Central Coast Mariners vs Macarthur FC Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 20)

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Central Coast Mariners

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Central Coast Mariners will be hoping to bounce back here following the 6-0 A-League defeat last time out to Newcastle United Jets.

In that match, Central Coast Mariners had 37% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 0 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Central Coast Mariners was Trent Sainsbury (45' Own goal). Newcastle United Jets had 12 attempts at 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 meeting after a 1-5 A-League win with the defeat of Brisbane Roar in their last game.

In that match, Macarthur FC managed 54% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Macarthur FC, goals were scored by Marin Jakoliš (44', 55', 74'), Jake Hollman (68') and Harry Sawyer (97'). On the other side, Brisbane Roar got 16 shots on 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

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 13/11/2022 tells us that Central Coast Mariners have won 3 of them and Macarthur FC 2, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 21 goals were scored between them in this period, with 13 of them for Mariners and 8 being from Macarthur. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The last league encounter between the two 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 match, Macarthur FC managed 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Daniel De Silva (11').

For their opponents, Central Coast Mariners had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Haine Eames (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Adam Kersey.

📰 Team News: Central Coast Mariners

Ryan Edmondson (unknown injury) and Brad Tapp (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Central Coast Mariners boss Mark Jackson.

🗞️ Team News: Macarthur FC

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Macarthur FC gaffer Mile Sterjorvski to contend with. 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.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Checking on the latest odds for this match in the win-draw-win market, a win for Central Coast Mariners can be had for 2.88, backing the draw is 3.6 and staking on the winning team to be Macarthur FC is 2.35. They’re the most competitive market prices available right now.

Victor Martins, 01:05 19/04/2025