BRISBANE. Central Coast Mariners overcome Brisbane Roar to win 2-1. It was Central Coast Mariners to strike first with a goal of Marco Túlio at the 19′. Then it was a penalty in the 23′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Béni Nkololo gave the win to Central Coast Mariners in the 66′ minute with a penalty. Central Coast Mariners capitalized on its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Suncorp Stadium stadium in Brisbane on Friday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Jonathon Barreiro with the support of David Walsh and Joey Lee. The 4th official was Nathan MacDonald. The weather was foggy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Central Coast Mariners had a strong ball possession 57% while Brisbane Roar was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brisbane Roar had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Central Coast Mariners managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Brisbane Roar shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Central Coast Mariners shot 21 times, 5 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Brisbane Roar received 2 yellow cards (S. Neville and R. Akbari). Regarding the opposition, Central Coast Mariners received 3 yellow cards (M. Balard, J. Cummings and Béni Nkololo).

Standings

After this match, Brisbane Roar will stay with 16 points like Western United to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Central Coast Mariners will have 26 points like Adelaide United to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Brisbane Roar will play away against Melbourne Victory on the 29th of April with a 20-19 head to head in favor of Melbourne Victory (11 draws).

Central Coast Mariners will play away agasint Adelaide United on the 29th of April with a 23-22 head to head statistic in favor of Adelaide United (5 draws).

Brisbane Roar – Formation

Brisbane Roar started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Warren Moon decided to play with the following team: Jordan Holmes (6.3), Scott Neville (6.4), Tom Aldred (7.3), Kai Trewin (6.9), Jack Hingert (6.6), Jay O’Shea (7.3), Taras Gomulka (7.3), Jordan Courtney-Perkins (6.9), Henry Hore (7.2), Nikola Mileusnić (6.5) and Carlo Armiento (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Rahmat Akbari (6.2), Joseph Knowles (6.4), Louis Zabala, Macklin Freke, Noah Smith (6.4), Marcel Čanadi and Stefan Šćepović (6.6).

Substitutions

Brisbane Roar made 4 changes: Carlo Armiento for Rahmat Akbari (70′), Nikola Mileusnic for Joe Knowles (70′), Taras Gomulka for Noah Smith (70′) and J. Courtney-Perkins for Stefan Šćepović (76′).

Best player: Taras Gomulka​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brisbane Roar was Taras Gomulka.

His rating is (7.3) with 30 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Central Coast Mariners started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Nick Montgomery played with: Danny Vukovic (7.0), Storm Roux (7.1), Nectarios Triantis (7.4), Daniel Hall (7.4), James McGarry (7.0), Samuel Silvera (7.0), Maximilien Balard (6.7), Joshua Nisbet (6.8), Beni Nkololo (7.8), Marco Túlio (7.0) and Jason Cummings (6.7).

They had on the bench: Yaren Sözer, Jacob Farrell (7.0), Christian Theoharous (6.7), Cameron Windust, James Bayliss, Harrison Steele (6.2), Olayinka Sunmola and Olayinka Sunmola (6.3).

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 3 changes: James McGarry for Jacob Farrell (56′), Sam Silvera for Christian Theoharous (75′) and J. Nisbet for Harrison Steele (74′).

Best player: Beni Nkololo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Central Coast Mariners was Beni Nkololo.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 43 passes (76% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​

• Brisbane Roar – Central Coast Mariners – 1-2