2014/15 A-League Round 12 Preview – Melbourne Victory v Newcastle Jets
Overall – 28 games between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 12, Victory Wins – 9, Drawn – 7
In Melbourne – 14 games
Jets Wins – 5, Victory Wins – 7, Drawn – 2
Average Home A-League crowd – 18106
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 40, Victory – 40
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 51 (47 Yellow, 4 Red), Victory – 45 (42 Yellow, 3 Red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – WLLDD
Victory – LDWWW
Leading Scorers
Jets – Joel Griffiths 3, Victory – Besart Berisha, Archie Thompson - 6
Last Result -
Jets 2 (Jaliens 31', Griffiths 33' pen) – Victory 2 (Ben Kalfallah 36', Berisha 48') at Hunter Stadium, A-League Season 10, Round 5, 08/11/2014 .
FIXTURE RECORDS
Biggest Win
Jets 4 (Bridge 36’, Bridge 48’, Coveny 51’, J Griffiths 73’) – Victory 0 at Hunter Stadium, Round 21, Season 2, 19/01/2007.
Heaviest Defeat
Jets 0 – Victory 5 (Hernandez 41’, Thompson 45’, Allsopp 61’, Allsopp 64’, Brebner 90’), Round 3, Season 4 at AAMI Park, 29/08/2008.
Jets 0 – 5 (Rojas 8’, Leijer 15’, Milligan 30’ pen, Milligan 55’ pen, Rojas 66’), Round 23, Season 8, 03/03/2013
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets – 5 Joel Griffiths
Victory – 7 Archie Thompson
2014/15 SEASON STATISTICS
Appearances
- 11 David Carney, Joel Griffiths, Edson Montano
- 10 Kew Jaliens, Andrew Hoole, Jeronimo Neumann
- 8 Sam Gallagher, Zenon Caravella, Jacob Pepper, Scott Neville
- 6 Mark Birrighiti, Marco Flores, Allan Wesh, Sam Gallaway, Ben Kantarovski, Adrian Madaschi, James Virgili
- 5 Taylor Regan, Ben Kennedy
- 4 Billy Celeski,
- 2 Jonny Steele
- 1 Nicholas Cowburn
Goals
- 3 Joel Griffiths
- 2 Edson Montano, Jeronimo Neumann,
- 1 Kew Jaliens, Marco Flores, Scott Neville
Assists
- 3 David Carney
- 1 Joel Griffiths, Scott Neville, Jacob Pepper, Taylor Regan, Andrew Hoole, Adrian Madaschi
Yellow Cards
- 3 Taylor Regan, Kew Jaliens, Jeronimo Neumann
- 2 Jacob Pepper, Marcos Flores, Edson Montano, Adrian Madaschi, Andrew Hoole,
- 1 Jonny Steele, David Carney, Allan Welsh, Ben Kantarovski, Sam Gallaway, Scott Neville, James Virgili
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 1 match
Phil Stubbins - 0 wins, Kevin Muscat - 0 wins, 1 drawn,
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Phil Stubbins - 1 Matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Gary Van Egmond – 16 matches (10 wins, 2 drawn and 4 losses = 19% 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)
- Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 1 loss = 0% win ratio)
- Craig Deans - 0 matches (0 win, 0 drawn, 0 loss = -% win ratio)
Melbourne Victory Coach Record – Kevin Muscat 20% win ratio (1 win, 3 drawn, 1 loss)
KEY FACTS:
- The Jets haven’t kept a clean sheet in the last 11 matches against Melbourne Victory.
- At least one player has scored a double in the last 5 fixtures against the Victory in Melbourne.
- The Jets haven't kept a clean sheet in the last 10 matches in Melbourne. The last was Season 3, Round 10.
- Only 4 opposition players have received yellow cards this year. The Jets are now on 26 yellows and 1 straight red.
- If they play this weekend, Ben Kantarovski will become the 7th highest capped Jets player with 93 appearances, surpassing Labinot Haliti. Ben Kennedy will equal Ruben Zadkovich's 97 appearances, moving the equal 5th while Joel Griffiths will make his 80th appearance, equalling Jade North
- The Jets are currently on an 11 game streak without a clean sheet.
- The Jets have won on the 3 occasions they have lead at half time. However, they've only managed to salvage 1 point from the 6 times they've trailed at half time.
- It's now 29 matches in a row where the Jets have failed to score in the first 15 minutes.
- Ben Kennedy has conceded 8 goals in 6 appearances in Melbourne. He has one clean sheet which was in his first appearance in Melbourne back in Season 3.
Jets v Victory Trivia:
1. Who are the 5 players to have scored doubles in the last 5 fixtures in Melbourne?
2. Which Jets player has provided the most assists against the Victory (toughie!)?
3. Who has scored the fastest goal in this fixture?