Here's what we know about the Melbourne Victory - Newcastle Jets match:

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Competition: Australia A-League
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 07:30 (UTC)
Venue: Marvel Stadium (56347 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the A-League, Melbourne Victory holding 8th place and Newcastle Jets lying 11th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

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.

It's quite the trip for Newcastle Jets when visiting Melbourne Victory as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

Melbourne Victory's results here at Marvel Stadium in the A-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Happy days for Melbourne Victory in their previous game, a A-League match away at Melbourne City (placed 2nd) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Melbourne Victory drew at home versus Wellington Phoenix.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Melbourne Victory have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 5.

Melbourne Victory have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Melbourne Victory have conceded 6 goals.

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Newcastle Jets form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (21) in A-League, are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Newcastle Jets have lost on their last two travels.

Newcastle Jets delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Brisbane Roar (placed 9th) in their previous match; a A-League game. Preceding that game, the 2-6 loss visiting Perth Glory's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Newcastle Jets playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 7 Newcastle Jets wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Newcastle Jets find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Newcastle Jets concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 1 - 4 (Melbourne Victory wins - draws - Newcastle Jets wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne VictoryO. Toivonen
O. Toivonen
14 goals

Melbourne Victory missing players

Newcastle Jets missing players

Melbourne Victory Newcastle Jets
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 0 Played P 1 5 10
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 3 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
11 5 0 Scored S 1 6 11
15 6 0 Conceded C 1 13 21
82% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
55% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 50%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
64% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 70%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
18% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.7 6.8 0 Corners For (avg) C F 12 6.2 5.9
5.8 6.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.6 6.9
2.5 2.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
134 80 0 Total Shots T S 14 81 157
41 20 0 Shots on Target S O 5 24 59
27% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 19%
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (3) at home
  • Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (4)
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals (13) away
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals (21)
  • Newcastle Jets has the the worst goal difference (-10)
  • Newcastle Jets has the the worst goal difference (-7) away
  • Newcastle Jets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newcastle Jets have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Newcastle Jets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sydney 11 9 1 1 26 11 6 6 0 0 16 5 5 3 1 1 10 6 15 28
2 Melbourne City 12 7 1 4 25 20 6 4 0 2 12 11 6 3 1 2 13 9 5 22
3 Perth Glory 11 5 3 3 21 12 5 2 1 2 11 8 6 3 2 1 10 4 9 18
4 Western United 13 5 2 6 17 18 7 2 1 4 8 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 -1 17
5 Adelaide United 10 5 0 5 18 16 6 3 0 3 11 10 4 2 0 2 7 6 2 15
6 Wellington Phoenix 11 4 3 4 16 15 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 2 2 2 9 8 1 15
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 4 2 6 14 18 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -4 14
8 Melbourne Victory 11 3 3 5 11 15 6 1 3 2 5 6 5 2 0 3 6 9 -4 12
9 Brisbane Roar 11 3 3 5 12 17 4 2 0 2 6 6 7 1 3 3 6 11 -5 12
10 Central Coast Mariners 10 3 1 6 9 17 5 2 1 2 5 8 5 1 0 4 4 9 -8 10
11 Newcastle Jets 10 2 3 5 11 21 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 1 3 6 13 -10 9

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.