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[VIDEO] Central Coast Mariners vs Perth Glory highlights: A League scores, blog

21st March, 2015
Kickoff: 3.00pm (AEDT)
Venue: Central Coast Stadium
Last meeting: Perth Glory 4 1 Central Coast Mariners
Referee: Ben Williams
Head-to-Head: Central Coast Mariners 17 Perth Glory 8 Draw 5
Betting: Central Coast Mariners $3.00 Perth Glory $2.25, Draw $3.40

Squads:

Central Coast Mariners:
1.Matthew NASH (gk), 3.Josh ROSE, 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO, 5.Zac ANDERSON, 6.Brent GRIFFITHS, 7.John HUTCHINSON (c), 8.Nick MONTGOMERY, 10.Anthony CACERES, 11.Nick FITZGERALD, 12.Liam REDDY (gk), 14.Travis MAJOR, 15. Mathew SIM, 16.Liam ROSE, 18.Glen TRIFIRO, 20.Anthony KALIK, 23.Isaka CERNAK, 24.Hayden MORTON, 26.Fabio FERREIRA
***two to be omitted***

Perth Glory:
1.Danny VUKOVIC (gk), 5.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 6.Dino DJULBIC, 8.Ruben ZADKOVICH, 9.Andy KEOGH, 10.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC, 11.Richard GARCIA,14.Chris Harold, 15.Jamie MACLAREN, 16.Sidnei SCIOLA, 17.Mitch NICHOLS, 18.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 19.Josh RISDON, 20.Daniel DE SILVA, 21.Scott JAMIESON, 23.Michael THWAITE (c), 27.Dragan PALJIC, 28. Denis KRAMAR
***two to be omitted***
The Mariners have had an all-time worst A-League season. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins).
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It’s #EraseRacism round and Perth Glory will be hoping to get back to the winners circle when they take on the Central Coast Mariners in Gosford on Sunday.

Join The Roar from 3.00pm (AEDT) for live score updates and debate in our live blog.

After a season that most fans would rather forget, the Central Coast Mariners have shown some improvement in the last three weeks under interim coach Tony Walmsley. Gone is the one-dimensional game plan the Mariners deployed sacked coach Phil Moss, replaced with a high-tempo pressing game that nearly caught out Adelaide last week.

One of the positives to come out of the loss to Adelaide was Walmsley’s decision to tweak the Mariners structure which saw Nick Fitzgerald play as a second 10 next to the in-form Anthony Caceres.

Under Moss, Fitzgerald has struggled as a lone striker this season but Walmsley’s decision to have Fitzgerald drop off the front line allows the youngster to exploit one of his greatest assets, his speed, and it nearly paid dividends against the Reds.

The Mariners’ formation change won’t have been lost on Kenny Lowe, and it will be interesting to see how the Glory’s centre-halves Michael Thwaite and Dino Djulbic handle the blistering speed of the young striker and that of ex-Adelaide man Fabio Ferriera.

The last time these two sides met, Perth prevailed 4-1 however since that game in December, the Glory have only won one game and dropped to fourth.

Regardless of the horror run that includes eight weeks without a win, Kenny Lowe is adamant his team can regroup and refocus and find the form they displayed in the first half of the season.

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It’s hard to work out where it all went wrong for Lowe’s men who were cruising leading up to Christmas. But the Asian Cup break hasn’t been kind to the Glory who are lacking conviction and seem a side bereft of ideas.

For the Mariners, keep your eye on Isaka Cernak who has played with plenty of promise but not much reward since the new year, today could just be his day. For Perth, with charges dropped against Andy Keogh after his night out in Adelaide, the Irishman will be looking to put himself back in the frame for this year’s golden boot.

An improving Mariners against a Glory side on the slide makes for an entertaining clash on what’s been billed as Superhero Sunday in Gosford.

So will the hometown (Super)heroes claim victory for their supporters or will the dastardly Glory boys from the West steal all three points?

Join The Roar from 3.00pm (AEDT) for live score updates and debate in our live blog to find out.

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