In a weekend match on Sat Dec 18th, in week 5, Central Coast Mariners will host Western Sydney Wanderers at Central Coast Stadium in a meeting of these two A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Central Coast Mariners is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Sydney. Marco Ureña struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 14th minute, then Anthony Caceres added another on an own goal in the 16th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sydney couldn’t manage to score, and Central Coast Mariners took the shutout win. Central Coast Mariners is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Western Sydney Wanderers, recorded a 0-2 loss against Macarthur. Tomislav Uskok struck first for Macarthur in the 64th minute, then Hollman added another in the 74th minute In the end, Western Sydney Wanderers was frustrated by Macarthur’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Macarthur ended the match with the shutout victory. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Western Sydney Wanderers won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Western Sydney Wanderers’s most prolific scorer has been Tomer Hemed. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Marco Ureña has been the most prolific scorer on Central Coast Mariners in his last five matches with 2 goals.