Australia - A-LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory, taking place on Saturday, 31 December 2022, at Industree Group Stadium in Gosford.
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Central Coast Mariners, Recent FormThe Central Coast Mariners players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their away fixture against Melbourne City recently, that ended in a 1-0 defeat. They came away from that fixture with 43% of the possession and clocked up 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, Melbourne City managed 16 attempts on goal, with 7 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Nick Montgomery will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 11 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 7 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. When it comes to attacking performances, they can consider themselves in a good and consistent form, having chalked up goals in 5 of their last 6 matches. It's clear that with only 1 clean sheet from the last 6 matches at home, Montgomery will have some concerns regarding his squad's defensive abilities of late.
In terms of results, it's been a bit of a mixed bag for CC Mariners recently, having won 3 and lost 3 of their last 6 games.
Melbourne Victory, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 1-0 away defeat by Western United will have left the Melbourne Victory squad feeling a little deflated. In that game they recorded 60 of the possession, with 16 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 2 of their 9 shots on goal.
They have circumvented their opponent's defence to score 5 times in their last 6 league games but unfortunately haven't managed to lock things down at their end, conceding 6 goals in these games and, in the process, missing out on some valuable points. There are concerning signs for them, having failed to score in 4 of their last 6 league games.
This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.
Josh Brillante will be hoping to create problems for Central Coast Mariners in this one, having scored 2 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Melbourne Victory.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
Victory will be confident of finding the net in this one against CC Mariners, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 23 encounters between the two sides.
When playing away from home in the league, Victory have failed to win any of their last 3 meetings with CC Mariners, with the last 2 of those games ending in a draw.
With no real injury worries, CC Mariners manager Nick Montgomery will be happy to have his full squad available for selection.
Victory manager Tony Popović has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Central Coast Mariners Playing at home | Melbourne Victory Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1.7 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 44' | Time first goal scored | 58' |
| 19' | Time first goal conceded | 32' |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 1.4 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 5 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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