Melbourne Victory, who have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in A-League, confront Newcastle Jets, who have the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League, for prestige and victory.
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Newcastle Jets have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Melbourne Victory and Newcastle Jets should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have collected 0 points from their A-League home games so far after 0-0-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Melbourne Victory's attacking players as they have now played 277 minutes without scoring in a league game. Brillante was their last goal scorer.
Melbourne Victory drew their last game, 0-0 away at Brisbane Roar (placed 10th). Midfield player Brimmer got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Brimmer hit four key passes and had 64 successful passes (of 72 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Melbourne City that was lost 0-2.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melbourne Victory at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the A-League ended in defeat. Last season Newcastle Jets had these away match statistics: Played 13; won 2, drew 3 and lost 8.
Newcastle play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 1st). Defender Jenkinson was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Jenkinson hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Wellington Phoenix.It's early days yet, but Newcastle Jets has scored 0 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Melbourne Victory wins - draws - Newcastle Jets wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brillante 1 goals |  C. Ikonomidis 1 goals |  N. D'Agostino 1 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Newcastle Jets missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 56% |
| 11 | 10.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10 | 15.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 5.3 |
- Melbourne Victory have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (0) away in A-League
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Newcastle Jets | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 45 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 75% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 77% | ||
| 29% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 38% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 19% | ||
| 61% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 65% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 14% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 15% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14.1 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 14.9 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Sydney | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Western United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
