Melbourne City vs Central Coast Mariners tips and predictions

Melbourne City warrant consideration for this clash

If you're a neutral you'll be buzzing for this.

With just 1 point between them it's fourth placed Melbourne City versus fifth placed Central Coast Mariners.

A result here is within Melbourne City's capabilities.

The hosts are coming into the match having registered 13 home wins from their last 19.

If Melbourne City are to end up upsetting the odds it will be due to the confidence they gained from their recent performances. The home team is in some form on their own ground. They scored two or more goals in 14 of their recent 19 home matches and their defensive line also deserves some props. They have only conceded an average of 1.0 goals in their last 12 games. Looking into that data will give their supporters plenty of encouragement.

The visitors have underdelivered in recent engagements. They've been goalless in 7 of their last 20 matches. Doing a deep dive into these stats paints a pretty encouraging picture for the home side - perhaps they don't need to fear Central Coast Mariners's forwards.

And when it comes to this fixture there is previous. In fact Melbourne City have won 12 of the last 17 fixtures between the two teams. This looks like a good opportunity for them to add to these head-to-head statistics. Getting another win against the odds looks possible.

The sportsbooks expect goals at both ends of the park despite the favouritism for Central Coast Mariners. Whatever happens, with the odds-against price on BTTS No, that looks like a good way to extract some value here. Looking into the goal line, it's less than three goals picked as the best play considering the odds that are available there.