Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Wollongong Wolves & 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!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a A-League game only four days ago. That game, against Wellington Phoenix, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Central Coast Mariners.
Wollongong Wolves form and stats
Wollongong was eliminated in the 5th round last season in the Ffa Cup.Wollongong Wolves's struggle is real here at WIN Stadium with only 8 points collected from 8 New South Wales games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4. The Wollongong Wolves manager L. Wilkshire might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Wollongong are returning here after visiting Mt Druitt Town in a Ffa Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. B. Belkadi, P. Simonoski and L. Scott scored the goal(s).
Preceding that match was the home New South Wales game against Marconi Stallions that was lost 0-1.Wollongong are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Wollongong with 16 goals conceded in these matches.
Central Coast Mariners form and stats
They also participated in Ffa Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Central Coast Mariners are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
There might be some fixture complaints from Central Coast Mariners as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the A-League match against Wellington Phoenix (1-2). Mark Birighitti was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.45. The agile goalkeeper Birighitti saved a penalty and stopped the opponent with five saves.
Prior to that result Central Coast Mariners won their away game at Newcastle Jets in the A-League. The scoreline was 2-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Macarthur.
3 goals so far away for Central Coast Mariners, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Scott 6 goals |  L. Jennings 6 goals | D. Madden 2 goals |
Wollongong Wolves missing players
Central Coast Mariners missing players
| Wollongong Wolves | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| 12 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Western United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |