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.
