Biggest Win

Heaviest Defeat

Leading Scorers in fixture –

• Ernie Merrick – 4 matches (2 wins, 0 drawn, 2 losses = 0.5% win ratio)
• Mark Jones – 3 matches (0 wins, 1 drawn, 2 losses = 0% win ratio)
• Scott Miller – 3 matches (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss = 33% 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 – No Matches
• Clayton Zane – 1 match (0 wins, 1 drawn, 0 loss = 0% win ratio)

Melbourne Victory Coach Record – Kevin Muscat 41% win ratio (7 wins, 5 drawn, 5 losses)

General

• The Jets last drew a game on a Saturday on 3rd January 2016 – a 1-1 draw with Brisbane.
• The Grand Final loss was the first time in A-League history the Jets have lost to Victory at home on a Saturday. There have been 7 Saturday fixtures between the teams in Newcastle.
• The Jets have lost 3 of their last 4 home matches, being held scoreless in each one.
• Newcastle have lost only 3 home matches in October in the last 7 seasons (13 matches).

Key Stats from Previous Round

• The Jets scored in a 15th consecutive away fixture.

Players

• Ronald Vargas became the 80th Newcastle Jets player to score in the A-League.
• Jason Hoffman will move into 6th in overall Jets A-League appearances this weekend.

SQUADS:

Newcastle Jets: 1.Glen MOSS (gk), 3.Jason HOFFMAN, 4.Nigel BOOGAARD (c), 5.Ben KANTAROVSKI, 6.Steven UGARKOVIC, 7.Dimi PETRATOS, 8.Jair, 10.Ronald VARGAS, 11.Mitch AUSTIN, 13.Ivan VUJICA, 14.Kaine SHEPPARD, 16.Nick COWBURN, 17.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 22.Lachlan JACKSON, 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 32.Angus THURGATE, 44.Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
**two to be omitted**

Ins: 13.Ivan VUJICA (promoted), 32.Angus THURGATE (return from Young Socceroos)
Outs: Nil
Unavailable: 9.Roy O’DONOVAN (suspension – 6 rounds), 18.Johnny KOUTROUMBIS (illness – TBC), 24.Joe CHAMPNESS (foot – TBC)

Melbourne Victory: 1.Matt ACTON (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3. Corey BROWN, 4.Keisuke HONDA, 5.Georg NIEDERMEIER, 6.Leigh BROXHAM, 8.Terry ANTONIS, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.James TROISI, 13.Birkan KIRDAR, 14.Thomas DENG, 15.Raul BAENA, 16.Josh HOPE, 19. Rahmat AKBARI, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Carl VALERI (c), 22.Nick ANSELL, 23.Jai INGHAM
**two to be omitted**

Ins: 13.Birkan KIRDAR (promoted), 16.Josh HOPE (promoted), 19. Rahmat AKBARI (promoted)
Outs: Kenny ATHIU (hamstring – TBC)
Unavailable: Ola TOIVONEN (calf – TBC)

REFEREES:

Referee: Chris Beath
Assistant Referee 1: Ashley Beecham
Assistant Referee 2: Ryan Gallagher
Fourth Official: Stephen Laurie
VAR: Kris Griffiths-Jones