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Central Coast Mariners

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Central Coast Mariners will be looking for an improved result here after the 6-0 A-League defeat last time out to Newcastle United Jets.

In that match, Central Coast Mariners managed 37% possession and 4 shots on goal with 0 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Central Coast Mariners was Trent Sainsbury (45' Own goal). At the other end, Newcastle United Jets got 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Aleksandar Šušnjar (17'), Daniel Wilmering (48'), Clayton Taylor (50') and Eli Adams (73', 92') scored for Newcastle United Jets.

Fixtures involving Central Coast Mariners have proved to be exciting ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen games alone, the sum of 22 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 6 of them being chalked up by Central Coast Mariners.

Going into this contest, Central Coast Mariners haven't lost in the league to Macarthur FC in their previous 2 games.

Macarthur FC

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Macarthur FC will go into the match following on from a 1-5 A-League win versus Brisbane Roar in their last fixture.

In that match, Macarthur FC managed 54% possession and 17 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Macarthur FC, the goals were scored by Marin Jakoliš (44', 55', 74'), Jake Hollman (68') and Harry Sawyer (97'). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Asumah Abubakar (28') scored for Brisbane Roar.

Showing their bias toward action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 28 times in the last 6 matches in which Macarthur FC have taken to the pitch, yielding a mean average of 4.67 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have hit 14 of this grand total. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

Heading into this fixture, Macarthur FC are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 13/11/2022 shows that Central Coast Mariners have won 3 of them and Macarthur FC 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 21 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 13 of them for Mariners and 8 netted by Macarthur. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The last league clash featuring these clubs was A-League match day 9 on 23/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Macarthur FC 1-1 Central Coast Mariners.

In that game, Macarthur FC managed 39% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Daniel De Silva (11').

On the other side, Central Coast Mariners had 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Haine Eames (53') scored.

The referee was Adam Kersey.

📰 Team News: Central Coast Mariners

Ryan Edmondson (unknown injury) and Brad Tapp (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for Central Coast Mariners manager Mark Jackson.

ℹ️ Team News: Macarthur FC

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Macarthur FC gaffer Mile Sterjorvski to be concerned about. Kristian Popovic (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Macarthur FC and Central Coast Mariners should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square with both teams likely to score. We therefore see a very competitive encounter with a 2-2 score draw at the end of the 90.

Victor Martins, 06:05 20/04/2025