Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Blacktown City & Central Coast Mariners face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Blacktown City form and stats
Last season their Ffa Cup adventure ended in the 7th round.17 points is a decent return from 8 New South Wales games here at Glen Willow Regional Sporting Complex for Blacktown City. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Blacktown City haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Mt Druitt Town, 216 days ago.
Blacktown's previous game was a New South Wales match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Sutherland Sharks. The home side are looking to build on that result. Some amazing scenes last match, when T. Major scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time.
In the preceding match a 4-2 victory visiting Rockdale City Suns.Goals decide football matches and Blacktown are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 8 league matches. Blacktown have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
Central Coast Mariners's mission in Ffa Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in A-League matches, Central Coast Mariners have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.
Mariners have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mark Birighitti. It's been 237 minutes since they last conceded in A-League.
The manager N. Montgomery was unhappy after their last game, a A-League match played at their home ground Central Coast Stadium. Central Coast Mariners suffered a 0-2 loss to Macarthur (after extra-time). Midfielder Gianni Stensness was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.71. Stensness hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 63 successful passes (of 77 total).
Before that, Central Coast Mariners secured a home win against Western United with the score 2-0.Mariners have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Central Coast Mariners are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Major 12 goals | L. Campbell 4 goals |  M. Shabow 4 goals |
Blacktown City missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Blacktown City | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 71 | 44 | Scored | S | 14 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 8 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blacktown City | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Sydney United | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Rockdale City Suns | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Manly United | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Mt Druitt Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 23 |
| 7 | Wollongong Wolves | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Marconi Stallions | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | North Shore Mariners | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Sutherland Sharks | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 12 | Sydney II | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 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 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |