Wellington Phoenix vs Central Coast Mariners betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sky Stadium (37034 seats)

Wellington Phoenix receive Central Coast Mariners for another action-packed A-League fixture here at Sky Stadium.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

Last season, Wellington Phoenix's league results were 12 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses, producing 6th spot in the A-League. Over these 26 matches they scored {34 goals} and let in 49. Appearing as the host team in the last season Wellington Phoenix managed 8-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 20 conceded. A A-League draw at home so far for Wellington Phoenix. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 13 matches.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wellington Phoenix perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wellington Phoenix as a small favourite), we find 23 games. Wellington Phoenix has won 15 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

At Sky Stadium, Wellington Phoenix has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Central Coast Mariners form and stats

Let's have a look at how Central Coast Mariners performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded {35 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 22/19 goals scored/conceded.

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: 4 wins for Mariners, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Wellington Phoenix wins - draws - Central Coast Mariners wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wellington PhoenixB. Waine
B. Waine
1 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
12 12 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
22 22 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
7 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Wellington Phoenix Last season Central Coast Mariners
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   14 27
12 8   Won W   4 12
3 2   Drew D   3 6
12 3   Lost L   7 9
34 19   Scored S   23 50
50 20   Conceded C   22 38
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
85% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 85%
70% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 63%
37% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 26%
52% 54%   BTTS BTTS   64% 56%
19% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 33%
30% 23%   Failed to Score F T   21% 15%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.9
6 6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.6
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 13.8
4.5 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.4
28% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
18.6 17.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.9 14.8
6.1 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.8

  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 Victory 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Adelaide United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sydney 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Western United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Perth Glory 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season 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 26 14 7 5 55 33 13 7 4 2 27 16 13 7 3 3 28 17 22 49
2 Melbourne Victory 26 13 9 4 42 25 13 6 5 2 22 13 13 7 4 2 20 12 17 48
3 Western United 26 13 6 7 40 30 13 9 2 2 25 12 13 4 4 5 15 18 10 45
4 Adelaide United 26 12 7 7 38 31 13 7 2 4 22 14 13 5 5 3 16 17 7 43
5 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 49 35 13 8 3 2 27 16 13 4 3 6 22 19 14 42
6 Wellington Phoenix 26 12 3 11 34 49 13 8 2 3 19 20 13 4 1 8 15 29 -15 39
7 Macarthur 26 9 6 11 38 47 13 6 3 4 21 21 13 3 3 7 17 26 -9 33
8 Sydney 26 8 7 11 37 44 13 4 4 5 21 24 13 4 3 6 16 20 -7 31
9 Newcastle Jets 26 8 5 13 45 43 13 6 2 5 29 19 13 2 3 8 16 24 2 29
10 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 6 9 11 30 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 2 4 7 15 23 -8 27
11 Brisbane Roar 26 7 5 14 29 39 13 6 2 5 19 17 13 1 3 9 10 22 -10 26
12 Perth Glory 26 4 6 16 20 43 13 2 4 7 8 15 13 2 2 9 12 28 -23 18

Table
  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 Victory 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
2 Melbourne City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Adelaide United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Central Coast Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sydney 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Western United 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Perth Glory 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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