2015/2016 Hyundai A-League
Season 11 Round 13
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory
W-League and A-League Double Header
When: Sunday 3rd January, 2016
Where: Hunter Stadium, 294 Turton Road, New Lambton, NSW
Kickoff: 2pm AEDST (W-League) 5pm AEDST (A-League)
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, please go to Members Services to the left of Western Stand gates 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 to the right of the Western Stand gates.
FIXTURE FACTS
Jets Wins – 14, Victory Wins – 10, Drawn – 7
Jets Wins – 8, Victory Wins – 2, Drawn – 5
In Melbourne – 16
Jets Wins – 6, Victory Wins – 8, Drawn – 2
Average Home A-League Crowd – 10626
Average Away A-League Crowd – 18348
Goals in Fixture
Jets – 44, Victory – 43
In Newcastle –
Jets – 27, Victory – 18
1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 17, Victory – 12
Cards in Fixture
Jets – 59 (55 yellow, 4 red), Victory 52 (49 yellow, 3 red)
Recent Form (FFA Cup & A-League)
Jets – DLLDL (2 points from last 15)
Victory – LLLLD (1 points from last 15)
Leading Scorers
Jets – Milos Trifunovic (4)
Victory – Besart Berisha (8)
Last Result –
Jets 1 (Carney 75′) – Victory 0 at Hunter Stadium, A-League, Round 3, 23/10/2015.
Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 11 Round 3
| Newcastle Jets | Melbourne Victory |
| Ben Kennedy | Daniel Vukovic |
| Jason Hoffman | Daniel Georgievski |
| Daniel Mullen | Leigh Broxham |
| Nigel Boogaard | Matthieu Delpierre |
| Lachlan Jackson | Dylan Murnane |
| Mateo Poljak | Guilherme Finkler |
| Ben Kantarovski | Kosta Barbarouses |
| Leonardo Vitor Santiago | Oliver Bozanic |
| David Carney | Fahid Ben Khalfallah |
| Enver Alivodic | Carl Valeri |
| Milos Trifunovic | Besart Berisha |
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 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 979 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Daniel Mullen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Hoffman | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nigel Boogaard | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 699 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Ben Kantarovski | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 897 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cameron Watson | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Enver Alivodic | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mateo Poljak | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1080 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Milos Trifunovic | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 987 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leonardo Vitor Santiago | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 527 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mitch Cooper | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Themba Muata-Marlow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Radovan Pavicevic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Josh Barresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ben Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lachlan Jackson | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | David Carney | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1078 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Nick Cowburn | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brandon Lundy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Braedyn Crowley | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ryan Kitto | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 285 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Andrew Pawiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Blake Tuxford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COACHING
Scott Miller – 1 win, Kevin Muscat – 0 wins, 0 drawnNewcastle Jets A-League Coaching Records –
- Scott Miller – 1 matches (1 win, 0 drawn, 0 losses = 100% 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 25% win ratio (2 wins, 3 drawn, 3 losses)
KEY FACTS:
General
- Newcastle are winless in the last 8 matches. The record is 11.
- The Jets are now 11 consecutive matches without a first half goal.
- It has been 379 minutes since the Jets last scored a goal.
- The last 3 matches between the two teams have ended 1-0.
- The Jets have won the last two matches between the two teams
Players
- Ben Kantarovski and Milos Trifunovic are both one yellow card away from an automatic suspension
- David Carney, the player who scored the winner in the match earlier this season, is suspended this weekend
Newcastle Jets
- The Jets have scored 1 goal less than at the same point last season.
- The Jets scoring rate per match is currently tracking at the lowest point when compared to previous seasons (0.75 goals per match)
- Newcastle won only once at home in 2015. They only managed to score 9 goals in 14 matches.
- The Jets have lost just once to Melbourne Victory in the last 2 years.
Melbourne Victory
- Melbourne haven’t won in Newcastle since 18/10/2009
- Danny Vukovic is the player with the most appearances against the Jets, with 33.
