Melbourne Victory defeated Central Coast Mariners 4-1 in their A-League Men fixture on Saturday, 21 March 2026.

Goals

• 7' — Sabit James Ngor (Central Coast Mariners)
• 50' — Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory)
• 54' — Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory)
• 90+4' — Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory)
• 90+1' — Nikos Vergos (Melbourne Victory)

The half-time score was 0-1.

The referee issued 1 yellow card during the match.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory: Jack Warshawsky, Joshua Rawlins, Sebastian Esposito, Roderick Miranda, Franco Lino, Denis Genreau, Jordi Valadon, Clarismario, Juan Mata, Nishan Velupillay, Charles Nduka

Central Coast Mariners: Andrew Redmayne, Storm Roux, James Donachie, Brad Tapp, Lucas Mauragis, Haine Eames, Sabit James Ngor, Chris Donnell, Alfie McCalmont, Ali Auglah, Nathaniel Blair

Round: Round 22

Quote of the Match

"Yeah, I I I do. Listen, we sat in in this very studio to do the workup draw and the expectation was that Turkey kind of given the draw would be the one that would advance into this group. And I'll say now exactly what I said then. All four teams come into this tournament thinking that they top the group to tell you how much of a a trap group it is... Now, if the bookies can't figure this out, if the bookies are unsure about how how to how to handicap how to handicap this group, it speaks to how difficult it really is to make a firm prediction." — Jack