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Predictions and Tips
Central Coast Mariners will be the visitors at CommBank Stadium on Friday for the A-League game with home team Western Sydney Wanderers.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Western Sydney Wanderers v Central Coast Mariners match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide

Western Sydney Wanderers
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Western Sydney Wanderers will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 A-League success versus Perth Glory.
In that game, Western Sydney Wanderers managed 56% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Western Sydney Wanderers was Zac Sapsford (59'). For their opponents, Perth Glory had 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Andriano Lebib (4' Own goal) and Adam Taggart (48') scored for Perth Glory.
Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Western Sydney Wanderers have played. Their opponents scored 10 times in these games whereas Western Sydney Wanderers bagged a total of 15.
Ahead of this meeting, Western Sydney Wanderers have not emerged victorious against Central Coast Mariners in their last 2 matches in the league.
Central Coast Mariners
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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Sydney FC in A-League action, Central Coast Mariners will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Central Coast Mariners had 43% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Central Coast Mariners was Harrison Steele (40'). Sydney FC had 14 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Patryk Klimala (11') and Adrian Segecic (72', 83', 94') scored for Sydney FC.
Proving their bias toward high-scoring matches, goals have been celebrated 22 times in the last 6 games in which Central Coast Mariners have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.67 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have got 15 of those goals. That trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.
↔️ Head to head
A glance at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 13/04/2022 tells us that Western Sydney Wanderers have won 1 of these & Central Coast Mariners 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.
A combined sum of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them for The Wanderers and 9 for Mariners. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was A-League match day 17 on 18/02/2024 when it finished Central Coast Mariners 1-0 Western Sydney Wanderers.
That day, Central Coast Mariners managed 46% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Mikael Doka (83').
Western Sydney Wanderers got 14 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
The match was refereed by Daniel Elder.
ℹ️ Team News: Western Sydney Wanderers
Tae-wook Jeong (Ankle injury), Gabriel Cléùr (unknown injury) and Dylan Scicluna (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Western Sydney Wanderers boss Alen Stajčić.
It looks as if The Wanderers could use a 4-4-2 system, handing starts to Lawrence Thomas, Jarrod Carluccio, A. Pantazopoulos, Alex Bonetig, Jack Clisby, Aydan Hammond, Oscar Priestman, Joshua Brillante, Bozhidar Kraev, Brandon Borrello and Marcus Antonsson.
🗞️ Team News: Central Coast Mariners
Central Coast Mariners manager Mark Jackson has not got a full squad to pick from. Nicholas Duarte (unknown injury), Miguel Di Pizio (Knee surgery), Lucas Mauragis (unknown injury) and Brad Tapp (Cruciate ligament injury) can’t be considered.
It’s our belief that Mariners seem most likely to utilise a 3-4-3 lineup with a starting lineup of Dylan Peraic-Cullen, Trent Sainsbury, Brian Kaltak, Nathan Paull, Storm Roux, Alfie McCalmont, Harrison Steele, Mikael Doka, Arthur De Lima, Alou Kuol and Christian Theoharous.
⚡ Prediction
Our assessment is that Central Coast Mariners will likely create enough chances to get a goal against this Western Sydney Wanderers team, although it may not quite be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re going for a 2-1 win for Western Sydney Wanderers at full-time. It should be a decent one.
Victor Martins, 08:08 17/01/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Western Sydney Wanderers
Formed: 2012
Stadium: CommBank Stadium (30,000)
Captain: Lawrence Thomas
Chairman: Jefferson Cheng
Manager: Alen Stajčić
Competitions: A-League position 8
🔑 Key Man: Marcus Antonsson

Mostly used in the Striker position, Marcus Antonsson was born in Unnaryd, Sweden. After making a first senior appearance for Halmstads BK in the 2010 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 4 league goals in the A-League 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 10 appearances.
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12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 24 | DDWWW |
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11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23 | DLWDL |
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13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | WDWWD |
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13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | DWWLW |
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12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | DLDDL |
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12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | WWLDW |
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12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 14 | LWLLD |
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12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -9 | 14 | DLDWL |
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12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 10 | WLDWL |
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14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -26 | 8 | LLLWL |
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12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -15 | 2 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 2.7 |
Goals conceded | 2.2 |
Time first goal scored | 23 |
Time first goal conceded | 29 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-3 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Nicolas Milanović | 6 |
Zac Sapsford | 6 |
Brandon Borrello | 5 |
Marcus Antonsson | 4 |
Bozhidar Kraev | 4 |
Alou Kuol | 3 |
Haine Eames | 2 |
Ryan Edmondson | 2 |
Mikael Doka | 2 |
Nathan Paull | 2 |
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