Western Sydney Wanderers have journeyed here for an appealing fight versus the hosts Central Coast Mariners. Get smart on the match with this thorough A-League preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The hosts won their first A-League game here at Central Coast Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Central Coast Mariners last season were 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 13 games.
Central Coast Mariners's last game was hosting Sydney (placed 11th) and winning 2-0. The attacker Matheus Moresche won the honour of being "man of the match" for Mariners with a rating of 7.93/10. Moresche served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Macarthur.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mariners have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.
The manager Montgomery will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to APIA Leichhardt Tigers in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Central Coast Mariners's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Only one away game in the A-League so far for Western Sydney Wanderers and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 4 losses from 13 travels.
Wanderers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Macarthur proved too strong as Western Sydney Wanderers slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Spotless Stadium. James Troisi got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, top player of the team. Troisi hit two key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 77 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting APIA Leichhardt Tigers's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Wanderers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Western Sydney Wanderers, four draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wanderers manager Robinson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Melbourne City.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Western Sydney Wanderers has managed 2 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Central Coast Mariners wins - draws - Western Sydney Wanderers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ureña Porras 2 goals |   T. Hemed 2 goals |  J. Nisbet 1 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 17.2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 21% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 17.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 12.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Central Coast Mariners | Last season | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Conceded | C | 25 | 43 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 78% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 85% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 58% | ||
| 26% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 42% | ||
| 11% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 27% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 65% | ||
| 30% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 23% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.9 | 7.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 15.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.9 | 16.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Western United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Newcastle Jets | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Adelaide United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sydney | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |