In this week 14 match, on Saturday Jan 28th, Central Coast Mariners will play host to Western Sydney Wanderers in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Central Coast Mariners recorded a 1-2 loss against Wellington Phoenix. Rufer scored the first goal for Wellington Phoenix in the 32nd minute, then Oskar Zawada added another in the 40th minute on a feed from Callan Elliot. Central Coast Mariners should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Western Sydney Wanderers is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Newcastle Jets. Angus Thurgate struck first for Newcastle Jets in the 37th minute, but Oliver Božanić got the equalizer for Western Sydney Wanderers in the 64th minute earning them at least the one point. Western Sydney Wanderers is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Nov 5th, Central Coast Mariners won by a score of 3 to 0. Michael Ruhs struck first for Central Coast Mariners in the 66th minute on a feed from Garang Kuol, then Michael Ruhs added another in the 72nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Western Sydney Wanderers couldn’t manage to score, and Central Coast Mariners took the shutout win.
Western Sydney Wanderers’s most prolific scorer has been Oliver Božanić. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. Jason Cummings has been the most prolific scorer on Central Coast Mariners in his last five matches with 3 goals.