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Central Coast Mariners vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions
Western Sydney Wanderers will be visiting Industree Group Stadium on Saturday for the A-League fixture with home team Central Coast Mariners.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Central Coast Mariners v Western Sydney Wanderers match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Central Coast Mariners
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Central Coast Mariners won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-1 A-League losing effort in their last game against Wellington Phoenix.
In that match, Central Coast Mariners had 55% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Central Coast Mariners was Béni Nkololo (92'). Wellington Phoenix had 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Alex Rufer (32') and Oskar Zawada (40') scored for Wellington Phoenix.
At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Central Coast Mariners have played. Opposition teams scored 5 of them in this period whereas Central Coast Mariners managed to get a total of 12. We will see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on here.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Central Coast Mariners:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Western Sydney Wanderers in their previous 4 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
Western Sydney Wanderers
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Previously, Western Sydney Wanderers drew 1-1 in the A-League tie with Newcastle United Jets.
In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 63% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The scorer for Western Sydney Wanderers was Oliver Bozanic (64'). Newcastle United Jets got 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Angus Thurgate (37') scored for Newcastle United Jets.
The numbers tell their own story, and Western Sydney Wanderers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 5 goals in total. Defensively, Western Sydney Wanderers can certainly do much better.
Going into this one, Western Sydney Wanderers are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.
👥 Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 27/07/2020 shows us that Central Coast Mariners have won 2 of them and Western Sydney Wanderers 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.
A sum of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 10 of them from Mariners and 6 netted by The Wanderers. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league clash featuring the two was A-League match day 5 on 05/11/2022 when it finished Western Sydney Wanderers 0-3 Central Coast Mariners.
That day, Western Sydney Wanderers had 52% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
At the other end, Central Coast Mariners had 17 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Michael Ruhs (66', 72') and Sam Silvera (81') scored.
The match was refereed by Kurt Ams.
🗞️ Team News: Central Coast Mariners
There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Central Coast Mariners boss Nick Montgomery to be concerned with from a near full-strength group. Matheus Moresche (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t play.
🗞️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Western Sydney Wanderers gaffer Mark Rudan to be concerned about. Rhys Williams (Hamstring Injury) won’t be playing here.
⚡ Prediction
In our opinion, Western Sydney Wanderers will really need to work well to be putting a goal past this Central Coast Mariners outfit who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
We therefore fancy a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 winning score for Central Coast Mariners at the conclusion of the game.
A close call.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 02:20 24/01/2023

⚽️ Team Focus:
Central Coast Mariners
Formed: 2004
Stadium: Industree Group Stadium (20,059)
Captain: Danny Vukovic
Chairman: Michael Charlesworth
Manager: Nick Montgomery
Competitions: A-League position 2
🔑 Star Player: Jason Cummings

Customarily used in the Striker position, Jason Cummings was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After having made a senior debut playing for Hibernian in the 2013 - 2014 season, the dangerous Forward has accumulated 7 league goals in this A-League 2022 - 2023 season so far coming from a total of 12 appearances.
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12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 27 | WWWDD |
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14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | LWWWD |
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13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | DWLDD |
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13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | LWLDW |
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14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 18 | LWLLD |
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14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 18 | WWDWD |
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14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 17 | WLDLW |
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14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 17 | LLDDW |
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14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 16 | WLLDL |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 16 | DLDWD |
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13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 11 | LLDLL |
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Goals scored | 2.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 23 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 54 |
Time first goal conceded | 45 |
Yellow cards | 3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
Jason Cummings | 10 |
Béni Nkololo | 4 |
Sam Silvera | 4 |
Marco Túlio | 3 |
Jacob Farrell | 2 |
Brandon Borrello | 4 |
Yeni N'Gbakoto | 4 |
Oliver Bozanic | 3 |
Sulejman Krpić | 2 |
Romain Amalfitano | 1 |
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