The visiting Perth Glory side should be favourites in this visit to Central Coast Mariners, as the away team holds a 41 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
It's quite the trip for Perth Glory when visiting Central Coast Mariners as the cities are 3900 kilometers apart.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
With 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Central Coast Mariners, who have the fewest points (5) at home in A-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Central Coast Stadium, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Brisbane Roar game.Central Coast Mariners's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Adelaide United. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Newcastle Jets.
Central Coast Mariners are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 14 goals in 11 matches. As for conceded goals, Central Coast Mariners's unpleasant statistic is 14 goals surrendered.
Perth Glory form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (25) away in A-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 4 draws and only 0 losses. Perth Glory are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eleven in a row without losing.Perth Glory failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Melbourne Victory that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Adelaide United at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The Perth Glory manager T. Popović has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 matches. It's not easy to score on Perth Glory as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Central Coast Mariners - Perth Glory 1-4 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Central Coast Mariners victories, 1 draw and 6 Perth Glory wins.Top Goalscorers
  A. Keogh 13 goals / 1 assists |  C. Ikonomidis 8 goals / 3 assists |  Diego Castro 6 goals / 3 assists |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Perth Glory | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 27 | 14 | Scored | 23 | 47 |
| 59 | 31 | Conceded | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 91% |
| 91% | 91% | Over 1.5 | 91% | 87% |
| 61% | 73% | Over 2.5 | 45% | 52% |
| 39% | 36% | Over 3.5 | 36% | 35% |
| 39% | 36% | Over 4.5 | 27% | 22% |
| 74% | 82% | Both teams to score | 64% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 36% | 39% |
| 26% | 18% | Failed To Score | 9% | 13% |
- Central Coast Mariners hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Central Coast Mariners is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Central Coast Mariners has failed to keep a clean sheet in 23 matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Perth Glory | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Sydney | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 44 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -27 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -32 | 10 |
