Melbourne Victory hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 12th position in the A-League table. Visiting Newcastle Jets holds 7th place with 8 pts.
- Melbourne Victory has the fewest scored goals (5) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in A-League
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 time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Newcastle Jets, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Only two A-League home games for Melbourne Victory so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager G. Brebner led his Melbourne to a defeat in the A-League match away at Western Sydney Wanderers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AAMI Park. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brisbane Roar (2-5).
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost six.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne, as the A-League home game vs Wellington Phoenix is only three days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Melbourne Victory at home in the league. 3 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Newcastle Jets have produced an overall stat of 1-2-1 so far. Visiting Newcastle has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Newcastle Jets goalkeeper Jack Duncan is eager to challenge this, with his 234 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Brisbane Roar (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Melbourne City.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Newcastle in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Newcastle Jets, three draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Newcastle when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Newcastle as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Melbourne Victory won five games, one match ended with a draw and Newcastle Jets has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  V. Yuel 4 goals |  J. Brimmer 3 goals |  R. O'Donovan 2 goals |
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| Melbourne Victory | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.2 | 11 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12 | 15.1 |
| 3.3 | 4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 25% | 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 20% |
- All of Melbourne Victory's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne Victory has the fewest scored goals (5) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory has the the worst goal difference (-7) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in A-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Sydney | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 9 | Melbourne City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Western United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 4 |