Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Central Coast Mariners

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Central Coast Mariners will be looking for another win after the 0-2 A-League victory versus Western United.

In that game, Central Coast Mariners managed 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Central Coast Mariners, the scorers were Max Balard (51') and Christian Theoharous (80'). Western United had 11 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

Their latest results highlight the fact that it has been a great time for the Central Coast Mariners defence. Central Coast Mariners have been miserly, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 games standing at 4. Such a pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, though.

Heading into this fixture, Central Coast Mariners are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.

Adelaide United

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Previously, Adelaide United drew 3-3 in the A-League tie with Western United.

In that game, Adelaide United had 56% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Adelaide United, the scorers were Hiroshi Ibusuki (45', 57') and Nestor Irankunda (62'). Western United had 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Matthew Grimaldi (19'), James Donachie (34') and Connor O'Toole (94') scored for Western United.

In their previous six outings, Adelaide United have bagged a tally of 14 goals. Adelaide United have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. Over that period, their defenders have had 10 goals go against them.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Adelaide United:

• have left without a victory over Central Coast Mariners when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 07/01/2023 shows that Central Coast Mariners have won 5 of these games & Adelaide United 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

An aggregate of 21 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 16 for Mariners and 5 being from The Reds. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was A-League match day 15 on 03/02/2024 when the final score was Adelaide United 0-4 Central Coast Mariners.

In that game, Adelaide United had 52% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

On the other side, Central Coast Mariners had 13 shots at goal with 9 on target. Christian Theoharous (31'), Ángel Torres (43', 45') and Jing Reec (90') scored.

The match was refereed by Daniel Elder.

📋 Team News: Central Coast Mariners

Noah Smith (unknown injury) and Sasha Kuzevski (Knee injury) won’t be available for Central Coast Mariners gaffer Mark Jackson. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Alou Kuol and Jacob Farrell.

ℹ️ Team News: Adelaide United

Adelaide United manager Carl Veart has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Joshua Cavallo (Muscle injury) and Panagiotis Kikianis (Hamstring injury) will not be playing here.

✨ Prediction

It’s likely that Adelaide United will have a difficult task to be scoring even one goal against a Central Coast Mariners side who have the quality to score a lot of goals.

We are predicting a commanding 3-0 winning scoreline for Central Coast Mariners at the end of the 90 minutes.

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Lucas Pereira, 05:08 19/04/2024