Melbourne City FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2025-26

Melbourne City FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Central Coast Mariners FC

Tue 7 Apr 2026 · 09:00 AAMI Park 3,211 HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview

• Events

• Lineups

• H2H

• Match Preview

  Melbourne City FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC — A League at AAMI Park.

  • Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
  • Central Coast Mariners FC 26 games · 32 pts (2025/26)

  Match Details

  • VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Kearney Robinson
  • Referee Daniel Elder
  • Assistant 1 Andrew Meimarakis
  • Assistant 2 Luke Gennimatas (Australia)
  • 4th Official Jonathon Barreiro

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Newcastle United Jets FC	26	48
  2	Adelaide United FC	26	43
  3	Auckland FC	26	42
  4	Melbourne Victory FC	26	40
  5	Sydney FC	26	39
  6	Melbourne City FC	26	38
  7	Macarthur FC	26	34
  8	Wellington Phoenix FC	26	33
  9	Central Coast Mariners FC	26	32
  10	Perth Glory FC	26	31
  11	Brisbane Roar FC	26	26
  12	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	26	21

  Head-to-Head

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  Melbourne City FC 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Central Coast Mariners FC

  Last 5 meetings

  2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC 2025-11-29 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC 2025-04-05 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners FC 2024-12-31 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2024-04-02 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC

  Recent Form

  Melbourne City FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  07 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	2–1	W
  04 Apr	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	3–0	W
  22 Mar	Perth Glory FC	A	1–1	D
  17 Mar	Sydney FC	A	1–0	W
  28 Feb	Auckland FC	A	0–3	L
  21 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	1–3	L

  Central Coast Mariners FC

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  07 Apr	Melbourne City FC	A	1–2	L
  04 Apr	Perth Glory FC	H	2–2	D
  21 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–4	L
  14 Mar	Adelaide United FC	H	1–1	D
  04 Mar	Macarthur FC	A	3–1	W
  28 Feb	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	0–0	D

  Season Stats

  Melbourne City FC		Central Coast Mariners FC
  #6	Position	#9
  38	Points	32
  26	Played	26
  10 / 8 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 8 / 10
  33	Scored	35
  33	Conceded	42
  +0	GD	-7
  1.46	PPG	1.23
  38%	Win %	31%

  Key Stats

  71% Both Teams to Score
  H2H (17 games)

  59% Over 2.5 Goals
  H2H history

  38% Clean Sheets
  Melbourne City FC this season

  23% Clean Sheets
  Central Coast Mariners FC this season

  Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Central Coast Mariners FC are 9th (32 pts).

• Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Melbourne City FC is hosting Central Coast Mariners FC for another epic battle.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

• Melbourne City FC

  4-2-3-1

  Starting XI

  • 16
    Aziz Behich
  • 14
    Daniel Arzani
  • 2
    Harrison Delbridge
  • 13
    Nathaniel Atkinson
  • 30
    Andreas Kuen
  • 11
    Elbasan Rashani ↓ Medin Memeti 66'
  • 40
    James Nieuwenhuizen
  • 17
    Max Caputo ↓ Andrew Nabbout 66'
  • 19
    Zane Schreiber ↓ Benjamin Mazzeo 80'
  • 22
    German Ferreyra
  • 47
    Kavian Rahmani ↓ Emin Durakovic 80'

  Bench

  • 15
    Andrew Nabbout ↑ 66'
  • 26
    Samuel Souprayen
  • 36
    Harrison Shillington
  • 39
    Emin Durakovic ↑ 80'
  • 35
    Medin Memeti ↑ 66'
  • 20
    Benjamin Mazzeo ↑ 80'
  • 60
    Lachlan Charles

  Coach Aurelio Vidmar

  Central Coast Mariners FC

  4-1-3-2

  Starting XI

  • 30
    Andrew Redmayne
  • 72
    Ali Auglah
  • 5
    Lucas Mauragis
  • 16
    Harrison Steele
  • 18
    Nathanael Blair ↓ Oliver Lavale 54'
  • 3
    Nathan Paull ↓ James Donachie 54'
  • 26
    Bradley Tapp
  • 37
    Bailey Brandtman ↓ Sabit James 54'
  • 48
    Chris Donnell
  • 43
    Jacob Nasso
  • 22
    Arthur De Lima

  Bench

  • 15
    Storm Roux
  • 2
    James Donachie ↑ 54'
  • 17
    Kaito Taniguchi
  • 40
    Dylan Peraic-Cullen
  • 23
    Oliver Lavale ↑ 54'
  • 11
    Sabit James ↑ 54'

  Coach Warren Moon

• Head to Head

  2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC 2025-11-29 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC 2025-04-05 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Central Coast Mariners FC 2024-12-31 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC 2024-04-02 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC

  Melbourne City FC Form

  2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-04-04 Melbourne City FC 3–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2026-03-22 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2026-02-28 Auckland FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2026-02-21 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC L

  Central Coast Mariners FC Form

  2026-04-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2026-04-04 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2026-03-21 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2026-03-14 Central Coast Mariners FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2026-03-04 Macarthur FC 1–3 Central Coast Mariners FC W 2026-02-28 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Newcastle United Jets FC D