Central Coast Mariners and Melbourne Victory draw 2-2 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

GOSFORD. Central Coast Mariners manages to recover against Melbourne Victory with a goal on the M. Paro 45' and a goal on the N. Velupillay 52'.

Luke Meyer

December 4, 2023

GOSFORD. Central Coast Mariners recovers against Melbourne Victory with a goal on the M. Paro 45′ and a goal on the N. Velupillay 52′. Melbourne Victory was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Central Coast Stadium stadium in Gosford on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Alex King with the collaboration of Kearney Robinson and Greg Taylor. The 4th official was Sam Kelly. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.58 degrees Celsius or 78.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.

Match Statistics

Central Coast Mariners

2 - 2

Melbourne Victory

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

14 Total 10
5 On Target 2
5 Off Target 2
4 Shots blocked 6

97 Attack 94
52 Dangerous attack 59
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
5 Corners 7
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

14 Total 11
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Melbourne Victory had a strong ball possession 58% while Central Coast Mariners was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Melbourne Victory was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Melbourne Victory to win the match.

Central Coast Mariners shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Melbourne Victory shot 10 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Central Coast Mariners received 2 yellow cards (Brian Kaltak and Maximilien Balard). Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory received 1 yellow card (Roderick Miranda).

Match Timeline

Alou Kuol(goal)

16'

45'

Bruno Fornaroli(goal)

M. Balard- Yellow

49'

52'

N. Velupillay(goal)Jake Brimmer

B. Kaltak- Yellow

56'

J. Reec- sub ->Alou Kuol

57'

Christian Theoharous- sub ->William Wilson

57'

62'

Fabian Monge- sub ->Jake Brimmer

68'

Roderick Miranda - Yellow

69'

Daniel Arzani- sub ->Christopher Ikonomidis

M. Di Pizio- sub ->Marco Túlio

70'

Ángel Torres(penalty)

73'

77'

Ben Folami- sub ->Franco Lino

77'

J. Inserra- sub ->Nishan Velupillay

Mikael Doka- sub ->Storm Roux

79'

Harrison Steele- sub ->Maximilien Balard

79'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After playing this match, Central Coast Mariners has 4 points like Perth Glory to remain in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Melbourne Victory will has 10 points like Adelaide United to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Central Coast Mariners

Maximilian Mehring 20.Australia

6.1

B. Kaltak 3.Vanuatu

7.3

56'

Storm Roux 15.New Zealand

6.6

79'

Jacob Farrell 18.Australia

7.7

D. Hall 23.Australia

6.8

J. Nisbet 4.Australia

6.7

M. Balard 6.Australia

7.0

79'

49'

Marco Túlio 10.Brazil

6.8

70'

Will Wilson 28.Australia

6.6

57'

Alou Kuol 9.South Sudan

7.9

57'

16'

Ángel Torres 11.Colombia

7.5

73'

Substitutes

J. Warshawsky 30.Australia

Mikael Doka 2.Brazil

7.0

79'

Harrison Steele 16.Australia

6.6

79'

B. Tapp 26.Australia

M. Di Pizio 39.Australia

6.3

70'

Christian Theoharous 7.Australia

7.9

57'

J. Reec 17.Australia

6.7

57'

Central Coast Mariners started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Mark Graham Jackson decided to play with the following team: Maximilian Mehring (6.1), Storm Roux (6.6), Daniel Hall (6.8), Brian Kaltak (7.3), Jacob Farrell (7.7), William Wilson (6.6), Maximilien Balard (7.0), Joshua Nisbet (6.7), Marco Túlio (6.8), Alou Kuol (7.9) and Ángel Torres (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mikael Doka (7.0), Christian Theoharous (7.9), Harrison Steele (6.6), Jing Reec (6.7), Brad Tapp, Jack Warshawsky and Miguel Di Pizio (6.3).

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 5 changes: Marco Túlio for Miguel Di Pizio (70′), Alou Kuol for Jing Reec (57′), William Wilson for Christian Theoharous (57′), Storm Roux for Mikael Doka (79′) and Maximilien Balard for Harrison Steele (79′).

Player of the match: Christian Theoharous

The most impressive player for Central Coast Mariners was Christian Theoharous.

His rating is (7.9) with 6 passes (100% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the contest from the bench before entering in the 57′.

Melbourne Victory – Formation

Melbourne Victory

Paul Izzo 20.Australia

7.0

Connor Chapman 14.Australia

7.1

Stefan Nigro 16.Australia

7.1

Roderick Miranda 21.Portugal

6.6

68'

F. Lino 28.Australia

6.8

77'

Chris Ikonomidis 7.Australia

6.4

69'

Zinédine Machach 8.France

6.6

N. Velupillay 17.Australia

7.8

77'

52'

Jake Brimmer 22.Australia

7.0

62'

R. Teague 25.Australia

6.8

62'

Bruno Fornaroli 10.Australia

7.0

45'

Substitutes

Christian Siciliano 40.Australia

Matthew Bozinovski 15.Australia

J. Inserra 29.Australia

7.0

77'

Rai Marchán 4.Spain

7.0

62'

Fabian Monge 18.Australia

6.0

62'

Ben Folami 11.Australia

6.8

77'

Daniel Arzani 19.Australia

6.6

69'

Melbourne Victory started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tony Popović played with: Paul Izzo (7.0), Stefan Nigro (7.1), Connor Chapman (7.1), Roderick Miranda (6.6), Franco Lino (6.8), Jake Brimmer (7.0), Ryan Teague (6.8), Christopher Ikonomidis (6.4), Zinédine Machach (6.6), Nishan Velupillay (7.8) and Matteo Paro (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Rai Marchán (7.0), Ben Folami (6.8), Matthew Bozinovski, Fabian Monge (6.0), Daniel Arzani (6.6), Joshua Inserra (7.0) and Christian Siciliano.

Melbourne Victory could not rely on the presence of Joshua Inserra (injured).

Substitutions

Melbourne Victory made 5 changes: Christopher Ikonomidis for Daniel Arzani (69′), Ryan Teague for Rai Marchán (62′), Jake Brimmer for Fabian Monge (62′), Franco Lino for Ben Folami (77′) and Nishan Velupillay for Joshua Inserra (77′).