Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners meet at AAMI Park, in a match for the 26th round of League A. Central Coast Mariners won at home by (3‑2) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 12‑01‑2020. The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 7 games has won 7. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 14‑04‑2019, for In League A, Melbourne Victory won by (2‑1). The goals of the match were scored by O. Toivonen (21 ‘) and G. Niedermeier (79’), for Melbourne Victory, and M. Simon (53 ‘), for the Central Coast Mariners. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and away.
Melbourne Victory :
The home team is currently in 10th position, with 20 points won, after 5 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Sydney by (1‑4). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Wellington Phoenix, by (3‑0). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses as a visitor, with 19 goals scored and 29 suffered; against 7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 28 goals scored and 17 suffered. In their last 10 home games for the championship, Melbourne Victory won 3, drew 3 and lost 4, winning 12 points in 30 possible. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 21 games in this competition, he only got 1 comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.
In the last leg of a season to forget, the Melbourne Victory team comes to this match for the 26th round of the Australian Championship regular season in tenth and penultimate place in the league table, with 20 points, five more than the red lantern, which has two more played games. 14 points from the play-off locations, the team that continues under the guidance of interim coach Grant Brebner will attempt to break the series of four consecutive losses that come into this game. In the last match, the second one held after the resumption of Australian football, Melbourne’s Victoria lost in reception to Brisbane Roar, 1-2, and the honor goal was scored, by penalty, by Nabbout (86 ‘), then The team is losing 0-2.
Central Coast Mariners :
The visiting team is currently in 11th position, with 13 points won, after 4 wins, 1 draw and 17 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Brisbane Roar, by (1‑0). In the last match, they lost at home to Melbourne City by (2‑4). This is a stronger team with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 4 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses in his stadium. For the championship, the Central Coast Mariners conquered 3 points in 30 possible, after 1 victory and 9 defeats in the last 10 games that they played as a visitor.
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 9 defeats in the last away matches. His defense has not been very solid, as he suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 22 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 15 times and only got 1 comeback. In the last 11 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 10 goals between minutes (31’ ‑ 45 ‘).
The Central Coast Mariners revealed, from early on, to be one of the teams with the least arguments in this edition of the A-League and comes to this last game of the season, since they have already played 25 games, plunged in eleventh and last place of the general classification. , with a record of only 15 points, in a campaign that highlights the enormous defensive permeability of training in charge of Alen Stajcic. After a series of 11 consecutive losses, the Central Coast Mariners tied in the last two rounds, first against the Newcastle Jets (0-0) and, lastly, on reception at Western Sydney Wanderers, 1-1. Djuric (59 ‘) opened the scoring in the second half, with the equalizer reaching the final stretch in the 88th minute.
