A swift peek at the A-League table indicate an edge to Sydney when they arrive at Central Coast Mariners. Nevertheless; let's play before select a winner!
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (7) in A-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The A-League statistics at home this season for Central Coast Mariners are 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Mariners crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Newcastle Jets here at Central Coast Stadium. Attacking player Cummings bettered all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Cummings scored one goal.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Macarthur (2-3).Goals keep appearing in this club's league fixtures, with 6 in a row having three or more goals (over 2.5).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Central Coast Mariners, as the A-League home game vs Newcastle Jets is only four days away.
Central Coast Mariners are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).
Sydney form and stats
Sydney have six points from their first three away games in the A-League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Lolley and Fondre scored in Sydney's previous match, the home game against Melbourne City that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Corica when Fondre scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. The attacker Lolley got a match rating of 8.45 in that game. Lolley scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that, the Sydney Super Cup victory away at Celtic. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Sydney in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sydney, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Sydney manager Corica has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Central Coast Mariners won three, Sydney triumphed in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 3 goals |  S. Silvera 3 goals |   R. Mak 3 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Sydney missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Sydney | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7.5 | 8.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 17.7 | 17.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 37% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 32% |
| 11 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11 | 12.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | 4.6 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sydney's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Central Coast Mariners have scored in all their matches so far.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most conceded goals (9) at home in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sydney have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sydney have the most points from losing position (7) in A-League
- Sydney haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Sydney | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Brisbane Roar | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Perth Glory | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
| 12 | Western United | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
