There's seemingly a noteworthy gap in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Central Coast Mariners ahead of Melbourne Victory by 3 points.
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals (18) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have scored more than double the goals of Melbourne Victory.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne Victory, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
These are full days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the A-League. That game was an away game at Melbourne City, so at least Central Coast Mariners are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Central Coast Mariners, who have the most scored goals (18) in A-League, so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Central Coast Mariners after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Mariners will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Melbourne City (placed 1st). Vukovic had a busy but productive day in the Melbourne City match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Vukovic, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.14 out of 10 in that game. Vukovic saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Central Coast Mariners had a home game versus Newcastle Jets which ended with a victory 3-0.Goals decide football matches and Central Coast Mariners are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mariners defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Playing away, Melbourne Victory have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season.
Melbourne Victory are travelling again after losing away to Western United in their previous match (0-1). Broxham was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Broxham hit two key passes and won 1 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Macarthur at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Melbourne Victory in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Melbourne Victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Some info for sports bettors wanting to bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 7 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.
The attacking power of Melbourne when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Melbourne Victory in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory have not lost in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Central Coast Mariners.Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 4 goals |  S. Silvera 3 goals | B. NKololo 2 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
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| Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 6.7 | 7.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 14.5 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 16.6 | 14.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 32% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 21% | 25% |
| 12.1 | 10.7 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 12 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored more than double the goals of Melbourne Victory.
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals (18) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Sydney | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Western United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
