A good game and three points is the only event that will do for the Adelaide United regulars in this Coopers Stadium battle with Central Coast Mariners, having a solid lead on the away team in the A-League table.
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (13) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners is in the worst form (0-2-4)
It's quite the trip for Central Coast Mariners when visiting Adelaide as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Central Coast Mariners could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Melbourne City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Adelaide United form and stats
Adelaide United have played 5 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
No payout for Adelaide United in their previous match, an away game at Macarthur that ended in defeat 1-4. Goalkeeper Gauci got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.62 out of ten. Gauci saved a penalty.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Melbourne City.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Adelaide United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost one.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Central Coast Mariners so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Central Coast Mariners as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Newcastle Jets match.
Mariners play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Melbourne City (placed 1st). Midfielder Nkololo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Nkololo scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Melbourne Victory before that.Central Coast Mariners are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mariners have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. In the opposite end, Central Coast Mariners have conceded 11 goals in their away games. Central Coast Mariners has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Adelaide victories, zero draws and two Central Coast Mariners wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 6 goals |   O. Bozanić 4 goals |  M. Ureña Porras 3 goals |
Adelaide United missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Adelaide United | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 64% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 79% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 5.9 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 17.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.3 | 13.4 |
| 4.9 | 7.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 21% | 29% |
| 14.7 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 18.5 | 16.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
- Adelaide United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Adelaide United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (13) in A-League
- Adelaide United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Adelaide United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of Adelaide United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Central Coast Mariners is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Western United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Sydney | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
