Central Coast Mariners FC vs Perth Glory FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Central Coast Mariners FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Perth Glory FC

Sat 4 Apr 2026 · 06:00 UTC Central Coast Stadium 4,232 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 14' Sebastian Despotovski

0–2 17' Adam Taggart

Ali Auglah 37' 1–2

Bailey Brandtman 66' 2–2

Y 36' Giovanni De Abreu

Chris Donnell 45' Y

Overview

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Central Coast Mariners FC vs Perth Glory FC — A League at Central Coast Stadium.

Central Coast Mariners FC 26 games · 32 pts (2026/27)
Perth Glory FC 26 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ben Abraham
Assistant 1 Anton Shchetinin
Assistant 2 Cameron Wright (Australia)

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

Central Coast Mariners FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Perth Glory FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-04 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2026-01-10 Perth Glory FC 3–0 Central Coast Mariners FC 2025-11-07 Perth Glory FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners FC 2025-03-30 Central Coast Mariners FC 3–1 Perth Glory FC 2025-02-07 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Central Coast Mariners FC

Recent Form

Central Coast Mariners FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
22 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	3–2	W

Perth Glory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	2–2	D
22 Mar	Melbourne City FC	H	1–1	D
14 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	0–2	L
08 Mar	Auckland FC	A	2–2	D
28 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	A	1–1	D
20 Feb	Adelaide United FC	A	0–4	L

Season Stats

Central Coast Mariners FC		Perth Glory FC
#9	Position	#10
32	Points	31
26	Played	26
8 / 8 / 10	W / D / L	8 / 7 / 11
35	Scored	32
42	Conceded	39
-7	GD	-7
1.23	PPG	1.19
31%	Win %	31%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Central Coast Mariners FC are 9th (32 pts). Perth Glory FC are 10th (31 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' Central Coast Mariners FC have kicked off against Perth Glory FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' named a 4-1-4-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-4-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Scott Wootton has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
14' Brilliant from the ! Sebastian Despotovski makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 14.
17' Adam Taggart adds to his 0 season tally! Perth Glory FC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
22' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
27' Perth Glory FC come into this ranked 11 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
32' The home supporters are growing impatient. Central Coast Mariners FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
36' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Giovanni De Abreu.
37' Ali Auglah does the damage! The net is bulging and Central Coast Mariners FC surge ahead!
42' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
45' It’s gonna be a card for Chris Donnell.
46' Fresh legs for Perth Glory FC! Luca Tevere comes on to replace William Freney.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
56' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
57' Time for substitution for Perth Glory FC. Sebastian Despotovski is replaced by Anthony Didulica.
62' Supporters expect more eagerness from Anthony Didulica, as he is very good at scoring at Central Coast Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
66' A stunning finish from Bailey Brandtman — that came from absolutely nowhere!
71' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
73' Time for substitution for Perth Glory FC. Jaiden Kucharski is replaced by Stefan Colakovski.
74' Central Coast Mariners FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacob Nasso is hanging Storm Roux on the field on 74 minute.
79' Another substitution for Central Coast Mariners FC to replace Ali Auglah by Kaito Taniguchi on 79 minute.
84' Andriano Lebib has so much to prove this time. He replaces Charbel Shamoon on 84 minute.
86' It is a substitution in Central Coast Mariners FC team. Sabit James is replaced by Arthur De Lima on 86 minute.
It finishes all square. Central Coast Mariners FC and Perth Glory FC share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Central Coast Mariners FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

16
Harrison Steele ↑ 86'
18
Nathanael Blair ↑ 74'
17
Kaito Taniguchi ↑ 79'
24
Diesel Herrington
40
Dylan Peraic-Cullen
43
Jacob Nasso ↑ 74'
22
Arthur De Lima ↑ 86'

Coach Warren Moon

Perth Glory FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

4
Scott Wootton
22
Adam Taggart
29
Matthew Sutton
3
Sam Sutton ↓ Zach Lisolajski 73'
7
Nicholas Pennington
9
Jaiden Kucharski ↓ Stefan Colakovski 73'
45
Brian Kaltak
2
Charbel Shamoon ↓ Andriano Lebib 84'
27
William Freney ↓ Luca Tevere 46'
39
Giovanni De Abreu
25
Sebastian Despotovski ↓ Anthony Didulica 57'

Bench

16
Gabriel Popovic
67
Stefan Colakovski ↑ 73'
15
Zach Lisolajski ↑ 73'
40
Ryan Warner
24
Andriano Lebib ↑ 84'
23
Anthony Didulica ↑ 57'
18
Luca Tevere ↑ 46'

Coach Adam Griffiths

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Bruno Fornaroli	4
Adam Taggart	4
Chris Ikonomidis	2
Salim Khelifi	2
Jason Cummings	2
Fabio Ferreira	2
Matt Simon	2
Andy Keogh	2

Head to Head

Central Coast Mariners FC Form

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 2026-02-22 Central Coast Mariners FC 3–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W

Perth Glory FC Form

2026-04-04 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2026-03-22 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-03-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC L 2026-03-08 Auckland FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2026-02-28 Brisbane Roar FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D 2026-02-20 Adelaide United FC 4–0 Perth Glory FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.67 Central Coast Mariners FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.34 Perth Glory FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Central Coast Mariners FC46% Draw26% Perth Glory FC28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Central Coast Mariners FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Perth Glory FC

54%

Central Coast Mariners FC or Perth Glory FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Central Coast Mariners FC33% Draw44% Perth Glory FC23%

Actual: Perth Glory FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 0

6.8%

0 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.8%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Central Coast Mariners FC

Handicap	Central Coast Mariners FC covers	Push	Perth Glory FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Central Coast Mariners FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.