Central Coast Mariners oppose Melbourne City for glory and sporting success.
- Central Coast Mariners have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
As mentioned below, Central Coast Mariners are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 A-League games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Central Coast Mariners has won four games in a row. The Macarthur match was the last time out without a victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Birighitti not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
Central Coast Mariners enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sydney's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ureña scoring.
A strong away win before that one, visiting APIA Leichhardt Tigers and winning 6-0.Central Coast Mariners has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Sharing is caring, but Melbourne City are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.
Melbourne has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Adelaide United for a A-League game that ended a draw (2-2). Glover was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.84. The agile goalkeeper Glover saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with five saves.
A draw for Melbourne City before that, at their own venue hosting Western Sydney Wanderers (3-3).It's early days yet, but Melbourne City has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Central Coast Mariners-Melbourne City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Central Coast Mariners two wins, Melbourne City six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 4 goals |  A. Nabbout 3 goals |   M. Ureña Porras 2 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.4 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 5.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5.9 |
| 24% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 29% |
| 17 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Melbourne City's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have won all their matches at home so far.
- Central Coast Mariners have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City have not yet lost a game away.
- Melbourne City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melbourne City have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in A-League
- Melbourne City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Melbourne City have yet to win a game away.
- Melbourne City 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 Victory | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Western United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Sydney | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 4 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
