The Wellington Phoenix & Central Coast Mariners bosses Talay and Montgomery are both fearing and looking forward to this very important game in the top regions of the A-League table.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals (26) in A-League
This has all the signs of an exciting game with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
Wellington Phoenix have played 7 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Oliver Sail not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Happy days for Wellington in their previous game, a fixture away at Brisbane Roar (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Mauragis, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Mauragis served one assist, hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sydney.Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Central Coast Mariners in their A-League matches away.
Two trips in a row for Central Coast Mariners, whose coach Montgomery could celebrate last time after the win against Macarthur. Attacker Túlio got a player rating of 7.92 in the game. "Man of the match" Túlio scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Adelaide United.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this team's 12 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Mariners's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other before this match year: Wellington Phoenix - Central Coast Mariners 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wellington Phoenix six wins, one draw and Central Coast Mariners three victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Kraev 5 goals |  O. Zawada 5 goals |
Wellington Phoenix missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Wellington Phoenix | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 18 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 92% |
| 58% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 92% |
| 58% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 17% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 8% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 14.3 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.8 | 14 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 7 | 6.8 |
| 32% | 36% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 32% |
| 11.9 | 12.6 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.8 | 12.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
- All of Wellington Phoenix's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most matches over the total-line (11) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals (26) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Central Coast Mariners is in the best form (5-0-1) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals (12) at home in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wellington Phoenix haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Western United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
