Steven Ugarkovic — 6

An industrious shift for the defensive midfielder, who had to match it with Victory’s quartet of talents.

Matthew Ridenton — 6.5

A positive all round showing for the New Zealand international, who caught the eye especially with his through balls to his teammates.

Jason Hoffman — 6

Chameleon like in the manner in which he would camouflage himself in and out of the match, only to appear in shifted roles across the pitch, taking the role of striker, winger and midfielder to great effect. A quieter second half.

Ronald Vargas — 7

Nearly shattered the bar with a ferocious strike early on in the first stanza. Conjured a large amount of the Jets’ better moments with some fancy fleeted footwork and flicked passes reminiscent of the build up to Riley McGree’s “oh my goodness” moment of last season.

Dimi Petratos — 6

Under the watchful eye of Graham Arnold’s Socceroos scouting staff Petratos was not as his complete best despite some positive link ups with Vargas.

Jair — 5

Having received little fanfare and media attention coming in to the season as the sole Brazilian in the A-League, the former Jeonnam Dragons goal machine was rather unsighted for much of the match bar from a tame low effort at goal and occasional fancy touch. Despite an impressive goal return in the K-League he is yet to find his feet in the A-League.

SUBS

Mitch Austin — 6

Replaced Jair and was often looked to to provide a moment to shift the tide.

Kaine Sheppard — 6

Some nice passing and positive forward thinking play, contributing more in his cameo than Jair did in an hour of play.

Ben Kantarovski — 6

Tried to rally his side towards an equaliser at the end.