A-League news and pre-match guide: Wellington Phoenix moderate favourite to overpower Central Coast Mariners

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 06:05 (UTC)
Venue: WIN Stadium (23750 seats)

It's the second window of opportunity for points this season as Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners bump heads at WIN Stadium.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Wellington Phoenix form and stats

In the previous season, Wellington Phoenix's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, producing 7th spot in the A-League. Over these 26 matches they scored 44 goals and gave away 34. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Wellington Phoenix delivered 5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 19 conceded.

The home team returns to WIN Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Macarthur (placed 5th) on their last time out; the A-League game ended 1-1. Defender James McGarry got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. McGarry hit one key pass and won 11 of 15 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Macarthur.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wellington handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and two defeats.

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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 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 16/12 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the A-League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 13 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Central Coast Mariners, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Newcastle Jets (placed 11th) in the A-League last time out. Joshua Nisbet, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.03. Nisbet scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Blacktown City.

We have checked recent matches where Mariners have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, one draw and three defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Mariners now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ffa Cup game at Wollongong Wolves is waiting in only four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Central Coast Mariners has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

WellingtonG. Hooper
G. Hooper
1 goals
Central Coast MarinersJ. Nisbet
J. Nisbet
1 goals
Central Coast MarinersJ. Farrell
J. Farrell
1 goals

Wellington Phoenix missing players

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wellington Phoenix Central Coast Mariners
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 2 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
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% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 40%
 
17 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19 19
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Wellington Phoenix Last season Central Coast Mariners
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 27
10 5   Won W   6 12
8 3   Drew D   3 6
8 5   Lost L   4 9
44 24   Scored S   16 35
34 19   Conceded C   12 33
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
88% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 78%
65% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 41%
31% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 26%
15% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 11%
65% 69%   BTTS BTTS   38% 44%
23% 15%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 30%
19% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 30%
 
4.9 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5
5.3 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5
2.1 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
16.7 17.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 12.9
5 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.6
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 28%
 
17.1 16.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.8 10.8
5.3 5.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Central Coast Mariners 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 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 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Sydney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Brisbane Roar 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Newcastle Jets 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Western United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -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 15 4 7 57 32 13 10 1 2 36 15 13 5 3 5 21 17 25 49
2 Sydney 26 13 8 5 39 23 13 7 4 2 15 9 13 6 4 3 24 14 16 47
3 Central Coast Mariners 26 12 6 8 35 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 13 6 3 4 16 12 4 42
4 Brisbane Roar 26 11 7 8 36 28 13 5 5 3 17 12 13 6 2 5 19 16 8 40
5 Adelaide United 26 11 6 9 39 41 13 7 4 2 18 13 13 4 2 7 21 28 -2 39
6 Macarthur 26 11 6 9 33 36 13 4 4 5 19 20 13 7 2 4 14 16 -3 39
7 Wellington Phoenix 26 10 8 8 44 34 13 5 3 5 24 19 13 5 5 3 20 15 10 38
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 26 9 8 9 45 43 13 6 2 5 26 18 13 3 6 4 19 25 2 35
9 Perth Glory 26 9 7 10 44 44 13 7 3 3 27 18 13 2 4 7 17 26 0 34
10 Western United 26 8 4 14 30 47 13 6 3 4 18 17 13 2 1 10 12 30 -17 28
11 Newcastle Jets 26 5 6 15 24 38 13 1 3 9 10 21 13 4 3 6 14 17 -14 21
12 Melbourne Victory 26 5 4 17 31 60 13 3 2 8 17 30 13 2 2 9 14 30 -29 19

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

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