Central Coast Mariners vs Brisbane Roar match preview: Even contest expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium (20119 seats)

Season ticket holders haven't seen too many victories this season, with Central Coast Mariners languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Brisbane Roar will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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.

It's quite the trip for Brisbane Roar when visiting Central Coast Mariners as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Central Coast Mariners form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Central Coast Mariners have to build on here at Central Coast Stadium in the A-League.

In their previous game, the manager A. Stajcic led his Central Coast Mariners to a defeat in the A-League match away at Western United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Central Coast Stadium. Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Melbourne Victory.

Central Coast Mariners lost the game against Western United in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Central Coast Mariners has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Central Coast Mariners have conceded 10 from these games.

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Brisbane Roar form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Brisbane Roar so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Brisbane Roar won their last game, 1-0 versus Wellington Phoenix played at home. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Melbourne City.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Fowler when Dylan Wenzel-Halls scored the winning goal, after being substituted in the 69th minute.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Brisbane Roar have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Central Coast Mariners and Brisbane Roar have met before this season: Brisbane Roar - Central Coast Mariners 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Central Coast Mariners victories, 4 draws and 6 Brisbane Roar wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Brisbane RoarR. O'Donovan
R. O'Donovan
6 goals
Central Coast MarinersM. Đurić
M. Đurić
4 goals
Brisbane RoarB. Inman
B. Inman
4 goals

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Brisbane Roar missing players

Central Coast Mariners Brisbane Roar
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 3 7 13
4 3 2 Won W 1 1 4
1 1 0 Drew D 2 3 4
8 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
13 8 4 Scored S 3 6 15
24 10 4 Conceded C 2 11 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 92%
85% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 69%
69% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 38%
23% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 23%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 15%
62% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 54%
8% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 23%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 31%
 
5 5.2 3.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 5.2
6.7 8 8.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.5
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
166 68 28 Total Shots T S 50 97 180
54 24 13 Shots on Target S O 17 34 62
24% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 18% 24%
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Brisbane Roar has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Brisbane Roar has the most matches under the total-line (8)
  • Brisbane Roar have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Central Coast Mariners has the fewest clean sheets (1)
  • Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Central Coast Mariners has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • 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 Sydney 14 12 1 1 33 13 7 7 0 0 18 6 7 5 1 1 15 7 20 37
2 Melbourne City 14 8 2 4 29 22 7 5 0 2 14 11 7 3 2 2 15 11 7 26
3 Perth Glory 13 7 3 3 25 12 6 3 1 2 14 8 7 4 2 1 11 4 13 24
4 Wellington Phoenix 15 7 3 5 22 18 8 5 1 2 13 9 7 2 2 3 9 9 4 24
5 Western United 14 6 2 6 20 18 8 3 1 4 11 11 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 20
6 Adelaide United 13 6 0 7 20 21 7 4 0 3 12 10 6 2 0 4 8 11 -1 18
7 Brisbane Roar 13 4 4 5 15 19 6 3 1 2 9 8 7 1 3 3 6 11 -4 16
8 Melbourne Victory 15 4 3 8 17 22 8 2 3 3 9 9 7 2 0 5 8 13 -5 15
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 14 4 2 8 14 21 7 2 2 3 7 8 7 2 0 5 7 13 -7 14
10 Central Coast Mariners 13 4 1 8 13 24 6 3 1 2 8 10 7 1 0 6 5 14 -11 13
11 Newcastle Jets 14 2 3 9 13 31 6 1 2 3 6 10 8 1 1 6 7 21 -18 9

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.