It's the second try for points this season as Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets bump heads at AAMI Park.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The previous season, Melbourne Victory's league results were 8 wins, 4 draws and 14 losses, resulting in 11th place in the A-League. During these 26 matches they scored {29 goals} and gave away 34. Playing at home in the former season Melbourne Victory managed 5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 14 conceded.
A strong away win for Melbourne against Sydney the last match, as Machach and Fornaroli were on target. Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Izzo did an outstanding job against Sydney with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Izzo got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.75 out of ten. Izzo topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the match before, 2-2 away to Newcastle Jets (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (Ffa Cup). The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Melbourne Victory matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Newcastle Jets form and stats
Let's have a look at how Newcastle Jets performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 9/23 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the A-League for Newcastle Jets and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 13 games.
Newcastle Jets are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Perth Glory (placed 4th). Scott had red hot gloves after the game against Perth Glory, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made.
The match earlier was the Ffa Cup-duel against Brisbane Roar (after extra-time), a home loss (2-3). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Newcastle playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
It's early days yet, but Newcastle Jets has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Data for the last ten meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Melbourne Victory, two draws and four wins for Newcastle Jets. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 1 goals |  Z. Machach 1 goals |   K. Grozos 1 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 21 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Newcastle Jets | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 9 | 30 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 54% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 62% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 31% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 54% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 58% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 35% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 31% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14.1 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 25% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 28% | ||
| 11.6 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 14.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Western United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |
