2016 FFA Cup – Round of 32 Match Preview – Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory

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2016 Westfield FFA Cup
Round of 32
Newcastle United Jets FC vs Melbourne Victory FC

When: Wednesday 3rd August, 2016
Where: Magic Park, Cnr Curley Rd & Denny St, Broadmeadow, NSW
Kickoff: 730pm AEDST (gates open 630pm)
Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/
Pre-match: from 5pm at the Premier Hotel, 1 Brunker Road, Broadmeadow http://www.hotelpremier.com.au

Watch: online only http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/ffa-cup/ffacupondemand
Listen: ABC Newcastle 1233 or ABC Grandstand online
Tweet: @newyboys #NTUA #NEWvMVC

FIXTURE FACTS

Overall – 33 matches between the two teams.
Jets Wins – 14, Victory Wins – 11, Drawn – 8

In Newcastle – 16 matches.
Jets Wins – 8, Victory Wins – 3, Drawn – 5
In Melbourne – 17 matches
Jets Wins – 6, Victory Wins – 8, Drawn – 3

Average Home A-League Crowd – 10515
Average Away A-League Crowd – 18115

Goals in Fixture
Jets – 45, Victory – 45
In Newcastle –
Jets – 27, Victory – 19

1st Goals in Fixture
Jets – 18, Victory – 13

Cards in Fixture
Jets – 63 (58 yellow, 5 red), Victory 60 (57 yellow, 3 red)

Last Result –
Jets 1 (Kitto 37′) – Victory 1 (Berisha 57′) at AAMI Park, A-League, Round 24, 20/3/2016.

Starting line-ups from Last Meeting in Season 15/16 Round 24

Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Mark Birighitti Lawrence Thomas
Jason Hoffman Jason Geria
Daniel Mullen Thomas Deng
Nigel Boogaard Matthieu Delpierre
Nick Cowburn Scott Galloway
Mateo Poljak Leigh Broxham
Steven Ugarkovic Guilherme Finkler
Leonardo Vitor Santiago Oliver Bozanic
Enver Alivodic Jai Ingham
Morten Nordstrand Kosta Barbarouses
Ryan Kitto Besart Berisha

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)

 

COACHING

Coaches Head to Head – 3 matches
Scott Miller – 1 win, Kevin Muscat – 1 win, 1 drawNewcastle 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 30% win ratio (3 wins, 4 drawn, 3 losses)

KEY FACTS:

General

  • The Jets conceeded a penalty in their last 3 matches at the end of last season.
  • The Jets have scored the first goal in 3 of their last 4 matches.
  • Newcastle have played all FFA Cup games, so far, at home.
  • The Jets have won 1 penalty shootout in the 4 they’ve competed in.
  • Neither side has scored more than 1 goal in the last 5 meetings between the teams.

 

Players

  • Devante Clut, Wayne Brown and Ivan Vujica are in line to make their competitive debut for the club. The next player to appear will be player #141.
  • A combined total of 8 players have left Victroy and Jets since their last meeting.
  • Andrew Hoole will continue to build upon his 50 competitive appearances for the Jets.
  • Ben Kennedy has kept Melbourne Victory scoreless in his last 2 appearances and for 185 minutes in total.
  • Ben Kantarovski is the only available player to have appeared for the Jets in each year of the FFA Cup.

 

Newcastle Jets

  • The Jets are the only team to score a first half goal in the last 5 fixtures between these teams – a 37th minute goal by Ryan Kitto.

 

Melbourne Victory

  • Victory received 13 bookings in the 3 meetings last year, with no player receiving a second booking.