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Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United: A-League live scores, blog

25th March, 2017
Kick-off: 5:35pm (AEDT)
Referee: Kurt Ams
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Betting: Central Coast $2.60, Adelaide $2.50, draw $3.50

Central Coast Mariners
1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Storm ROUX, 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 14.Adam BERRY, 16.Liam ROSE, 17.Josh BINGHAM, 19.Jacques FATY, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 21.Michael NEILL, 22.Jake McGING
**two to be omitted**

Adelaide United
1.Eugene GALEKOVIC (c), 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Dylan McGOWAN, 5.Taylor REGAN, 7.Jae-sung KIM, 8.ISAIAS, 9.Baba DIAWARA, 11.Sergio CIRIO, 12.Mark OCHIENG, 13.Marc MARINO, 14.George MELLS, 15.Ben WARLAND, 16.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 19.Ben GARUCCIO, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 30.Daniel MARGUSH (gk), 92.Eli BABALJ
**two to be omitted**
The Mariners take on Adelaide in a battle to avoid the wooden spoon. (AAP Image/David Mariuz)
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Match result:

Adelaide United have come away with a win on the road over the Central Coast Mariners, 3-2.

» Click here to read the full match report

Final score
Central Coast Mariners 2
Adelaide United 3

Match preview:

The Central Coast Mariners are looking to avoid the wooden spoon position when they host last-placed Adelaide United. Join The Roar from 5:35pm (AEDT) for live scores and commentary.

After coming off back-to-back losses, the Central Coast Mariners squandered their opportunity to creep into the top six.

They now sit two points ahead of Adelaide, with just four matches to play.

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The Mariners have won their last two games against the Reds, however they have lost two of their past three matches against Adelaide on their own home turf.

Central Coast will be looking to tighten up their defence as Adelaide begin to find some goal scoring form, their keepers have been required to make an incredible 103 saves this season – more than any other side in the competition.

Last year’s champions, Adelaide are coming off their fourth A-League win of the season, after upsetting Brisbane 2-1 last week.

Baba Diawara found the net early, before the Roar equalised in the second half. In the end it was an injury time goal via Cirio that secured all three points for United.

The Reds need Diawara on form, as they travel to Gosford without Marcelo Carrusca and Riley McGree, who are suspended and on Socceroos duty respectively.

The last time these sides played was early last month. Fabio Ferreira and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi put Central Coast up by two, before Jordan O’Doherty scored in injury time for Adelaide, as the Mariners held on for the 2-1 win in Canberra.

Prediction
Adelaide are on form in front of goal, scoring four in their past two games. However, they aren’t defending well, and are missing key players Carrusca and McGree.

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Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Adelaide United

Join The Roar from 5:35pm (AEDT) for live scores and commentary.

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