Week 11 brings us a match on Mar 9th, where Melbourne Victory will travel to Gosford to battle Central Coast Mariners in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 10th placed Central Coast Mariners is fresh off their 2-1 win against Brisbane Roar. Béni NKololo struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 49th minute on a feed from Jason Cummings, then Nicolai Müller added another in the 55th minute. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while melbourne Victory sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Macarthur. Nicholas D’Agostino struck first for Melbourne Victory in the 20th minute, then Nicholas D’Agostino added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Feb 19th, Melbourne Victory hosted Central Coast Mariners at the Aami Park in their last match together. Melbourne Victory was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Nishan Velupillay scored the first goal for Melbourne Victory in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Central Coast Mariners couldn’t muster any offence and Melbourne Victory ran away with the shutout win.
Nicholas D’Agostino has been the most effective weapon for Melbourne Victory lately. The Australian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Central Coast Mariners’s most prolific scorer has been Béni NKololo. The French midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.