In a weekend match in week 8, on Sat Dec 17th, Central Coast Mariners and Sydney will play a match in Gosford 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 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 10th placed Central Coast Mariners, recorded a 1-2 loss against Newcastle Jets. Trent Buhagiar struck first for Newcastle Jets in the 12th minute, then Jason Cummings tied it up for Central Coast Mariners in the 53rd minute. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Sydney is fresh off their 2-1 win against Melbourne City. MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 22nd minute on a penalty kick, then in the 23rd minute, Retre sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Joe Lolley Finally they completed the comback victory in the 61st minute on a goal by Adam Le Fondre to cap off a wild match. Sydney is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Sydney won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
For Sydney, their top scorers are Wood and Joe Lolley, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Both Samuel Silvera and Michael Ruhs have been the hottest scorers for Central Coast Mariners in the last five each having scored 2 goals.