Central Coast Mariners vs Western Sydney Wanderers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 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.

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Lucas Pereira, 02:20 24/01/2023