It's only been seven days since Central Coast Mariners met Newcastle Jets and the score was 4-2. What will the score be vs Western United?
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (9) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Central Coast Mariners have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
Central Coast Mariners are returning here after visiting Newcastle Jets and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Moresche, Kuol and Cummings (2) scored the goal(s). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfielder Nkololo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Nkololo served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Wellington Phoenix and winning 4-0.Central Coast Mariners are traveling soon after this match as the A-League match at Brisbane Roar awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Central Coast Mariners's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Mariners have conceded 16 goals.
Western United form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
The Western United goalkeeper Jamie Young is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 207 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Western United had fun at their own home (Central Coast Stadium) last time out, beating Macarthur 2-0. Pain and Prijović scored. Attacker Prijović got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Prijović scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 6-0 vs Perth Glory.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Newcastle Jets.
The visiting Western have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Western United have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the final score Western United - Central Coast Mariners 2-2 entered in the official records. Head to head totals (for the preceeding seven meetings): Mariners won three games, one match ended in a draw and Western United have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 9 goals |   A. Prijović 9 goals |  M. Ureña Porras 7 goals |
Central Coast Mariners missing players
Western United missing players
| Central Coast Mariners | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | 24 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 38 |
| 35 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 70% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 52% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 35% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 17% |
| 61% | 55% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 48% |
| 26% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 9% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 14.2 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 35% | 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 36% |
| 14.7 | 12.6 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.8 | 14.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (9) in A-League
- Western United 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 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Western United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 36 |
| 6 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 14 |
