January 7th features a match where Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United will play a match in Gosford in a meeting of these two evenly matched A-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Central Coast Mariners recorded a 2-1 win against Melbourne Victory. Jason Cummings struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 11th minute on a feed from Storm Roux, then Cadete got the equalizer for Melbourne Victory in the 39th minute on a feed from Marchan Vidal. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Adelaide United, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Perth Glory. Lachlan Barr scored the first goal for Adelaide United in the 40th minute, then Ben Halloran added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Perth Glory couldn’t muster any offence and Adelaide United ran away with the shutout win. Adelaide United is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Adelaide United won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Adelaide United’s most prolific scorer has been Craig Goodwin. The Australian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Central Coast Mariners is fortunate enough to have Jason Cummings in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.