The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium will host to Melbourne City vs Central Coast Mariners this Sunday in the. A-League game.
Venue: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Key Statistics
Melbourne City are winless in their last three home games D2, L1).
The hosts scored two or more goals in three of their last four games.
Central Coast Mariners have won three of their last four away games in all competitions.
The visitors have won their last four games in all competitions without conceding a goal.
Head to head
Melbourne City have won ten of the last 15 meetings between both sides. Central Coast Mariners have only two wins (D3) in that period.
Latest performances in all competitions
Melbourne City: D-D-L-D-W
CC Mariners: W-W-W-W-L
Melbourne City
Melbourne City will continue their title defence this Sunday with a visit from Central Coast Mariners.
The hosts will look to break their winless streak when they welcome their rivals to the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, as they have gone four games without a win.
They come into this tie on the back of a 2-2 draw with Adelaide United, which followed another 3-3 draw with WS Wanderers.
With three consecutive league draws in a row, City comes into this tie sitting in fourth place, four points behind Melbourne Victory who are top of the table.
They will welcome their rivals to Melbourne looking to get a win that will keep them within the top six and within touching distance of the top of the table.
Possible Melbourne City starting line-ups
Tom Glover; Scott Galloway, Nuno Reis, Rostyn Griffiths, Scott Jamieson; Aiden O’Neill, Connor Metcalfe, Florin Berenguer; Matthew Leckie, Andrew Nabbout, Jamie Maclaren.
Injured: None
Doubtful: Stefan Colakovski
Suspended: None
Central Coast Mariners
CC Mariners will look to continue their winning run when they play the defending champions this Sunday.
The visitors come into this tie on the back of a 1-0 win over Sydney FC in the FFA Cup.
The win was their fourth consecutive win in all competitions and was the fourth consecutive match the visitors have kept a clean sheet.
In the league, CC Mariners are sitting in fifth, having won three of their opening five games (L2). They have won their last two A-League games and will want to move above their hosts by winning the third game in a row.
Possible Central Coast Mariners’ starting line-ups
Mark Birighitti; Jacob Farrell, Kye Rowles, Lewis Miller, Storm Roux; Max Balard, Oliver Bozanic, Beni N’Kololo, Josh Nisbet; Marco Urena, Moresche.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Melbourne City 1-1 CC Mariners
