Newcastle Jets vs Melbourne Victory: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: McDonald Jones Stadium (33000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the A-League, with both Newcastle Jets and Melbourne Victory experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.

The visiting Melbourne Victory played their last game only four days ago, a AFC Champions League match. That game was also an away game, at Seoul. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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

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Newcastle Jets form and stats

When playing at home in the A-League, Newcastle Jets, who have the most conceded goals (35) in A-League, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.

The home team returns to McDonald Jones Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 7th) on their last time out; the A-League game ended 1-1. Before that, Newcastle Jets had a home game versus Central Coast Mariners which ended with a victory 4-3.

Newcastle Jets's goalie Lewis Italiano played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Western Sydney Wanderers with a stunning six saves.

This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle Jets perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle Jets as a small favourite), we find ten games. Newcastle Jets has won three of these, drawn two and lost five.

Newcastle Jets are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

Melbourne Victory have only collected 7 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-1-6 (9 played).

Two away games in a row for Melbourne Victory, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Seoul in the AFC Champions League. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Chiangrai United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Victory playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Melbourne Victory wins, two draws and four defeats.

Melbourne Victory have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Melbourne Victory have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Melbourne Victory - Newcastle Jets 4-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Newcastle Jets won four, Melbourne Victory won five and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne VictoryO. Toivonen
O. Toivonen
9 goals
Newcastle JetsD. Petratos
D. Petratos
5 goals
Melbourne VictoryA. Nabbout
A. Nabbout
4 goals

Newcastle Jets missing players

Melbourne Victory missing players

Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 9 17
3 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
9 3 0 Lost L 2 6 9
18 10 4 Scored S 3 11 20
35 13 3 Conceded C 6 17 26
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
88% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 65%
29% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 35%
18% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 12%
65% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 59%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 29%
24% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 24%
 
6.5 5.9 9 Corners for (avg) C F 9 4.2 5.4
5.9 5.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.9 5.6
1.4 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
282 134 44 Total Shots T S 38 101 213
94 51 12 Shots on Target S O 11 36 69
19% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 29%
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Melbourne Victory has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
  • Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals (35)
  • Newcastle Jets has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)

  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 15 13 1 1 34 13 8 8 0 0 19 6 7 5 1 1 15 7 21 40
2 Melbourne City 18 9 3 6 32 27 9 6 1 2 16 12 9 3 2 4 16 15 5 30
3 Wellington Phoenix 18 9 3 6 27 22 10 7 1 2 16 9 8 2 2 4 11 13 5 30
4 Perth Glory 16 8 5 3 31 16 8 4 2 2 20 12 8 4 3 1 11 4 15 29
5 Adelaide United 18 9 0 9 32 32 9 6 0 3 17 11 9 3 0 6 15 21 0 27
6 Brisbane Roar 17 7 4 6 19 21 7 4 1 2 11 9 10 3 3 4 8 12 -2 25
7 Western Sydney Wanderers 17 6 3 8 23 25 9 3 3 3 13 11 8 3 0 5 10 14 -2 21
8 Western United 18 6 3 9 23 25 10 3 1 6 14 16 8 3 2 3 9 9 -2 21
9 Melbourne Victory 17 4 4 9 20 26 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 2 1 6 11 17 -6 16
10 Newcastle Jets 17 3 5 9 18 35 8 2 3 3 10 13 9 1 2 6 8 22 -17 14
11 Central Coast Mariners 17 4 1 12 17 34 8 3 1 4 9 14 9 1 0 8 8 20 -17 13

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.