Adelaide United vs Central Coast Mariners predictions for Saturday's A-League game
Adelaide looks to start the A-League season strong at home
Central Coast Mariners have struggled, going winless in last 5 matches
Tip: Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners | Odds |
Adelaide Win Full-Time Result | @2.20 |
Adelaide Win & BTTS Result & Both Teams To Score | @3.50 |
Adelaide United vs Central Coast Mariners Preview
Adelaide United get their season underway and are value to win against a misfiring Central Coast Mariners. The reigning premiers' winless run is tipped to continue.
Adelaide United have seen BTTS in 10 of their last 11 home games
Adelaide United have won 7 of their last 10 home games against Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners have lost 4 of their last 5 games
Central Coast Mariners have scored in 15 of their last 17 games
Head To Head
Mariners have dominated this H2H in recent times, winning six of the last seven meetings between the teams.
Adelaide have won seven of the last 10 encounters at Coopers Stakes, but the Mariners prevailed 4-0 last season at this venue.
Adelaide United Form
It was a disappointing season for Adelaide last term, with the Reds finishing in eighth spot and winning just nine of their 27 games.
Adelaide put together a decent run in the Australia Cup, defeating Olympic Kingsway and the Western Sydney Wanderers before falling 1-0 to Melbourne Victory in the semi-finals.
After receiving the bye in the opening round, Adelaide will be hoping to get their A-League season up and running with three points in front of their home fans.
Adelaide United Team News
Nestory Irankunda is the big departure, with the teenage sensation inking a deal with Bayern Munich.
Musa Toure, Ben Halloran, Hiroshi Ibusuki, Nick Ansell and Harry Van der Saag have also moved on.
Archie Goodwin, Ben Folami, Jordan Elsey and Dylan Pierias have all joined the club during the off-season and are in line to make their debuts here.
Central Coast Mariners Form
It's been slim pickings for the Mariners since their outstanding comeback win over Victory in last season's Grand Final.
Central Coast have gone winless in their subsequent five matches, including suffering a R32 elimination in the Australia Cup at the hands of Heidelberg United.
They have also lost all three of their Asian Champions League Elite games including a midweek 3-2 defeat against Shanghai Port.
Mikael Doka and Nicholas Duarte got on the scoresheet for the Mariners in that defeat, which was a better attacking performance than their dour 0-0 stalemate with Victory in Round 1 of the A-League last week.
The Mariners can count themselves lucky not to have tasted defeat, with Bruno Fornaroli missing a penalty on the stroke of half-time.
Central Coast Mariners Team News
There could be some rotation with the Mariners flying back from China midweek.
Nicholas Duarte came off the bench to replace Alou Kuol in the loss to Shanghai Port and got on the scoresheet, so the 20-year-old might be in contention for a start here.