With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Western United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Central Coast Mariners.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Western United form and stats
Western United's struggle is real here at GMHBA Stadium with only 7 points collected from 7 A-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Western United lost their last game at Melbourne City (placed 2nd) after a 2-3 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Wellington Phoenix (1-3).
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 United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won 1 time, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Western United has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Western United defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Central Coast Mariners so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Central Coast Mariners in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Perth Glory.
Central Coast Mariners are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the A-League against Melbourne Victory (placed 8th). Prior to that match, the Central Coast Mariners manager A. Stajcic faced defeat when travelling to Wellington Phoenix and losing 1-2.
We have checked recent matches where Central Coast Mariners have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W1-D1-L2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Central Coast Mariners as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Central Coast Mariners have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Central Coast Mariners - Western United 1-0, played this season.Top Goalscorers
 
B. Berisha
6 goals
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M. Đurić
4 goals
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A. Diamanti
3 goals
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Western United missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Western United | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 46% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 71% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 23% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 6.2 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | 114 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 76 | 144 |
| 55 | 31 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 26 | 50 |
| 31% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 19% | 26% |
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest matches over the total-line (3)
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest points (3) away
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals (5) away
- Central Coast Mariners has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
- Central Coast Mariners have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Central Coast Mariners have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Central Coast Mariners haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Western United has the most points from losing position (10)
- Western United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Sydney | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Western United | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 17 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 9 |