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Newcastle Jets 4-2 Melbourne V. - December 19, 2008 / A-League 2008/2009

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A-League 2008/2009 - Round 16

EnergyAustralia Stadium - Newcastle - Australia

December 19, 2008

6 268

Newcastle Jets

4 - 2

Melbourne V.

Matt Thompson

16'

Matt Thompson

45'

Matt Thompson

49'

Jin-hyung Song

59'

66'

Danny Allsopp

87'

Ney Fabiano

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16' - Goal Matt Thompson16

45' - Goal Matt Thompson45

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46' - Substitution Evan Bergeris substituted by Matthew Kemp

49' - Goal Matt Thompson49

59' - Goal Jin-hyung Song59

66' - Goal Danny Allsopp

67' - Substitution Billy Celeskiis substituted by Ney Fabiano photo Tom Pondeljak

67' - Substitution Carlos Hernandezis substituted by Tom Pondeljak

87' - Substitution Jin-hyung Songis substituted by Sean Rooney87

87' - Goal Ney Fabiano

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle Jets

4 - 2

Melbourne V.

Newcastle Jets Melbourne V.

Team line-ups

Newcastle Jets

Covic

Ante Covic

Australia

B.date13/06/1975

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Griffiths

Adam Griffiths

Australia

B.date21/08/1979

Age29 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Milligan

Mark Milligan

Australia

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Thompson491645

Matt Thompson

Australia

B.date18/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

North

Jade North

Australia

B.date07/01/1982

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

D'Apuzzo

Adam D'Apuzzo

Australia

B.date20/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Elrich

Tarek Elrich

Australia

B.date01/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Song5987

Jin-hyung Song

South Korea

B.date13/08/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Kantarovski

Benjamin Kantarovski

Australia

B.date20/01/1992

Age16 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Griffiths

Joel Griffiths

Australia

B.date21/08/1979

Age29 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Jesic

Marko Jesic

Australia

B.date07/08/1989

Age19 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ante Covic		33	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam Griffiths		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Milligan		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matt Thompson	491645	26	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jade North		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adam D'Apuzzo		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tarek Elrich		21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jin-hyung Song	5987	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Benjamin Kantarovski		16	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joel Griffiths		29	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marko Jesic		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Melbourne V.

Theoklitos

Michael Theoklitos

Australia

B.date11/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Vargas

Rodrigo Vargas

Australia

B.date20/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Muscat

Kevin Muscat

Australia

B.date07/08/1973

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Thwaite

Michael Thwaite

Australia

B.date02/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

Celeski67

Billy Celeski

Australia

B.date14/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Berger46

Evan Berger

Australia

B.date16/08/1987

Age21 years

H1m69

positionLeft Midfielder

Lopez

Jose Luis Lopez

Costa Rica

B.date31/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Hernandez67

Carlos Hernandez

Costa Rica

B.date09/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m70

positionOffensive Midfielder

Ward

Nick Ward

Australia

B.date24/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

Allsopp66

Danny Allsopp

Australia

B.date10/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Thompson

Archie Thompson

Australia

B.date23/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m74

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Michael Theoklitos		27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rodrigo Vargas		30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Muscat		35	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Thwaite		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Billy Celeski	67	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Evan Berger	46	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jose Luis Lopez		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Hernandez	67	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Ward		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Allsopp	66	30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Archie Thompson		30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Sean Rooney	87	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Matthew Kemp	46	28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Pondeljak	67	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ney Fabiano	8767	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jin-hyung Song

James Holland

OUT

Marko Jesic

Jobe Wheelhouse

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Evan Berger

Grant Brebner

OUT

Carlos Hernandez

Tom Pondeljak

OUT

Archie Thompson

Ney Fabiano

OUT

Nick Ward

Matthew Kemp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gary Van Egmond

Branko Culina

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Van Egmond vs Melbourne V.

