The Central Coast Mariners manager A. Stajcic attacks this game with the team placed 1st so far. In the visitors dressing room Western Sydney Wanderers and their manager C. Robinson are in 5th place before this match.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Sydney. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
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 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 13 games.
Mariners are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Mariners enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Macarthur's place. The match ended 2-0 with Jordan Smylie and Daniel De Silva scoring. Before that, Central Coast Mariners had a home game versus Newcastle Jets which ended with a victory 1-0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Central Coast Mariners as they are travelling to their away game against Sydney in the A-League. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Central Coast Mariners at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Western Sydney Wanderers are still undefeated on their travels in the A-League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Wanderers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Sydney (placed 4th). Prior to that result Wanderers won their away game at Newcastle Jets. The scoreline was 2-1.
Western Sydney Wanderers have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mariners two wins, two draws and Western Sydney Wanderers six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. De Silva 1 goals |  A. Kuol 1 goals |  J. Smylie 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 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 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% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | 25% |
| Central Coast Mariners | Last season | Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 35 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 77% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 81% | ||
| 62% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 50% | ||
| 35% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 27% | ||
| 19% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 58% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 15% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 19% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 13.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Western United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Sydney | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 41 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Western United | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 23 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |