Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 23rd, where Central Coast Mariners will host Melbourne City in a meeting of these two A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. Central Coast Mariners is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Cy Goddard struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 59th minute, then Oliver Božanić added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Central Coast Mariners took the shutout win. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Adelaide United. Andrew Nabbout struck first for Melbourne City in the 24th minute on a feed from Mathew Leckie, but George Blackwood got the equalizer for Adelaide United in the 60th minute . Melbourne City is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Melbourne City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
MacLaren has been the most effective weapon for Melbourne City lately. The Australian attacker has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Central Coast Mariners’s top weapon lately has been Marco Ureña, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.