Central Coast Mariners vs Macarthur preview: Away team face a difficult job at Central Coast Stadium

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium (20119 seats)

It's the second try for points this season as Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur cross swords at Central Coast Stadium.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur.

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Central Coast Mariners form and stats

In the previous season, Central Coast Mariners's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, leading to 2nd spot in the A-League. In these 26 matches they scored {55 goals} and let in 35. Performing at home in the former season Central Coast Mariners produced 7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {31 goals} and 17 conceded.

Central Coast Mariners's previous match was a AFC Cup game also played at their home, ending 6-3 vs Bali United. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

Prior to that, an away loss at Adelaide United in the A-League.

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Macarthur form and stats

Let's have a look at how Macarthur performed last season in the A-League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 13/32 goals scored/conceded.

Two away games in a row for Macarthur, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Phnom Penh Crown in the AFC Cup.

A draw for Macarthur before that, at their own venue hosting Brisbane Roar (1-1).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Macarthur when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 6 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Mariners victories, one draw and three Macarthur wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MacarthurR. Borges Rodrigues
R. Borges Rodrigues
1 goals

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Macarthur missing players

Central Coast Mariners Macarthur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 10
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
24 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 15
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 14%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 20
13 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 6
Central Coast Mariners Last season Macarthur
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
29 14   Played P   13 26
16 8   Won W   2 7
5 3   Drew D   2 5
8 3   Lost L   9 14
65 33   Scored S   13 31
37 17   Conceded C   32 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
97% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 77%
79% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 62%
41% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 38%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 23%
72% 79%   BTTS BTTS   62% 58%
17% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 19%
10% 0%   Failed to Score F T   31% 27%
 
6.1 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 4.7
5.8 6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.8
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
5 3   Red cards R C   2 4
 
15.5 16.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12.2
6.6 6.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.2
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 28%
 
13.7 13.5   Shots against (avg) S A   16.8 16.2
4.9 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.8 6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adelaide United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Melbourne Victory 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Western United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Perth Glory 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Newcastle Jets 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Macarthur 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brisbane Roar 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Wellington Phoenix 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Melbourne City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
11 Sydney 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Central Coast Mariners 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.