matches).

Key Stats from Previous Round
  • The Jets scored in a 15th consecutive away fixture.

Players
  • Ronald Vargas became the 80th Newcastle Jets player to score in the A-League.
  • Jason Hoffman will move into 6th in overall Jets A-League appearances this weekend.