Central Coast Mariners believe to sell many tickets for this fixture even though the season has been back-breaking so far with 14 points and a 10th spot in the A-League table. Guests Melbourne Victory are in 5th place with 21 pts.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest clean sheets (1) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne Victory, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts Central Coast Mariners saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the A-League. This match was also played here at Central Coast Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Melbourne Victory have had more rest.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The complete A-League statistics at home this season for Central Coast Mariners, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in A-League, are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Central Coast Mariners last time playing, versus Brisbane Roar. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Müller and Nkololo scoring for the victors. Defender Farrell got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Farrell won 13 of 16 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Adelaide United.There will be little rest for Mariners after this match as they are travelling to Perth Glory for a A-League game in only four days.
The Central Coast Mariners fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. Mariners's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in A-League, on their A-League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Melbourne Victory have lost on their last two travels.
Rojas and D'Agostino (2) scored in Melbourne Victory's previous match, the home game against Macarthur that ended 3-1. The attacker D'Agostino got a match rating of 8.2 in that game. D'Agostino scored two goals.
Before that, Melbourne secured a home win against Central Coast Mariners with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Melbourne Victory playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Melbourne Victory wins, three draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melbourne manager Popović as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Melbourne City.
Melbourne Victory have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played before this season: Melbourne Victory - Mariners 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Central Coast Mariners victories, two draws and six Melbourne Victory wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 6 goals |   O. Bozanić 4 goals |  B. NKololo 3 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 77% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 62% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 69% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 54% |
| 15% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 23% |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.4 | 12.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 33% |
| 16.3 | 13.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 14.8 | 13.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Melbourne Victory have scored away.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest clean sheets (1) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory 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 | Western United | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Sydney | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -8 | 11 |
