Newcastle Jets have achieved 3 home victories so far, Melbourne Victory have won 2 away. Who betters their standings after this one?
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's quite the trip for Melbourne Victory when visiting Newcastle Jets as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Newcastle Jets form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Newcastle Jets have to build on here at McDonald Jones Stadium in the A-League.
The home team returns to McDonald Jones Stadium after drawing with Perth Glory (placed 7th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Papastamatis made a successful contribution in the game against Perth Glory, bringing on Goodwin who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Piscopo got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Piscopo scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Brisbane Roar.Newcastle have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at McDonald Jones Stadium with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Newcastle Jets's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have only collected 8 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Melbourne go into this game after a win, the home game against Wellington Phoenix that ended 3-1. Eureka; their first victory in the league after seven rounds not winning. Midfield player Brimmer was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Brimmer scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Sydney.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Melbourne Victory as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As for defending, Melbourne Victory rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head meeting ended Melbourne Victory - Newcastle 4-0, played this season. Last ten meetings between these participants: Newcastle Jets won four, Melbourne Victory were winners in five and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Mikeltadze 3 goals |  T. Buhagiar 3 goals |  J. Brimmer 3 goals |
Newcastle Jets missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Newcastle Jets | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 87% |
| 87% | 86% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 60% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 27% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 22% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 7% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 40% |
| 13% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 40% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 6.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.7 | 13.6 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 28% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 14.5 | 15.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- Newcastle Jets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Melbourne City | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sydney | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Macarthur | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Western United | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 14 |
