Melbourne Victory grabs a 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets. HIGHLIGHTS

NEWCASTLE. Melbourne Victory prevailed over Newcastle Jets to win 2-1. A goal from F. Margiotta was decisive in the 90min.

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April 17, 2022

NEWCASTLE. Melbourne Victory overcame Newcastle Jets to win 2-1. A goal from F. Margiotta was decisive in the 90min. It was Melbourne Victory to strike first with an early goal of N. D’Agostino at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 65′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Margiotta gave the win to Melbourne Victory in the 90′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the McDonald Jones Stadium stadium in Newcastle on Saturday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro with the help of Matthew McOrist and Lance Greenshields. The 4th official was Kurt Ams. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.

Match Statistics

Newcastle Jets

1 - 2

Melbourne Victory

55 Ball Possession 45

Shots

12 Total 16
2 On Target 5
10 Off Target 11
3 Shots blocked 4

131 Attack 99
46 Dangerous attack 47
84 Ball safe 80

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

19 Total 13
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Newcastle Jets had a strong ball possession 55% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Melbourne Victory won the match.

Newcastle Jets shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Newcastle Jets received 1 yellow card (J. Elsey). Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (B. Folami).

Match Timeline

41'

58'

Ben Folami- Yellow

65'

71'

75'

N. Velupillay- sub ->B. Folami

79'

82'

Leigh Broxham- sub ->Rai

82'

A. Goodwin- sub ->S. Siatravanis

86'

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

Brisbane Roar

Perth Glory

After this match, Newcastle Jets will stay with 25 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne Victory will have 38 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Newcastle Jets will play away with Macarthur on the 1st of May with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Macarthur (2 draws).

Melbourne Victory will host Wellington Phoenix on the 29th of April with a 19-11 head to head record in favor of Melbourne Victory (9 draws).

Newcastle Jets – Formation

Newcastle Jets

Jack Duncan 1.Australia

6.3

Jason Hoffman 3.Australia

6.6

86'

Jordan Elsey 4.Australia

7.4

41'

Dane Ingham 2.New Zealand

6.5

Riley Warland 44.Australia

6.8

Brandon Wilson 13.Botswana

6.8

79'

Kosta Grozos 16.Australia

6.8

79'

Savvas Siatravanis 21.Greece

7.4

86'

65'

Olivier Junior Boumal 10.Cameroon

6.3

71'

Daniel Penha 11.Brazil

8.2

Beka Mikeltadze 9.Georgia

6.7

Substitutes

Michael Weier 20.Australia

T. Regan 19.Australia

D. Murnane 15.Australia

6.2

86'

Jordan O'Doherty 7.Australia

6.4

79'

M. Arqués 8.Spain

6.4

79'

Valentino Yuel 17.South Sudan

6.9

71'

A. Goodwin 26.Australia

6.4

86'

Newcastle Jets adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Arthur Thomas Papastamatis decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: O. Boumal for V. Yuel (71′), B. Wilson for J. O’Doherty (79′), K. Grozos for M. Arques (79′), S. Siatravanis for A. Goodwin (86′) and J. Hoffman for D. Murnane (86′).

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory

I. Kelava 20.Croatia

6.6

Jason Davidson 3.Australia

7.4

Roderick Miranda 21.Portugal

7.4

Jason Geria 2.Australia

7.3

Matthew Spiranovic 5.Australia

6.4

75'

Joshua Brillante 8.Australia

6.8

Rai Marchán 4.Spain

6.6

82'

Marco Rojas 23.New Zealand

6.8

89'

Chris Ikonomidis 7.Australia

7.5

Ben Folami 11.Australia

6.2

75'

58'

Nick D'Agostino 18.Australia

7.5

82'

Substitutes

M. Bulic 30.Australia

Brendan Hamill 17.Australia

6.7

75'

Leigh Broxham 6.Australia

6.7

82'

B. Kirdar 13.Australia

Lleyton Brooks 26.Australia

89'

N. Velupillay 24.Australia

6.8

75'

Francesco Margiotta 9.Italy

8.3

82'

90'

Also Melbourne Victory adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tony Popović played with: .

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: M. Spiranovic for B. Hamill (75′), B. Folami for N. Velupillay (75′), Rai for L. Broxham (82′), N. D’Agostino for F. Margiotta (82′) and M. Rojas for L. Brooks (89′).