Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners, taking place on Sunday, 25 February 2024, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Victory, Recent FormHaving secured a 2-1 home win against Western United in their latest league match, Melbourne Victory will have a positive feeling ahead of this match. They achieved 68% possession in that match and had 21 strikes at goal, with 7 hitting the target, up against Western United's tally of 9 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 5 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games. They've had an unusually high number of draws this season, with 10 draws in 18 league games.
Bruno Fornaroli will be looking forward to more goals after clocking up an impressive 6 goals in the past 6 league matches for Melbourne Victory.
Central Coast Mariners, Recent FormCentral Coast Mariners will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their home outing against Western Sydney Wanderers. Their share of possession in that meeting was 46%, while racking up 10 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. Western Sydney Wanderers had 14 shots on goal with 1 on target.
Manager Mark Jackson will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, and playing away from home, they're currenlty on a run of 4 clean sheets in a row.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Ángel Torres will be hoping to create problems for Melbourne Victory in this one, having scored 7 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Central Coast Mariners.
Despite both teams hitting the net in their previous encounter, the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Victory have managed to keep a clean sheet against Mariners in each of their previous 2 meetings at AAMI Park. Victory will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Mariners, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 27 meetings between the two.
Playing at home, Victory have won the last 2 and are unbeaten in the last 3 times they have faced CC Mariners in the league.
With no real injury worries, Victory manager Tony Popović will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
CC Mariners manager Mark Jackson has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne Victory Playing at home | Central Coast Mariners Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 33' |
| 33' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.9 | Subs used | 4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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