The odds favour Melbourne Victory in this match against Central Coast Mariners, but the guests will battle to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Central Coast Mariners, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts Melbourne saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Western Sydney Wanderers.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Melbourne Victory have to build on here at AAMI Park in the A-League. Melbourne Victory has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Popović and the players.
Melbourne faced defeat in their previous match, away at Western Sydney Wanderers (0-2). Davidson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.24 out of 10. The defender Davidson won 13 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that match, Melbourne Victory lost 1-2 at home to Newcastle Jets.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Melbourne Victory have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost four.
Melbourne have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AAMI Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Melbourne Victory defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Mariners are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Central Coast Mariners played 1-1 against Perth Glory in their previous match. Defender Miller was the best team player with a rating of 7.81. Miller hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Macarthur.Mariners are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of six matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Central Coast Mariners manager Montgomery as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Melbourne City.
Central Coast Mariners are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Central Coast Mariners have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Melbourne, three draws and two wins for Central Coast Mariners. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 4 goals |   O. Bozanić 3 goals |  M. Ureña Porras 3 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 89% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | 56% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 55% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 67% |
| 18% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 11% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 13.8 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 15.5 | 14.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 31% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 18% | 28% |
| 14.5 | 14.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 21.8 | 17.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- All of Melbourne Victory's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory 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 | Western United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sydney | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
