Melbourne Victory vs Central Coast Mariners Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-2 A-League loss in their previous game against Western United.

In that game, Melbourne Victory had 59% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Melbourne Victory was Bruno Fornaroli (50'). At the other end, Western United got 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Noah Botić (38') and Aleksandar Prijović (69') scored for Western United.

Melbourne Victory have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Melbourne Victory have conceded in 6 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out if the trend will be sustained here in this match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Melbourne Victory:

• have left without a victory over Central Coast Mariners in their previous 2 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Central Coast Mariners

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Central Coast Mariners go into this meeting after a 4-1 A-League win with the downing of Macarthur FC in their last game.

In that match, Central Coast Mariners managed 49% possession and 17 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. For Central Coast Mariners, goals were scored by James McGarry (30'), Jason Cummings (47', 63') and Marco Túlio (51'). On the other side, Macarthur FC got 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Daniel De Silva (11') scored for Macarthur FC.

Central Coast Mariners have been dangerous up front in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 11 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Nick Montgomery will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Central Coast Mariners can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same clashes.

Taking a look at their past results, Central Coast Mariners:

• are winless against Melbourne Victory when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 03/08/2020 shows that Melbourne Victory have won 1 of them & Central Coast Mariners 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 from Victory and 8 coming from Mariners. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league match between the two was A-League match day 10 on 31/12/2022 when the final score was Central Coast Mariners 2-1 Melbourne Victory.

That time, Central Coast Mariners had 50% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jason Cummings (11', 53').

Melbourne Victory got 15 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Cadete (39') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Daniel Elder.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

Jake Brimmer (Torn Meniscus) and Nani (Partial damage to the cruciate ligament) aren’t available for Melbourne Victory manager Tony Popović.

📰 Team News: Central Coast Mariners

With a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the Central Coast Mariners manager Nick Montgomery has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this clash. Béni Nkololo cannot play in this game through suspension.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Central Coast Mariners will have to play really well to be putting goals past a Melbourne Victory team who have all the attributes to control this match over the entire pitch.

We predict a very comprehensive 3-0 victory for Melbourne Victory at the end of this one.

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Renata Leite, 02:54 15/03/2023