Week 7 brings us a match on Dec 31st, where Macarthur will travel to Gosford to battle Central Coast Mariners in a meeting of these two A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. Central Coast Mariners is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Western Sydney Wanderers. Cy Goddard struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 59th minute, then Oliver Božanić added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Western Sydney Wanderers was frustrated by Central Coast Mariners’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Central Coast Mariners ended the match with the shutout victory. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while macarthur sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Sydney. Wood struck first for Sydney in the 11th minute, then Max Burgess added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Macarthur couldn’t manage to score, and Sydney took the shutout win. Macarthur should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 5th, Macarthur hosted Central Coast Mariners in their last match together. Macarthur won by a score of 1 to 0. Oliver Božanić scored the first goal for Macarthur on an own goal in the 45th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Central Coast Mariners couldn’t manage to score, and Macarthur took the shutout win.
Macarthur is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Lachlam Rose and Oliver Božanić each only have 1 goal in their last five. Marco Ureña has been the most prolific scorer on Central Coast Mariners in his last five matches with two goals.