Melbourne Victory have struggled for points this season. Will the team get some sugar when Central Coast Mariners visit Marvel Stadium?
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in A-League
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.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Melbourne Victory have collected 10 points from their A-League home games so far after 3-1-5.
The Melbourne crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Western United here at Marvel Stadium. The striker Fornaroli won the honour of being "man of the match" for Melbourne Victory with the rating of 8.01/10. Fornaroli scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sydney.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Melbourne Victory have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Some goal stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Melbourne Victory has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Melbourne have conceded 12 goals.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Central Coast Mariners playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Túlio, McGarry and Cummings (2) scored in Central Coast Mariners's previous match, the home game against Macarthur that ended 4-1. That win felt nice as this team had gone three league rounds without winning. Túlio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.73. Túlio scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Western Sydney Wanderers before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Central Coast Mariners in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Central Coast Mariners, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 17 of this club's 20 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
The travelling fans enjoy Mariners's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Central Coast Mariners have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent game: Central Coast Mariners - Melbourne 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Melbourne Victory victories, three draws and three Central Coast Mariners wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 14 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 5 goals |  B. NKololo 5 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 40 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 50% | 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 25% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 10% | 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 20% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 10% |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 11.4 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 14.6 | 15.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 25% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | 31% |
| 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.9 | 13.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most matches over the total-line (17) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in A-League
- 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 points (10) at home in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 34 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Sydney | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 7 | Western United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 9 | Macarthur | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | -13 | 24 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
