Central Coast Mariners cannot await any handouts from the home team Western United in this A-League game. Here's our broad match preview!
- Western United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in A-League
It's quite the trip for Central Coast Mariners when visiting Western as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Western United and Central Coast Mariners 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.
Western United form and stats
Western United have played 11 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Western United, facing Sydney in a game that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Western United in their match versus Sydney as their 3-1 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. Midfield player Pain got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Pain scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Brisbane Roar (0-1).The Western fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Western United defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
3-2-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Central Coast Mariners in their A-League matches away. Central Coast Mariners seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The fans enjoyed Mariners's previous match versus Brisbane Roar (placed 12th), a 4-1 win played at home. Túlio, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Túlio scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-2 defeat away at Melbourne Victory before that.Goal hungry football fans should note that 18 of this side's 22 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The visiting Central Coast Mariners have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Central Coast Mariners have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Central Coast Mariners have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Western.These sides met each other before this match year: Central Coast Mariners - Western United 4-2.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cummings 15 goals |  M. Oliveira Lemos 6 goals |  N. Botic 5 goals |
Western United missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Western United | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 44 |
| 40 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 64% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 82% |
| 41% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 30% | 41% |
| 23% | 18% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 23% |
| 68% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 14% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 18% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 14% |
| 6 | 7.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.6 | 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.6 | 15.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 32% | 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 33% |
| 15.3 | 14.2 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.5 | 13 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Central Coast Mariners have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most matches over the total-line (18) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in A-League
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Western United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
