It's still early in the A-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Melbourne City - Central Coast Mariners preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Melbourne City and Central Coast Mariners.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Melbourne City form and stats
Perfect A-League season at home so far for Melbourne City, who have the most scored goals (10) in A-League, 3 wins from 3 appearances. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Melbourne City has won their last four matches. It’s been three wins in a row for Melbourne City here at Marvel Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Melbourne City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Central Coast Mariners in A-League and win 3-1. Before that, Melbourne City had a home game versus Wellington Phoenix which ended with a victory 3-2.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Melbourne City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from six games).
Goals are plentiful at Marvel Stadium in the league this season as Melbourne City has scored 8 goals here in 3 attempts. On the other hand, Melbourne City have conceded 4 goals.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
Central Coast Mariners, who have the most conceded goals (6) away in A-League, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Central Coast Mariners play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Melbourne City (placed 1st). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Perth Glory.
Central Coast Mariners goalkeeper Mark Birighitti had a great day against Melbourne City, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Central Coast Mariners playing away, we found eight games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 7 home wins.
Central Coast Mariners have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. For Central Coast Mariners, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City - Central Coast Mariners 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 3 - 1 (Melbourne City wins - draws - Central Coast Mariners wins). As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
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| Melbourne City | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne City | Last season | Central Coast Mariners | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 39 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 35 | 70 | ||
| 93% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 79% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 43% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 67% | ||
| 21% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 41% | ||
| 14% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 37% | ||
| 43% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 70% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 30% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
- Central Coast Mariners have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Central Coast Mariners have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Western United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 11 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 0 |