Struggling Central Coast Mariners will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Perth Glory in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Central Coast Mariners are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The Central Coast Mariners crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Perth Glory here at Central Coast Stadium in a A-League match. Before that, Central Coast Mariners had a home game versus Adelaide United which ended with a victory 2-1.
Central Coast Mariners has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Perth Glory form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most points (11) away in A-League, on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Perth Glory hope to make it five in this match. Perth Glory love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
It's the second away game in a row for Perth Glory, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 9th) in the A-League last time out. That result followed a home victory 6-2 versus Newcastle Jets.
The travelling fans enjoy Perth Glory's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Perth Glory as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Central Coast Mariners - Perth Glory 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Central Coast Mariners won 4 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Perth Glory has 6 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
  Diego Castro 9 goals |  C. Ikonomidis 9 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 91% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 64% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 9% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| 7.7 | 8.6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 107 | 48 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 82 | 148 |
| 39 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 32 | 57 |
| 23% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 31% | 37% |
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (9)
- 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.
- Perth Glory has the most points (11) away
- Perth Glory has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Perth Glory have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Perth Glory have scored more than double the goals of Central Coast Mariners.
- Perth Glory 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Western United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 9 |