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Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 3-0 A-League triumph versus Western Sydney Wanderers.

In that match, Melbourne City managed 48% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For Melbourne City, the goalscorers were Andreas Kuen (23'), Marcus Younis (33') and Elbasan Rashani (49'). Western Sydney Wanderers got 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

Melbourne City have really struggled up front of late. Their goals record stands at just 4 against opponents during their previous 6 matches. In those games, Melbourne City have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 8. However, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will be sustained in this match.

Coming into this meeting, Melbourne City have not been beaten in the league by Central Coast Mariners in their previous 3 matches.

Central Coast Mariners

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Previously, Central Coast Mariners drew 2-2 in the A-League tie with Perth Glory.

In that game, Central Coast Mariners managed 52% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Central Coast Mariners, the goalscorers were Ali Auglah (37') and Bailey Brandtman (66'). Perth Glory got 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Sebastian Despotovski (14') and Adam Taggart (17') scored for Perth Glory.

Indicating their fondness for high-scoring matches, goals have been seen as many as 20 times in the previous six games in which Central Coast Mariners have played, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Their opponents have hit 10 of this grand total.

Pre-game facts show that Central Coast Mariners:

• haven't beaten Melbourne City when they've played them away from home in the last 14 league games. Imagine their relief when they finally get an away win.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 17/12/2023 shows that Melbourne City have won 1 of these and Central Coast Mariners 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

In all, 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them for City and 8 belonging to Mariners. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

The last league match featuring these clubs was A-League match day 6 on 29/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Central Coast Mariners 0-0 Melbourne City.

That day, Central Coast Mariners managed 42% possession and 3 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Melbourne City got 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Eric Saba.

📋 Team News: Melbourne City

Mathew Leckie (Hip injury), Takeshi Kanamori (Collateral ligament injury), Ryan Teague (Sore muscles), Alessandro Lopane (Muscle injury) and Patrick Beach (Muscle injury) won’t be able to feature for Melbourne City gaffer Aurelio Vidmar. Marcus Younis cannot play in this game through suspension.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Melbourne City can create the chances to score more than once when they play Central Coast Mariners, who could well struggle finding the net themselves.

We’re tipping a 2-0 victory for Melbourne City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Lucas Pereira, 08:12 07/04/2026