Newcastle Jets Melbourne Victory betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 3^rd position of the league, with 34 points won, after 9 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Melbourne City, by (3‑0). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Brisbane Roar, by (0‑0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, with 19 goals scored and 12 conceded at home, against 9 goals scored and 8 conceded in away matches. In the last 9 away league matches Mel Victory has a record of 4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 15 points out of 27 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (5 out of 9 matches). Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 16 of the last 21 matches for the A‑League, they have reached half‑time in front in 8 of those 16 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 9 of them. In 21 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have never been able to turn the score around.

Melbourne Victory's team has been one of the best surprises in this edition of the regular phase of the Australian league and comes to this match occupying the 3^rd place in the league table, with 35 points, one above Adelaide United and three behind the vice-leadership of Western United. The lead to first place outside the play-off zone is 10 points at this point. Without losing in the regular time of their games for 11 consecutive matches, the team led by coach Anthony Popovic is going through a good moment of form, despite, last Tuesday, having drawn against Brisbane Roar (0-0), at home, breaking a streak of three consecutive victories (achieved against Melbourne City, Perth Glory and Adelaide United).

Confirmed Lineup: Ivan Kelava, Matthew Spiranovic, Jason Geria, Roderick Miranda, Jason Davidson, Joshua Brillante, Rai, Christopher Oikonomidis, Marco Rojas, Nicholas D'Agostino, Ben Folami.
Coach: T. Popović.