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
Jets Wins – 13, Victory Wins – 10, Drawn – 7
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
Heaviest Defeat
Leading Scorers in fixture –
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
Scott Miller – 0 wins, Kevin Muscat – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle 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.