Melbourne Victory FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC, A League 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2020-21

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Sun 21 Feb 2021 · 05:05 UTC AAMI Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Storm Roux 29' Y

Y 41' Nigel Boogaard

Y 56' Angus Thurgate

Y 86' Mathew Millar

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Newcastle United Jets FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2026/27)
Newcastle United Jets FC 26 games · 48 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kurt Ams
Referee Daniel Illievski
Referee Andrew Meimarakis
Referee
Referee Casey Reibelt

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
3	Auckland FC	26	42
4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
5	Sydney FC	26	39
6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
7	Macarthur FC	26	34
8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

Head-to-Head

Melbourne Victory FC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Newcastle United Jets FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-02-21 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC 2020-02-22 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2020-01-05 Melbourne Victory FC 4–0 Newcastle United Jets FC 2019-03-02 Melbourne Victory FC 0–2 Newcastle United Jets FC 2019-01-12 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Newcastle United Jets FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	0–1	L
10 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L
06 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–5	L
12 Aug	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Perth Glory FC	A	4–0	W
03 Aug	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–3	L

Newcastle United Jets FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–0	W
14 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	A	0–0	D
07 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	1–0	W
13 Aug	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–0	W
02 Aug	Western United FC	H	1–0	W
24 Jul	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Melbourne Victory FC		Newcastle United Jets FC
#4	Position	#1
40	Points	48
26	Played	26
11 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	15 / 3 / 8
44	Scored	55
33	Conceded	39
+11	GD	+16
1.54	PPG	1.85
42%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Newcastle United Jets FC are 1st (48 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Melbourne Victory FC welcome Newcastle United Jets FC for this crunch clash at AAMI Park.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' It looks surprising Newcastle United Jets FC does not make any changes. Connor O'Toole has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Melbourne Victory FC that had 210 games and scored 299 goals.
20' Ben Folami is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Newcastle United Jets FC tonight.
25' A quiet spell here at AAMI Park. Melbourne Victory FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
29' Storm Roux has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 29.
34' Adama Traore needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
38' Fresh legs for Melbourne Victory FC! Leigh Broxham comes on to replace Storm Roux.
41' Controversy at the stadium! Nigel Boogaard argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Steven Ugarkovic, a Croatia , has 15 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
51' Jake Brimmer has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
56' Poor challenge from Angus Thurgate. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
59' Time for substitution for Melbourne Victory FC. Nick Ansell is replaced by Dylan Ryan.
62' Luka Prso is replacing Ramy Najjarine for the Newcastle United Jets FC side.
67' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
68' Rudy Gestede is ready to make an impact after coming on for Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio at the 68 minute mark.
72' Angus Thurgate puts Newcastle United Jets FC on the lead.
77' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
82' Melbourne Victory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 82.
86' Fresh legs for Newcastle United Jets FC! Archie Goodwin comes on to replace Roy O'Donovan.
86' Mathew Millar was booked on 86.
90' A tactical swap from Newcastle United Jets FC — Ali Abbas on, Valentino Yuel off on 90 minutes.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Melbourne Victory FC.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Jacob Butterfield
5
Ryan Shotton
7
Callum McManaman ↓ Ben Folami 68'
10
Robbie Kruse
13
Birkan Kirdar
2
Storm Roux ↓ Leigh Broxham 38'
4
Nick Ansell ↓ Dylan Ryan 59'
22
Jake Brimmer
20
Max Crocombe
3
Adama Traore C
25
Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio ↓ Rudy Gestede 68'

Bench

11
Ben Folami ↑ 68'
9
Rudy Gestede ↑ 68'
19
Dylan Ryan ↑ 59'
1
Matt Acton
6
Leigh Broxham ↑ 38'
17
Elvis Kamsoba
14
Jay Barnett

Newcastle United Jets FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Lewis Italiano
14
Ali Abbas ↑ 90'
27
Lucas Mauragis
21
Luka Prso ↑ 62'
18
Jack Armson
15
Tete Yengi
26
Archie Goodwin ↑ 86'

Coach Craig Deans

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bruno Fornaroli	5
Clayton Taylor	4
Beka Mikeltadze	3
Nishan Velupillay	3
Jake Brimmer	2
Charles Nduka	2
Eli Adams	2
Nicholas D'Agostino	2

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2021-02-21 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC L 2021-02-10 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–0 Melbourne Victory FC L 2021-02-06 Brisbane Roar FC 5–2 Melbourne Victory FC L 2020-08-12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2020-08-08 Perth Glory FC 0–4 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-08-03 Melbourne Victory FC 2–3 Central Coast Mariners FC L

Newcastle United Jets FC Form

2021-02-21 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2021-02-14 Brisbane Roar FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2021-02-07 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC W 2020-08-13 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2020-08-02 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–0 Western United FC W 2020-07-24 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.4 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.43 Newcastle United Jets FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC or Newcastle United Jets FC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC34% Draw28% Newcastle United Jets FC38%

Actual: Newcastle United Jets FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Newcastle United Jets FC

66%

Melbourne Victory FC or Newcastle United Jets FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC27% Draw46% Newcastle United Jets FC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

0 – 0

7.7%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.3%

0 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Newcastle United Jets FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	19%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Newcastle United Jets FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.