A-League 2018/19 Round 13 Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets

FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 41 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 16, Victory Wins - 16, Drawn - 9

In Newcastle – 21 matches.
Jets Wins - 10, Victory Wins - 5, Drawn - 6
In Melbourne - 20 matches
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 11, Drawn - 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 11219
Average Away A-League Crowd - 17792

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 54, Victory - 56
In Melbourne -
Jets – 21, Victory - 34

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

Cards in Fixture
Jets - 81 (75 yellow, 6 red), Victory 72 (68 yellow, 4 red)

Recent Form (A-League)
Jets - LDLWL (4 point from last 15)
Victory - WDDWW (11 points from last 15)

Leading Scorers
Jets - Ronald Vargas (3)
Victory – Ola Toivonen (7)

Last Result -
Newcastle Jets 0 - Melbourne Victory 1 (Antonis 71') at McDonald Jones Stadium, A-League, Round 3, Season 2018/19

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 2018/19 Round 3
Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Glen Moss Lawrence Thomas
Daniel Georgievski Storm Roux
Nigel Boogaard Georg Niedermeier
Nikolai Topor-Stanley Thomas Deng
Lachlan Jackson Corey Brown
Steven Ugarkovic Carl Valeri
Matthew Ridenton Terry Antonis
Ronald Vargas James Troisi
Jason Hoffman Keisuke Honda
Dimitri Petratos Kosta Barbarouses
Jair Eduardo Jai Ingham

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 10 10 0 1 855 0 0 1 0
3 Jason Hoffman 11 10 1 7 849 2 1 4 0
4 Nigel Boogaard 12 12 0 0 1080 0 0 4 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 10 8 2 1 729 0 0 1 0
6 Steven Ugarkovic 12 11 1 4 920 0 0 2 0
7 Dimitri Petratos 12 12 0 0 1080 2 3 0 0
8 Jair Eduardo 10 9 1 9 646 1 1 0 0
9 Roy O'Donovan 4 4 0 2 350 3 0 0 0
10 Ronald Vargas 12 12 0 3 986 3 0 0 1
11 Mitch Austin 4 0 4 0 68 0 1 0 0
13 Ivan Vujica 5 2 3 1 175 0 0 0 0
14 Kaine Sheppard 9 2 7 2 267 1 2 1 0
16 Nick Cowburn 6 1 5 0 152 1 0 0 0
17 Daniel Georgievski 12 12 0 3 1053 0 1 4 0
18 John Koutroumbis 2 2 0 0 180 0 0 1 0
20 Lewis Italiano 3 2 1 0 225 0 0 0 0
22 Lachlan Jackson 8 6 2 2 513 0 0 2 0
23 Matthew Ridenton 10 5 5 1 563 0 0 1 0
32 Angus Thurgate 4 0 4 0 44 0 0 0 0
44 Nikolai Topor-Stanley 12 12 0 0 1080 0 1 1 0


COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 5 matches
Ernie Merrick - 2 wins, Kevin Muscat - 3 wins, 0 drawn

Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
  • Ernie Merrick - 5 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 3 losses = 40% 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 44% win ratio (8 wins, 5 drawn, 5 losses)

TALKING POINTS:
General
  • Roy O'Donovan has scored 12 goals in 20 appearances for the Jets. He's now =8th in overall A-League goals for the club.
  • The Jets haven't won in 10 consecutive matches in Victoria.
  • Nikolai Topor-Stanley has made played in 54 consecutive A-League matches for the Jets, starting back in his last season with the club. This is the 4th highest overall streak in the club's history.
  • The Jets have scored in 17 of the 18 away games under Ernie Merrick.
  • Topor-Stanley has passed Matt Thompson 121 A-League appearances for the club and now sits 3rd in overall standings.