Home advantage could prove decisive in Western Sydney Wanderers - Central Coast Mariners battle

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 08:45 (UTC)
Venue: Commbank Stadium

Western Sydney Wanderers greet Central Coast Mariners for another engrossing A-League match here at Commbank Stadium.

Insights:
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in A-League
  • Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in A-League

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face fixture!

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Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats

Seven points from three A-League home games is a great start for Western Sydney Wanderers, who are hoping to build on that form here at Commbank Stadium.

The Western Sydney Wanderers club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Newcastle Jets and win 2-0. Borrello (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.85/10. Borrello scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that, Wanderers drew at home versus Brisbane Roar.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Western Sydney Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Western Sydney Wanderers has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Western Sydney Wanderers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Central Coast Mariners form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first A-League away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Farrell, Ayongo, Cummings and Nkololo secured the home win 4-2 against Western United in their previous game. What a finish in the last match, as Mariners came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Ayongo's goal in the 88th minute. Cummings, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Cummings scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Perth Glory.

Central Coast Mariners are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

{2 goals} so far away for Central Coast Mariners, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Western Sydney Wanderers won five games, three matches ended in a draw and Central Coast Mariners got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersS. Krpić
S. Krpić
2 goals
Central Coast MarinersJ. Cummings
J. Cummings
2 goals
Central Coast MarinersS. Silvera
S. Silvera
2 goals

Western Sydney Wanderers missing players

Central Coast Mariners missing players

Western Sydney Wanderers Central Coast Mariners
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 3 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 2 7
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
25% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
75% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.8 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 6
5 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 3.3
3.2 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 14.7
2.5 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5.3
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 44%
 
7 6.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 19 12
2.8 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (6) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the fewest conceded goals (1) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most clean sheets (3) in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers have the most points (7) at home in A-League
  • Western Sydney Wanderers is in the best form (3-1-0) in A-League
Western Sydney Wanderers Last season Central Coast Mariners
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 27
6 4   Won W   4 12
9 5   Drew D   3 6
11 4   Lost L   7 9
30 15   Scored S   23 50
38 15   Conceded C   22 38
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
77% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 85%
42% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 63%
31% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 44%
15% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 26%
54% 46%   BTTS BTTS   64% 56%
23% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 33%
31% 31%   Failed to Score F T   21% 15%
 
6.3 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.9
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.8 6.6
2.2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
15.3 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 13.8
4.6 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.4
25% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
11.6 9.2   Shots against (avg) S A   16.9 14.8
3.9 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.8

  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 4 3 1 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 10
2 Western Sydney Wanderers 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 10
3 Sydney 4 2 1 1 10 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 7
4 Newcastle Jets 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
5 Macarthur 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
6 Adelaide United 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 5 -1 5
7 Central Coast Mariners 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Melbourne Victory 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
9 Wellington Phoenix 4 0 3 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 3
10 Perth Glory 4 1 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 3
11 Brisbane Roar 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 3
12 Western United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 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 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

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The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.