Central Coast Mariners are welcoming Western Sydney Wanderers for another important game after their 0-0 result against 8th-placed Newcastle Jets.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the A-League. This match was also played here at Central Coast Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Western Sydney Wanderers have had more rest.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
With 3 A-League wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Central Coast Mariners, who have the most conceded goals (52) in A-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Mariners who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Melbourne Victory, 197 days ago.
Stress levels are on the rise for Central Coast Mariners's attacking players as they have now played 201 minutes without scoring in a league game. J. Murray was their last goal scorer.
The spoils were shared in Central Coast Mariners's previous game, also at home. Visiting Newcastle Jets (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Perth Glory.
The Mariners fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Mariners with 24 goals conceded in these matches.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Playing away, Western Sydney Wanderers have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the A-League this season.
Wanderers delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Sydney (placed 1st) in their previous match; a A-League game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Melbourne City that ended 1-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wellington Phoenix in just four days.
The visiting Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Wanderers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Mariners and Western Sydney Wanderers have met before this season: Central Coast Mariners - Western Sydney Wanderers 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Central Coast Mariners two wins, one draw and Western Sydney Wanderers seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Duke 11 goals |  N. Müller 5 goals |   J. Murray 4 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 52 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 81% |
| 62% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 48% |
| 33% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 67% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 24% |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 307 | 152 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 141 | 288 |
| 91 | 44 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 37 | 84 |
| 24% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 32% |
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest points (11) at home
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (12) at home
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (22)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Central Coast Mariners has the most conceded goals (24) at home
- Central Coast Mariners has the most conceded goals (52)
- Central Coast Mariners has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
- Central Coast Mariners has the most conceded goals in the second half (24)
- Central Coast Mariners has the the worst goal difference (-12) at home
- Central Coast Mariners has the the worst goal difference (-30)
- Central Coast Mariners have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Central Coast Mariners have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Central Coast Mariners is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Western Sydney Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western Sydney Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western United | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -30 | 14 |