{"id":2509,"date":"2023-06-02T00:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/06\/02\/a-league-grand-final-everything-you-need-to-know-as-melbourne-city-take-on-central-coast\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T00:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:10:45","slug":"a-league-grand-final-everything-you-need-to-know-as-melbourne-city-take-on-central-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/a-league-grand-final-everything-you-need-to-know-as-melbourne-city-take-on-central-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"A-League Grand Final: Everything you need to know as Melbourne City take on Central Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"86.537825059102\">\n<h2>Everything you need to know about the A-League grand final: How to watch, the danger men for Melbourne City and Central Coast &#8211; and a fearless prediction<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Melbourne City play Central Coast Mariners in Grand Final<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Rado Vidosic&#8217;s City chasing a 2022\/23 season A-League double<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Decider in Sydney, June 3 at Commbank Stadium from 7.45pm<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-145\/andrew-prentice.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-06-02T00:23:19+0100\"> 19:23 EDT, 1 June 2023 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-06-02T01:03:31+0100\"> 20:03 EDT, 1 June 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.52.3\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.32.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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which is set in stone until 2025 &#8211; high quality games and plenty of goals followed in the lead up to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Melbourne City won their third successive Premiers Plate &#8211; but the Mariners kept them honest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The big dance will see the two most consistent teams square off, and who doesn&#8217;t love a David versus Goliath sporting battle over 90 minutes with the possibility of extra time and penalties?<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-edf33b75242da33\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640819-12147133-image-m-18_1685601287540.jpg\" height=\"520\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Respective A-League skippers\u00a0Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City, left) and Danny Vukovic (Central Coast) ahead of the Grand Final this weekend\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-edf33b75242da33\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640819-12147133-image-m-18_1685601287540.jpg\" height=\"520\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Respective A-League skippers\u00a0Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City, left) and Danny Vukovic (Central Coast) ahead of the Grand Final this weekend\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Respective A-League skippers\u00a0Scott Jamieson (Melbourne City, left) and Danny Vukovic (Central Coast) ahead of the Grand Final this weekend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1577ac6c2fcc1608\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640817-12147133-image-a-19_1685601458618.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Marco Tulio arrived at the Mariners with an impressive pedigree - and has delivered in spades\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1577ac6c2fcc1608\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640817-12147133-image-a-19_1685601458618.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Marco Tulio arrived at the Mariners with an impressive pedigree - and has delivered in spades\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Marco Tulio arrived at the Mariners with an impressive pedigree &#8211; and has delivered in spades<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-391fa36eb25b693b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640813-12147133-image-a-20_1685601493948.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Socceroo Mat Leckie has achieved plenty in his career - and is eyeing off more silverware on Saturday night\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-391fa36eb25b693b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640813-12147133-image-a-20_1685601493948.jpg\" height=\"449\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Socceroo Mat Leckie has achieved plenty in his career - and is eyeing off more silverware on Saturday night\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Socceroo Mat Leckie has achieved plenty in his career &#8211; and is eyeing off more silverware on Saturday night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Daily Mail Australia has all the important details ahead of the A-League Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-medium mol-style-bold\"><span class=\"sport-ccox\">When is it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Saturday, June 3, from 7.45pm. Tickets<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/premier.ticketek.com.au\/shows\/Show.aspx?sh=APLFSGF23&#038;_ga=2.222905054.492353137.1685601830-1147871056.1684210935\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\"><span class=\"sport-ccox\">Where is it being played?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">CommBank Stadium in Parramatta in Sydney&#8217;s west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\"><span class=\"sport-ccox\">How can I watch or listen?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Live on Channel 10 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, 10 Bold in Perth, 10 Play and live on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-medium mol-style-bold\"><span class=\"tvshowbiz-ccox\"><span class=\"sport-ccox\">Who is refereeing?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Chris Beath &#8211; who will also retire at fulltime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bfb1f62438f0fc15\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/23\/71640773-12147133-Josh_Nisbet_has_been_an_unsung_hero_for_the_Mariners_all_season_-a-19_1685659561403.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Josh Nisbet has been an unsung hero for the Mariners all season - and was once on a youth contract for $100 a week at Gosford\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bfb1f62438f0fc15\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/23\/71640773-12147133-Josh_Nisbet_has_been_an_unsung_hero_for_the_Mariners_all_season_-a-19_1685659561403.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Josh Nisbet has been an unsung hero for the Mariners all season - and was once on a youth contract for $100 a week at Gosford\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Josh Nisbet has been an unsung hero for the Mariners all season &#8211; and was once on a youth contract for $100 a week at Gosford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-80f897d8525c1651\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640881-12147133-image-a-22_1685601633018.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jordan Bos' (pictured right) form has been so electric this season he made his Socceroos debut and recently secured a move to Belgium\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-80f897d8525c1651\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640881-12147133-image-a-22_1685601633018.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jordan Bos' (pictured right) form has been so electric this season he made his Socceroos debut and recently secured a move to Belgium\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jordan Bos&#8217; (pictured right) form has been so electric this season he made his Socceroos debut and recently secured a move to Belgium<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f7326a0329119cc0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640845-12147133-image-a-23_1685601697994.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Aiden O'Neill has been a constant in City's midfield - this is tipped to be his final game for the club, with clubs calling from Asia and Europe\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f7326a0329119cc0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/01\/07\/71640845-12147133-image-a-23_1685601697994.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Aiden O'Neill has been a constant in City's midfield - this is tipped to be his final game for the club, with clubs calling from Asia and Europe\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Aiden O&#8217;Neill has been a constant in City&#8217;s midfield &#8211; this is tipped to be his final game for the club, with clubs calling from Asia and Europe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">The teams\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Melbourne City<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Have an embarrassment of attacking riches to call on, notably golden boot winner Jamie Maclaren, Socceroos winger Mat Leckie and young gun Marco Tilio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Have been the yardstick all season and will be hard to beat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Central Coast Mariners<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The competition surprise packet, who thrive as underdogs. Max Balard and Josh Nisbet set the tone in midfield, with strikers Jason Cummings and Marco T\u00falio providing the finesse up front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Coach Nick Montgomery will look to cap off a wonderful season with another high profile scalp on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Fearless prediction<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mariners 2-1, Jason Cummings with the winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article: <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12147133\/A-League-Grand-Final-need-know-Melbourne-City-Central-Coast-Mariners.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything you need to know about the A-League grand final: How to watch, the danger men for Melbourne City and Central Coast &#8211; and a fearless prediction Melbourne City play Central Coast Mariners in Grand Final Rado Vidosic&#8217;s City chasing a 2022\/23 season A-League double Decider in Sydney, June 3 at Commbank Stadium from 7.45pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5175,1578,5176,2607,465,5177,23,2807,226,515,218,1378,1603,194,227],"acf":{"source_article":"","image_credit":""},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}