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- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
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.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
Central Coast Mariners are steadily winning A-League games and points here at Central Coast Stadium. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for Central Coast Mariners bring valid hopes of a third.
Mariners drew their last game, 2-2 away at Western United (placed 2nd). Midfielder Smith was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Smith signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Before that, Central Coast Mariners had a home game versus Adelaide United which ended with a victory 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Central Coast Mariners handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and one defeat.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sydney are coming to town in four days.
The Central Coast Mariners manager Montgomery has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Mariners's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
There's been little loot from Wellington Phoenix's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the A-League. Wellington Phoenix only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Melbourne City with 0-6 on the scoreboard. Sutton got a match rating of 7.02 in that game, top player of the team. Sutton dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 68 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Brisbane Roar with the score of 3-0.We have checked recent matches where Wellington Phoenix have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were one victory, six draws and seven defeats.
Wellington have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a A-League fixture vs Western United. A grim timetable for them!
The attacking power of Wellington Phoenix when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Wellington Phoenix, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled before this season: Wellington Phoenix - Mariners 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Central Coast Mariners victories, one draw and seven Wellington Phoenix wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ureña Porras 6 goals |  J. Cummings 5 goals |  O. Bozanić 4 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 29 | 19 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 61% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 72% |
| 33% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 56% |
| 22% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.1 | 12.9 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 31% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 19% | 28% |
| 15.6 | 13.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 19.7 | 18.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Wellington Phoenix's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wellington Phoenix have scored away.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wellington Phoenix have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the fewest scored goals (6) away in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix 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 City | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 20 | 43 |
| 2 | Western United | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 38 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Sydney | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Central Coast Mariners | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 20 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
