📏 Form Guide

Auckland FC

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Auckland FC prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 A-League drawn result against Newcastle United Jets.

In that game, Auckland FC had 42% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The scorer for Auckland FC was Jesse Randall (37'). On the other side, Newcastle United Jets got 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Eli Adams (12') scored for Newcastle United Jets.

Matches featuring Auckland FC have often been exciting affairs recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past six games alone, a grand total of 23 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 16 of these belonging to Auckland FC. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall be replicated in this game.

Coming into this fixture, Auckland FC are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Central Coast Mariners

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Melbourne Victory in A-League competition, Central Coast Mariners will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Central Coast Mariners managed 40% possession and 1 attempts at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Melbourne Victory had 24 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Nishan Velupillay (9'), Bruno Fornaroli (41') and Zinédine Machach (92') scored for Melbourne Victory.

The strike force from Central Coast Mariners have failed to get amongst the goals over their last 6 games, contributing the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, Mariners have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 15.

↔️ Head to head

The last league match between these clubs was A-League match day 10 on 28/12/2024 when it finished Central Coast Mariners 1-4 Auckland FC.

On that day, Central Coast Mariners managed 61% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alfie McCalmont (15').

At the other end, Auckland FC got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Hiroki Sakai (12'), Jake Brimmer (31'), Guillermo May (39') and Logan Rogerson (84') scored.

The referee was Shaun Evans.

ℹ️ Team News: Central Coast Mariners

Central Coast Mariners manager Mark Jackson has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ryan Edmondson (unknown injury) and Brad Tapp (Cruciate ligament injury) are those who can’t be considered.

🔮 Prediction

Our thinking is that Auckland FC look set to fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding against Central Coast Mariners, who will not find it easy to get a goal of their own.

Accordingly, we see a pretty comfortable 2-0 victory for Auckland FC when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 03:01 16/03/2025