Central Coast Mariners have travelled here for an absorbing fight against the home side Perth Glory. Prepare for the match with this thorough A-League preview!
It's quite the trip for Central Coast Mariners when visiting Perth Glory as the cities are 4000 kilometers apart.
Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated match!
Perth Glory form and stats
The first A-League game here at Perth Rectangular Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Perth Glory's home game statistics were 6 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats from 13 games.
Perth Glory faced defeat in their previous match, away at Wellington Phoenix (1-2). Božanić (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Božanić served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Newcastle Jets that ended 2-2.Early season league goal statistics from Perth Glory's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Central Coast Mariners in their A-League matches away.
Mariners have a lot to to set right after their surprise defeat (1-2) to Macarthur in their previous outing, played at home. Midfielder Torres was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.01. Torres hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.
A home win as predicted against Bali United before that, in the AFC Cup.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The AFC Cup trip to Bali United.
Central Coast Mariners have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Perth Glory have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (1-4-0) against Central Coast Mariners.Top Goalscorers
  S. Colakovski 1 goals |  M. Beevers 1 goals |  A. Taggart 1 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Perth Glory | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8.5 | 10 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 24 | 19.5 |
| 6.5 | 10 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 23% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 12 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 22 | 17.5 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Perth Glory | Last season | Central Coast Mariners | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 32 | 65 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 81% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 97% | ||
| 73% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 79% | ||
| 38% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 41% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 73% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 17% | ||
| 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 10% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 15.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 14.5 | 16.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Western United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | Melbourne City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |
