Brisbane Roar will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Central Coast Mariners.
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (21) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most points from losing position (12) in A-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the A-League. That game was an away game at Melbourne City, so at least Brisbane Roar are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Central Coast Mariners have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Brisbane Roar form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Brisbane Roar, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in A-League, have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Western United in a game that was won 2-1.
Brisbane's goalkeeper Jamie Young was extremely busy against Melbourne City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves.
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 Brisbane Roar have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Brisbane Roar after this match as they are travelling to Adelaide United for a A-League game in only four days.
Brisbane are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Brisbane Roar have conceded 9 goals.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in A-League, on their A-League travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Melbourne Victory (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The A-League match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Brisbane Roar.
We have checked recent matches where Mariners have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, zero draws and four defeats.
Central Coast Mariners has another fixture away, a A-League game, against Newcastle Jets in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Mariners have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Mariners have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Central Coast Mariners - Brisbane 0-4, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Brisbane victories, three draws and zero Central Coast Mariners wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Simon 9 goals |   D. Wenzel-Halls 7 goals |  R. Danzaki 7 goals |
Brisbane Roar missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Brisbane Roar | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 85% |
| 53% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 35% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 63% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 55% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 32% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 17.3 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.6 | 13.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 28% | 20% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 30% | 31% |
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest conceded goals (21) in A-League
- Brisbane Roar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most points from losing position (12) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners 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 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 25 | 41 |
| 2 | Sydney | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 32 |
| 4 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 32 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 30 |
| 8 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -29 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 14 |