A-League: Melbourne Victory wipes out Newcastle Jets 4-0 showing huge dominance

MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory demolishes Newcastle Jets 4-0 with goals of

MELBOURNE. Melbourne Victory demolishes Newcastle Jets 4-0 with goals of J. Brimmer (16′ pen), C. Ikonomidis (50′), N. D’Agostino (54′) and B. Fornaroli (89′ pen). Newcastle Jets lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the AAMI Park stadium in Melbourne on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Ben Abraham who was helped by Wilson Brown and Andrew Meimarakis. The 4th official was Adam Bavcar. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant around 22 degrees Celsius or 71.64 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.​

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  Melbourne Victory

  4

  

  Newcastle Jets

  0

  4 Nov 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Newcastle Jets was in firm control of the ball 57% while Melbourne Victory was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Newcastle Jets was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Melbourne Victory was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Melbourne Victory shot 15 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Newcastle Jets shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (N. D’Agostino). On the opposite side, Newcastle Jets received 4 yellow cards (A. Thurgate, B. O’Neill, J. Sotirio and M. Natta).

After playing this encounter, Melbourne Victory will have 4 points like Central Coast Mariners to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Newcastle Jets will stay with 6 points to stay in the 4th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Melbourne Victory will play away with Adelaide United on the 11th of November with a 25-18 head to head statistic in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

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  Adelaide United

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  Melbourne Victory

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  11 Nov 2022 Full time

Newcastle Jets will host Melbourne City on the 12th of November with a 18-14 head to head stats in favor of Melbourne City (4 draws).

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  Newcastle Jets

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  Melbourne City

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  12 Nov 2022 Full time

Melbourne Victory: Formation and Lineups

Melbourne Victory started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Tony Popović chose to play with the following team: Paul Izzo (6.9), Stefan Nigro (7.4), Leigh Broxham (7.1), Roderick Miranda (7.3), Cadete (7.4), Nani (7.2), Joshua Brillante (6.5), Rai Marchán (7.6), Jake Brimmer (8.4), Christopher Ikonomidis (6.9) and Nicholas D’Agostino (7.3).

Substitutes

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Nani for B. Folami (70′), Cadete for N. Smith (75′), N. D’Agostino for B. Fornaroli (75′), S. Nigro for J. Geria (85′) and J. Brimmer for N. Velupillay (85′).

Top player: Jake Brimmer

The player who no doubt impressed Melbourne Victory the most was Jake Brimmer.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 51 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.

Newcastle Jets: Formation and Lineups

Newcastle Jets started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Arthur Thomas Papastamatis played with: Michael Weier (5.9), Carl Jenkinson (6.3), Jordan Elsey (6.8), Mark Natta (6.1), James McGarry (7.0), Brandon O’Neill (6.1), Angus Thurgate (6.2), Jaushua Sotirio (6.2), Beka Dartsmelia (6.6), Reno Piscopo (5.8) and Beka Mikeltadze (6.7).

Substitutes

Newcastle Jets made 5 changes: J. McGarry for J. Hoffman (46′), J. Sotirio for T. Buhagiar (67′), B. Dartsmelia for K. Grozos (67′), R. Piscopo for M. Al-Taay (82′) and C. Jenkinson for D. Ingham (82′).

Top player: James McGarry

Probably the most impressive player in Newcastle Jets was James McGarry.

His rating is (7.0) with 26 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.