In a weekend match in week 10, on Saturday Dec 31st, Central Coast Mariners will host Melbourne Victory at Central Coast Stadium 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 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. Central Coast Mariners sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Melbourne City. Neither Melbourne City nor Central Coast Mariners could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw, At the end of 90 a dissapointed Central Coast Mariners couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne City took the shutout win. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Melbourne Victory recorded a 0-1 loss against Western United. Risdon struck first for Western United in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from James Troisi, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Melbourne Victory was frustrated by Western United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Western United ended the match with the shutout victory. Melbourne Victory is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Melbourne Victory won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Bruno Fornaroli and Nicholas D’Agostino are the top scorers for Melbourne Victory in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Central Coast Mariners is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Kuol and Jason Cummings each having 2 goals in their last 5.