Central Coast Mariners hope to sell some 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 Melbourne Victory holds 6th place with 15 pts.
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!
It's quite the trip for Melbourne Victory when visiting Central Coast Mariners as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the A-League numbers at home for Central Coast Mariners so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager A. Stajcic led his Central Coast Mariners to a defeat in the A-League match away at Wellington Phoenix. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Central Coast Stadium. Preceding that match was the home game against Perth Glory that was lost 0-3.
Central Coast Mariners are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Central Coast Mariners defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (5) in A-League, on their A-League travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Melbourne Victory won their last game, 4-0 versus Newcastle Jets played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Melbourne City with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned above, Melbourne Victory was the only team on the pitch versus Newcastle Jets in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Melbourne Victory have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Melbourne Victory have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Central Coast Mariners - Melbourne Victory 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Central Coast Mariners 1 win, 2 draws and Melbourne Victory 7 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Toivonen 14 goals |   M. Simon 7 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 82% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 80% | 58% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 80% | 58% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 42% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| 7.4 | 8.6 | 8.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 123 | 47 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 54 | 152 |
| 45 | 19 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 21 | 46 |
| 22% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 33% |
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (10)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (5) at home
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2)
- Central Coast Mariners have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Victory has the most clean sheets (5)
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne Victory have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Melbourne Victory have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Western United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 9 |