This could be an interesting match as Western Sydney Wanderers have their presumed home advantage while Central Coast Mariners are ahead 6 points in the A-League table.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most points from losing position (11) in A-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the A-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brisbane Roar.
Western Sydney Wanderers form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Western Sydney Wanderers are 3-1-3 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Bankwest Stadium.
Wanderers manager C. Robinson and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Brisbane Roar (placed 7th) in the A-League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Melbourne City (1-4).
Western Sydney Wanderers's goalie Daniel Margush played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Brisbane Roar with a stunning seven saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Western Sydney Wanderers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Western Sydney Wanderers as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Wanderers has won five of these, drawn five and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Western Sydney Wanderers as they are travelling to their away game against Sydney in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.
Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bankwest Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Wanderers have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in A-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the A-League.
Alou Kuol and Oliver Božanić scored in Central Coast Mariners's previous match, the home game against Adelaide United that ended 2-1. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Melbourne Victory.
Alou Kuol came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Adelaide United last time out, making the manager A. Stajcic feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Central Coast Mariners in our archives, and the results are: one win for Mariners, zero draws and zero defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Mariners's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Mariners have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Central Coast Mariners - Wanderers 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Western Sydney Wanderers seven wins, two draws and Central Coast Mariners one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Kuol 7 goals |  M. Simon 6 goals |  K. Yeboah 4 goals |
Western Sydney Wanderers missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Western Sydney Wanderers | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 21 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 60% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 13% | 29% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 15.7 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.5 | 13.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 39% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 34% | 35% |
- All of Central Coast Mariners's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most points from losing position (11) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western Sydney Wanderers have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in A-League
- Western Sydney Wanderers 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 | Central Coast Mariners | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Macarthur | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Sydney | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Western United | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -21 | 8 |