A-League 15/16 Round 3 Preview - Newcastle Jets v Melbourne Victory
2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 3
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory
When: Friday 23rd October, 2015
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 740pm AEDST (gates open 640pm)
Tickets: Ticketmaster Link
Watch: LIVE on Foxsports 4 and FoxSports 4HD
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvMVC
Active support is located in Bay 60. Anyone wishing to enter Bay 60 needs to hold a Bay 60 membership or a valid ticket. If you are already a Jets Member go to Members Services at Western Stand to be issued a gameday Bay 60 ticket. For non-members you can purchase a Bay 60 ticket via ticketmaster or the dedicated Bay 60 ticket window at the Western Stand entrance.
FIXTURE FACTS
Overall – 30 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins - 13, Victory Wins - 10, Drawn - 7
In Newcastle – 14 matches.
Jets Wins - 7, Victory Wins - 2, Drawn - 5
In Melbourne - 16
Jets Wins - 6, Victory Wins - 8, Drawn - 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10664
Average Away A-League Crowd - 18348
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 43, Victory - 43
In Newcastle -
Jets – 26, Victory - 18
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 16, Victory - 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets - 57 (53 yellow, 4 red), Victory 47 (44 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets - LWL (3 points from last 6)
Victory - WWWDW (4 points from last 6)
Leading Scorers
Jets - David Carney, Milos Trifunovic (1)
Victory – Besart Berisha, Fahid Ben Khalfallah & Kosta Barbarouses (1)
Last Result -
Jets 1 (Montano 54') – Victory 0 at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 25, 10/04/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 10 Round 25
Newcastle Jets |
Melbourne Victory |
Ben Kennedy |
Lawrence Thomas |
Nick Cowburn |
Nicholas Ansell |
Taylor Regan |
Mark Milligan |
Daniel Mullen |
Daniel Georgievski |
Ki-Je Lee |
Matthieu Delpierre |
Enver Alivodic |
Leigh Broxham |
Jacob Pepper |
Guilherme Finkler |
Allan Welsh |
Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
Mitch Cooper |
Carl Valeri |
Edson Montano |
Besart Berisha |
Andrew Hoole |
Archie Thompson |
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 AAMI Park, 29/08/2008.
Leading Scorers in fixture –
Jets - Joel Griffiths (5)
Victory - Archie Thompson (7)
2015/16 SEASON STATISTICS
Number |
Name |
Appearances |
Starts |
Substitute Appearances |
Subbed off |
Minutes Played |
Goals |
Assists |
Yellow Cards |
Red - Second Bookable |
Straight Red |
1 |
Mark Birighitti |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
169 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Daniel Mullen |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Jason Hoffman |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Nigel Boogaard |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Ben Kantarovski |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
118 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Cameron Watson |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
152 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Enver Alivodic |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
Mateo Poljak |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Milos Trifunovic |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
179 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
Leonardo Vitor Santiago |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
160 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Labinot Haliti |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Andy Brennan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Ki-Je Lee |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
Mitch Cooper |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
Themba Muata-Marlow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
Lachlan Jackson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
Radovan Pavicevic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
Ben Kennedy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
David Carney |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Nick Cowburn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
Brandon Lundy |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
COACHING
Coaches Head to Head – 0 matches
Scott Miller - 0 wins, Kevin Muscat - 0 wins, 0 drawn
Newcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- 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 29% win ratio (2 wins, 3 drawn, 2 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- The last Jets are 7 games, or more than 6 years, undefeated against Melbourne Victory in Newcastle. The last loss was 18/10/09.
- Most goals in this fixture are scored in the second half, with 58% of the Jets, and 62% of the Victory's goals coming after half time.
- The Jets have scored the first goal against the Victory 5 times in the last 6 meetings.
- Newcastle have 4-3-2 Win-Draw-Loss record against the Victory on a Friday night.
- Newcastle have won 3 and lost 7 of their last 10 Friday night games.
Players
- The player to captain the Jets will be the 5th different captain to lead the club against the Victory in the last 5 games.
- In the last match between these teams, Edson Montano scored the Jets 300th A-League goal
- In Season 2009/10, Labinot Haliti scored in 3 consecutive matches against the Victory.
Coaches
- With Kevin Muscat in charge, the 3 matches at Hunter Stadium have ended in draws (1-1, 2-2 and 2-2)
- The team leading at helf time has only ever lost once in this fixture. While a draw at half time has only ever remained a draw twice.
- The team scoring first has only ever lost 3 times in this fixture - Jets once and Victory twice.