Central Coast Mariners hope to sell all 20059 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 10th position in the A-League table. Visiting Adelaide United holds 6th place with 31.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The struggle is real here at Central Coast Stadium with only 5 points collected from 10 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-2-7. Game days at Central Coast Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Central Coast Mariners as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.Central Coast Mariners are returning here after visiting Newcastle Jets in a A-League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Wellington Phoenix with the scoreline 2-8.
Central Coast Mariners are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 10 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Central Coast Mariners have allowed the opposition to score 30 goals here at Central Coast Stadium. Central Coast Mariners have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
Adelaide United form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term.Adelaide United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Perth Glory (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that match, the Adelaide United manager M. Kurz faced defeat in their match when travelling to Sydney and losing 0-2.
Adelaide United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games. 10 goals have been conceded by Adelaide United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Adelaide United - Central Coast Mariners 2-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Central Coast Mariners won 2 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Adelaide United has 7 wins.Top Goalscorers
  C. Goodwin 9 goals / 5 assists |   C. Pain 5 goals / 1 assists |  A. Hoole 4 goals / 1 assists |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Adelaide United missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Adelaide United | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | Played | 12 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 92% | 86% |
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 92% | 86% |
| 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | 42% | 45% |
| 41% | 40% | Over 3.5 | 25% | 18% |
| 41% | 40% | Over 4.5 | 8% | 5% |
| 77% | 90% | Both teams to score | 58% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 10% | Failed To Score | 33% | 36% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -22 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -31 | 10 |
