A quick peek at the A-League table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Get our Central Coast Mariners - Wellington Phoenix guide!
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in A-League
Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Central Coast Mariners have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.
Central Coast Mariners travelled for their previous game, a trip to Perth Glory that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Perth Glory last time out, but a goal from Cummings completed a comeback to a draw result for Central Coast Mariners. Mariners's goalie Vukovic played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Perth Glory with a stunning seven saves. The forward Cummings outshone all others in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Cummings scored two goals.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Brisbane Roar.An interesting fact: 10 of the most recent 13 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Central Coast Mariners's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Mariners have conceded 13 goals.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Wellington Phoenix, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Western United (placed 12th) last time out. That win felt good as this club had gone three league matches without winning. Midfield player Kraev was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.05/10. Kraev scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Macarthur wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 12 of this club's 16 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wellington have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. As opposed to that, Wellington Phoenix have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged result between these contenders is the Wellington Phoenix - Mariners 2-1 played previously this season. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Central Coast Mariners won three games, one match ended with a draw and Wellington Phoenix have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 12 goals |   O. Zawada 9 goals |  B. Kraev 7 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 25 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 41% | 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 53% |
| 18% | 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 76% | 78% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 82% |
| 18% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14.9 | 15.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 33% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 33% |
| 12.4 | 11.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 12.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most matches over the total-line (16) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wellington Phoenix have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wellington Phoenix have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in A-League
- Wellington Phoenix have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Sydney | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Western United | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
