Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners, taking place on Sunday, 19 March 2023, at AAMI Park in Melbourne.
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Melbourne Victory, Recent FormThe 2-1 home defeat to Western United will not have sat easily with the Melbourne Victory squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. During that encounter they had 59% possession and had 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 12 shots on goal.
Tony Popović will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 9 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 9 goals and, as a result, lost some important points. Up front, they have been showing a certain level of consistency in breaching their opponents' defences, with goals netted in 5 of their last 6 outings. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games.
With 3 defeats and just 2 wins from their last 6 outings, this cannot be regarded as a good run of form. If they want to get anywhere this season, they'll need to do something very quickly to fix their home form, having lost 5 of the first 9 league games at AAMI Park.
On an individual basis, Bruno Fornaroli has scored in each of Melbourne Victory's last 4 league games at AAMI Park.
Central Coast Mariners, Recent FormIn their last match Central Coast Mariners enforced their superiority over Macarthur FC with a 4-1 home win. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 17 attempts on goal, with 11 on target, compared to Macarthur FC who had 15 attempts and 4 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 10 and seen valuable points lost. Few teams have managed to keep Mariners away from their goal, having scored in all but 2 of their games this season. Having shipped at least a single goal in 17 of their 20 league matches this season, they don't have an enviable defensive record this campaign.
With 3 matches lost and only 2 wins in their last 6 away matches lately, this has not been a great spell for the team away from home.
In front of goal, Jason Cummings has shown an impressive run of form over the last 6 league matches, managing to find the back of the net no less than 6 times in that run of games.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Central Coast Mariners produced a comfortable 2-1 victory.
Victory will be feeling confident about extending their scoring record against Mariners, having notched up at least 1 goal in the previous 24 meetings between the two.
With no real injury worries, Victory manager Tony Popović will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
CC Mariners manager Nick Montgomery has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Melbourne Victory Playing at home | Central Coast Mariners Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 1.6 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 41' | Time first goal conceded | 33' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 2.9 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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