Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Newcastle United Jets and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Saturday, 03 February 2024, at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle.
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Newcastle United Jets, Recent FormNewcastle United Jets won't feel too deflated by the 2-1 home defeat to Wellington Phoenix, given that their opponents sit a full 9 places above them in the league table. In that game they had 57% possession and managed 17 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Wellington Phoenix who had 16 attempts and 7 on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 9 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 11 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 1 clean sheet in those games.
Their current form can't be viewed positively, having clocked up 3 losses from their last 6 games and only 2 wins to speak of.
When it comes to home matches at McDonald Jones Stadium, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 5 league goals for Newcastle United Jets in their last 6 home games.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormMelbourne Victory manager Tony Popović will be looking for a better result in this game following a disappointing 1-1 draw in his team's last league outing against Sydney FC. Their share of possession in that meeting was 67%, while racking up 19 shots along the way, 4 of which were on target. Sydney FC had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.
It's fair to say that Popović will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 5 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games; however, overall they've scored in 13 of their 14 games this season.
There will be mixed feelings from Victory, while they've been undefeated in their last 14 league games, they've only manage a drawn in 3 of them.
Having scored 7 goals in his last 6 league games for Melbourne Victory, Bruno Fornaroli will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
The 5-3 victory which Melbourne Victory recorded last time these two sides met was no surprise to most.
Victory will be confident of finding the net in this one against NU Jets, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 6 encounters between the two sides. Victory have a decent scoring record against The Jets in recent times, having hit the back of the net 13 times in the last 5 matches between the two.
Nishan Velupillay has scored in each of Victory's last league game against NU Jets.
With no real injury worries, NU Jets manager Rob Stanton will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Victory manager Tony Popović has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Newcastle United Jets Playing at home | Melbourne Victory Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | Goals scored | 1.8 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 32' | Time first goal scored | 52' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 48' |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.8 | Subs used | 5.1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | - |
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