Central Coast Mariners captain Nick Montgomery not sweating in heat of A-League finals race

The W-League fixture is slated for a 2pm kick-off, which looms as close to the hottest part of the day.

The FFA are closing in on a decision which could see drinks breaks taken during the games, the delay of both games, or shifting Canberra United's match to after the A-League clash.

Montgomery says the Mariners can't afford to lose sleep over the heat with a chance to kick start a finals charge looming large.

"We obviously train in the heat on the Coast here," Montgomery said.

"Some games are hotter than others but we just concentrate on the way we play. The conditions are what they are, we can't control the conditions but we can control the performances that we put in. That's what we'll be concentrating on doing.

"We brought games down to Canberra to hopefully get the crowd involved down there and get some support. Obviously it's going to be hot, it's been hot for the last couple of months so hopefully we can put on an entertaining game and go away with a good result."

Fresh off the back of a 2-0 win over Perth, the Mariners are looking for back-to-back home wins within the same season for the first time since 2014-15.

The Mariners currently sit ninth on 13 points, seven points adrift of sixth-placed Newcastle who are currently clinging to the last spot in the finals series with 10 games remaining.

"It's going to be a big ask but all we can do is take each game as it comes and go out the same we did against Perth," Montgomery said.

"Obviously this is a home game for us that we'll be taking down to Canberra. We have to try and use that home support and hopefully the Canberra public can turn up in force and cheer us on to try and get a good result."

Just 5497 fans turned up to see the Mariners fall 2-0 to the Wellington Phoenix at Canberra Stadium in November.