Australia A-League Prediction - Central Coast Mariners VS Melbourne City

Australia A-League - Central Coast Mariners VS Melbourne City
Match Time:31-12-2024 16:00 Tuesday (UTC+8)
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Team Analysis
Central Coast Mariners will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-4 A-League defeat in their last game at the hands of Auckland FC. In that game, Central Coast Mariners had 61% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Central Coast Mariners was Alfie McCalmont (15'). On the other side, Auckland FC had 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. Hiroki Sakai (12'), Jake Brimmer (31'), Guillermo May (39') and Logan Rogerson (84') scored for Auckland FC.

Three or more goals per game were seen in 5 of the past 6 meetings where Central Coast Mariners have taken part. Their opponents scored 14 times in this period whereas Central Coast Mariners managed a tally of 7. Coming into this contest, Central Coast Mariners have not lost a league tie with Melbourne City in their previous 4 matches.

In their last fixture, Melbourne City drew 1-1 in the A-League tie with Melbourne Victory. In that match, Melbourne City had 41% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Melbourne City was Yonatan Cohen (16'). For their opponents, Melbourne Victory had 23 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Roderick Miranda (65') was the scorer for Melbourne Victory.

Throughout their six previous matches, Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have fired home 13 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 2.17.

Odds Analysis
Our feeling is that Central Coast Mariners are capable enough to score a goal against this Melbourne City lineup, however a single goal possibly won’t be enough to avoid defeat. We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 advantage for Melbourne City when all is said and done. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Pick:Central Coast Mariners