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 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.
