Soccer betting preview: Central Coast Mariners welcomes Adelaide United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 26.March
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium (20119 seats)

High flying Adelaide United visit Central Coast Mariners after their 0-0-result against Western Sydney Wanderers. Check out our full match preview!

Insights:
  • Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Adelaide United, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's look for an animated game!

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Central Coast Mariners form and stats

Central Coast Mariners have collected 15 points from their A-League home games so far after 4-3-1.

Central Coast Mariners's last game was hosting Macarthur (placed 4th) and winning 4-2. The versatile forward Cummings bested all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Cummings signed up for three assists and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Perth Glory that finished 0-0.

Mariners's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Adelaide United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (17) away in A-League, on their A-League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Adelaide United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Western Sydney Wanderers for a 0-0 draw. Gauci was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.32. The agile goalkeeper Gauci topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Western Sydney Wanderers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Adelaide United playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were three Adelaide United wins, five draws and six defeats.

Adelaide United have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Adelaide have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. More than 50 percent of these were conceded from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Adelaide United - Central Coast Mariners 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mariners won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Adelaide United managed eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Adelaide UnitedC. Goodwin
C. Goodwin
7 goals
Central Coast MarinersM. Ureña Porras
M. Ureña Porras
5 goals
Central Coast MarinersO. Bozanić
O. Bozanić
4 goals

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Adelaide United missing players

Central Coast Mariners Adelaide United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 11 19
5 4 1 Won W 0 4 7
4 3 1 Drew D 2 5 7
7 1 1 Lost L 0 2 5
24 16 8 Scored S 2 13 28
24 11 8 Conceded C 2 12 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 89%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 84%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 68%
31% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 26%
25% 25% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 79%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 16%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 16%
 
4.8 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 6.2
6.7 7.1 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 4.9
1.9 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.7 11.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13 14.6
5.2 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.8
29% 41% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 30%
 
16.2 13.6 16.3 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.5 14.9
5 4.9 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.9 5.1
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Adelaide United have the most points (17) away in A-League
  • Adelaide United have the most points from losing position (16) in A-League
  • All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 19 9 7 3 39 27 11 5 4 2 21 15 8 4 3 1 18 12 12 34
2 Western United 17 10 3 4 21 17 9 7 1 1 12 6 8 3 2 3 9 11 4 33
3 Adelaide United 19 7 7 5 28 24 8 3 2 3 15 12 11 4 5 2 13 12 4 28
4 Macarthur 17 7 4 6 28 30 7 4 2 1 13 9 10 3 2 5 15 21 -2 25
5 Sydney 18 6 6 6 24 21 9 3 3 3 14 12 9 3 3 3 10 9 3 24
6 Melbourne Victory 15 6 5 4 21 18 8 4 2 2 14 10 7 2 3 2 7 8 3 23
7 Wellington Phoenix 15 6 3 6 19 26 9 6 2 1 16 9 6 0 1 5 3 17 -7 21
8 Central Coast Mariners 16 5 4 7 24 24 8 4 3 1 16 11 8 1 1 6 8 13 0 19
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 17 5 4 8 18 24 9 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 1 5 10 16 -6 19
10 Newcastle Jets 16 5 3 8 28 28 8 4 1 3 17 11 8 1 2 5 11 17 0 18
11 Brisbane Roar 15 5 2 8 18 22 6 4 1 1 10 5 9 1 1 7 8 17 -4 17
12 Perth Glory 16 3 4 9 13 20 8 1 2 5 5 12 8 2 2 4 8 8 -7 13

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.