Central Coast Mariners challenge Western United for glory and sporting success.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Western United, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
Central Coast Mariners and Western United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
Central Coast Mariners's first A-League home game here at Central Coast Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches.
The Central Coast Mariners regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Central Coast Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Perth Glory (placed 6th). Farrell, defender, was given a rating of 7.33/10 in that game, top of the team. Farrell hit one key pass and won 10 of 14 duels.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Wellington Phoenix the opponent.Early season league goal statistics from Central Coast Mariners's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.
Western United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
There were no winners in Western United's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Macarthur (placed 4th). Risdon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.83. The defender Risdon served one assist, hit five key passes and won 10 of 19 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Sydney.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Western United in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for Western, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Western United have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding eight meetings): Central Coast Mariners won four games, one match ended with a tie and Western United managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Silvera 2 goals |  J. Cummings 1 goals |   J. Risdon 1 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Western United missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 13.7 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 16 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 22 | 16.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 11 | 7.3 |
| Central Coast Mariners | Last season | Western United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | ||
| 63% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 47% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 30% | ||
| 26% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 17% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | ||
| 33% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 13% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 14.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 15 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sydney | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 9 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 10 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Western United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 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 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Western United | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -9 | 33 |
| 8 | Sydney | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -23 | 18 |
