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 (2025/26)
Perth Glory FC 26 games · 31 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

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

23 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/game

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

23% Clean Sheets
Central Coast Mariners FC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Perth Glory FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Central Coast Mariners FC

0-15

–/2

16-30

1/4

31-45

1/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/1

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Perth Glory FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/3

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Central Coast Mariners FC

Sabit James	6 G	2 A
Ali Auglah	5 G
Bailey Brandtman	4 G	2 A
Alfie McCalmont	4 G	1 A

Perth Glory FC

Tom Lawrence	5 G	2 A
Adam Taggart	5 G	1 A
Nicholas Pennington	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Perth Glory FC get us underway at Central Coast Stadium.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' It’s high time Adam Griffiths made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
14' A stunning finish from Sebastian Despotovski — that came from absolutely nowhere!
17' Against the run of play, Adam Taggart has scored! This game has turned on its head.
22' With 0 assists to his name this season, Matthew Sutton is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Perth Glory FC.
27' Central Coast Mariners FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
32' Perth Glory FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 3 meetings.
36' Perth Glory FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 36.
37' A stunning finish from Ali Auglah — that came from absolutely nowhere!
42' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Chris Donnell is booked for Central Coast Mariners FC — card on 45.
46' It is a substitution in Perth Glory FC team. William Freney is replaced by Luca Tevere on 46 minute.
51' Perth Glory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' Both keepers have barely been tested. Central Coast Mariners FC and Perth Glory FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
57' Perth Glory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anthony Didulica is hanging Sebastian Despotovski on the field on 57 minute.
62' Perth Glory FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
66' The deadlock is broken! Bailey Brandtman gets on the scoresheet on 66 minutes.
71' Supporters expect more eagerness from Charbel Shamoon, as he is very good at scoring at Central Coast Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
73' Jaiden Kucharski makes way for Stefan Colakovski at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Perth Glory FC.
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' The whistle greets Ali Auglah as he departs to be replaced by Kaito Taniguchi.
84' The Perth Glory FC manager makes a substitution. Charbel Shamoon departs to be replaced by Andriano Lebib.
86' Arthur De Lima is replacing Sabit James for the Central Coast Mariners FC side.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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.