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.