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The A-League game at Industree Group Stadium on Saturday will see home side Central Coast Mariners play Wellington Phoenix.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix are shown below (plus the best game odds).
๐ Form Guide
Central Coast Mariners
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Central Coast Mariners, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 A-League victory over Melbourne City.
In that match, Central Coast Mariners had 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Central Coast Mariners, goals were scored by รngel Torres (54') and Max Balard (93'). At the other end, Melbourne City had 19 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Tolgay Arslan (50') scored for Melbourne City.
An interesting theme in more recent Central Coast Mariners games is the number of results with a nil in them.
From their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a losing one. We shall soon find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Their past results show that Central Coast Mariners:
- have not lost a league tie with Wellington Phoenix in their last 2 games.
- have not emerged victorious against Wellington Phoenix in their last 4 league matches.
Wellington Phoenix
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Wellington Phoenix will come into the match following on from a 1-0 A-League win to beat Brisbane Roar in their previous game.
In that game, Wellington Phoenix managed 46% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Wellington Phoenix was Bozhidar Kraev (2'). On the other side, Brisbane Roar got 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target.
During their six previous matches, Giancarlo Italiano's Wellington Phoenix have found the back of the net a total of 8 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.33.
Leading up to this clash, Wellington Phoenix:
- haven't won against Central Coast Mariners when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
- have not won away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.
๐ค๐ค Head to head
An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 05/04/2022 shows us that Central Coast Mariners have won 2 of these & Wellington Phoenix 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.
18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 13 of them for Mariners and 5 netted by The Nix. The average goals per game has been 3.
The last league fixture featuring these clubs was A-League match day 12 on 06/02/2024 which ended up with the score at Wellington Phoenix 0-0 Central Coast Mariners.
On that occasion, Wellington Phoenix had 57% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.
Central Coast Mariners had 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
The referee was Alex King.
โน๏ธ Team News: Central Coast Mariners
It looks as if Mariners could line up in a 4-4-2 system for this one, utilising Danny Vukovic, Storm Roux, Daniel Hall, Brian Kaltak, Jacob Farrell, Mikael, Brad Tapp, Maximilien Balard, Angel Torres, Alou Kuol and Joshua Nisbet.
๐ Team News: Wellington Phoenix
Wellington Phoenix manager Giancarlo Italiano has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Isaac Hughes (Hamstring injury) and Oskar Zawada (Muscle contusion) will not be playing here. Alex Rufer cannot play in this game through suspension.
We believe The Nix seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-1-4-1 system, giving starts to Alex Paulsen, Matthew Sheridan, Finn Surman, Scott Wootton, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Nicholas Pennington, Youstin Salas, Bozhidar Kraev, Benjamin Old, Sam Sutton and Kosta Barbarouses.
๐ง Prediction
We feel that in this game, Central Coast Mariners will probably get the win and a possible clean sheet when they line up against Wellington Phoenix, who will be up against it to score.
Therefore, we are anticipating a comfortable 2-0 margin for Central Coast Mariners at the end of the 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 06:11 06/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Central Coast Mariners
Formed: 2004
Stadium: Industree Group Stadium (20,059)
Captain: Danny Vukovic
Chairman: Richard Peil
Manager: Mark Jackson
Competitions: A-League position 2
โญ Key Player: รngel Torres
Mostly playing in the Right Wing position, รngel Torres was born in Bogotรก, Colombia. After making a first senior appearance for Central Coast Mariners in the 2023 - 2024 season, the skilful Forward has bagged 11 league goals in the A-League 2023 - 2024 season to date from a total of 20 appearances.
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24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 29 | WDLLW |
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22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 25 | LLLWW |
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Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 49 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4.2 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
รngel Torres | 13 |
Marco Tรบlio | 5 |
Alou Kuol | 4 |
Jing Reec | 3 |
Christian Theoharous | 3 |
Kosta Barbarouses | 12 |
Bozhidar Kraev | 6 |
Ben Old | 5 |
Oskar Zawada | 5 |
Alex Rufer | 3 |
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