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 2008

Van Egmond vs Merrick

6 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernie Merrick

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Merrick vs Newcastle Jets

3 victories

2 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 2008

Merrick vs Van Egmond

1 victory

1 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 2008

Referee

Craig Zetter

2 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Newcastle Jets8 matches	General total	Melbourne V.3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Newcastle Jets6 matches	Season total	Melbourne V.2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on August 23, 2009					Latest figure on September 13, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Jin-hyung Song scores at least 1 goals during the same game in his professional career with

Newcastle Jets keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Melbourne V. at home running (since 19/01/2007). It's a record streak. The first of history

Danny Allsopp scored 5 goals vs in A-League

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNewcastle Jets 0-0 Sydney FC13/09/2008

DNewcastle Jets 2-2 Wellington Phoenix06/10/2008

VNewcastle Jets 1-0 Melbourne Victory18/10/2008

LNewcastle Jets 1-2 Brisbane Roar02/11/2008

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Adelaide United30/11/2008

LNewcastle Jets 1-2 Sydney FC07/12/2008

Overall

LNewcastle Jets 1-2 Brisbane Roar02/11/2008

DPerth Glory 2-2 Newcastle Jets09/11/2008

LWellington Phoenix 2-0 Newcastle Jets23/11/2008

DNewcastle Jets 1-1 Adelaide United30/11/2008

LNewcastle Jets 1-2 Sydney FC07/12/2008

LBrisbane Roar 2-1 Newcastle Jets14/12/2008

Current form

Away

DCentral Coast Mariners 2-2 Melbourne Victory20/09/2008

LNewcastle Jets 1-0 Melbourne Victory18/10/2008

VAdelaide United 2-3 Melbourne Victory31/10/2008

VBrisbane Roar 0-1 Melbourne Victory08/11/2008

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne Victory28/11/2008

LPerth Glory 3-1 Melbourne Victory06/12/2008

Overall

LMelbourne Victory 0-2 Sydney FC25/10/2008

VAdelaide United 2-3 Melbourne Victory31/10/2008

VBrisbane Roar 0-1 Melbourne Victory08/11/2008

VMelbourne Victory 2-1 Central Coast Mariners21/11/2008

LWellington Phoenix 2-1 Melbourne Victory28/11/2008

LPerth Glory 3-1 Melbourne Victory06/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	3	7
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	5	3
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1062	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	932
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	14
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
2	Victories (Competition total)	7
1	Victories (Home / Away)	3
6	Draws (Competition total)	2
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

14	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
0.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

30	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
4	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Joel Griffiths	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Danny Allsopp
Joel Griffiths	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Muscat
Joel Griffiths	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Kevin Muscat
Joel Griffiths	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Kevin Muscat
Joel Griffiths	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Danny Allsopp

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

7 ga

Total

11 matches

6 v

2 d

3 l

14 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

6 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Total

11 matches

3 v

2 d

6 l

11 gf

14 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 19, 2007
Home	4 - 0	January 19, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 29, 2008
Away	2 - 0	October 08, 2006

Latest head to head

October 18, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Newcastle Jets

1 - 0

Melbourne V.

August 29, 2008 - A-League 2008/2009

Melbourne V.

5 - 0

Newcastle Jets logo Newcastle Jets

December 16, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Melbourne V.

1 - 3

Newcastle Jets logo Newcastle Jets

October 26, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Melbourne V.

0 - 2

Newcastle Jets logo Newcastle Jets

September 21, 2007 - A-League 2007/2008

Newcastle Jets

2 - 2

Melbourne V.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne V.

Joel Griffiths	4 goals	2007 - 2007
Vaughan Coveny	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Adam Griffiths	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Mark Bridge	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Marko Jesic	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Denni	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle Jets

Danny Allsopp	4 goals	2006 - 2008
Archie Thompson	3 goals	2005 - 2008
Carlos Hernandez	2 goals	2007 - 2008
Grant Brebner	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Adrian Caceres	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne V.

Matt Thompson	11 matches	2005 - 2008
Jade North	10 matches	2005 - 2008
Stuart Musialik	8 matches	2005 - 2007
Joel Griffiths	7 matches	2006 - 2008
Tarek Elrich	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Ante Covic	6 matches	2007 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle Jets

Danny Allsopp	10 matches	2005 - 2008
Kevin Muscat	9 matches	2005 - 2008
Archie Thompson	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Michael Theoklitos	8 matches	2006 - 2008
Rodrigo Vargas	8 matches	2006 - 2008
Grant Brebner	7 matches	2006 - 2008