The Western Sydney Wanderers have claimed their second win of the A-League season, defeating the Central Coast Mariners on the road 4-1.
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Final score
Central Coast Mariners 1
Western Sydney Wanderers 4
The Central Coast Mariners will look for their second consecutive win of the season when they go up against the Western Sydney Wanderers in Central Coast today. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog from the match, starting at 5:35pm (AEDT).
The Wanderers are searching for just their second win of the season after going without the victory in their past six games, drawing five and losing one.
In their last match, Central Coast picked up a 2-0 victory against Perth with goals coming from Roy O’Donovan and Harry Ascroft. The Mariners managed to get their first clean sheet in 37 games.
Western Sydney could only salvage a point against Brisbane Roar with Jumpei Kusukami getting his first goal for the club.
In their last head to head game earlier this season, the points were shared in a 1-1 with goals coming from Brendon Santalab and Adam Berry.
A win for either team will put them into the top six, needless to say there’s a lot at stake in this one.
For Paul Okon, he has Liam Rose and Jacob Poscoliero returning to the side after being out due to suspension and injury. Jaques Faty sits out due to a knee injury,
Tony Popovic has winger Jaushua Sotirio and Lachlan Scott back into the team and a full squad available for this one.
The key players to look out for in this one are Jumpei Kusukami and Roy O’Donovan after both coming off a goal in their previous match they will be hungry to get another.
The slick skills of Jumpei has wowed crowds so far this season but has found it hard to show any final product but finally he got his long-awaited goal in front of his home fans last weekend.
O’Donovan has picked up four goals so far this season and will be looking for his fifth this Saturday evening. The Irish striker has shown shades of what quality he has so far in his A-League career but is yet to show that he can consistently score goals. Look out for him in this one.
The Wanderers have won their past two away games to Central Coast and should end their winless run and make it three from three today.
Prediction: 2-1 Wanderers
Can the Wanderers break their drought or will the Mariners make it two wins in a row? Join us at The Roar for live scores and updates in our blog from 5:35pm for updates.
Gossie fan
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Terrible managing by paulo, why take powell off in the second half. And have nothing in centre midfield. All the wanderers had to do was guard the wings and ccm were dead in the water
MatthewSkellett
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Good game so glad the team is back in da groove - Aspro is looking better and better as a defender :-)
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Thanks for joining us at The Roar for this cracking 5 goal encounter, hope you enjoyed the coverage and have a good night
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Nico Martinez earns the Man of the match
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FULL TIME! MARINERS 1-4 WANDERERS The Wanderers break their winless run in a thrilling 5 goal encounter. They now move above the Mariners into sixth.
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93rd minute and Sotirio hits the crossbar. Game nearly over now
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GOAL! SANTALAB SCORES AGAIN Its 4-1 to Western Sydney as Santalab gets another goal off the bench and against the Mariners. He takes a nice touch to set himself up after a good cross and smashes it into the goal. Its all over here at Central Coast
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Nico Martinez is off and Brendon Santalab is on
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Seven minutes to go and its looking like it's Western Sydneys game, but anything is possible. Still 3-1 WSW
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Storm Roux is the one to take the free kick and he lofts it over the bar, 77" 3-1 Wanderers
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O'Donovan is deemed to be tripped outside the box and has a free kick right on the edge of the box
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25 minutes to go in this game and the Mariners will need to find a goal to get back into the game here. The Wanderers have missed alot of chances and could see themselves be punished for it if Central Coast can get a goal
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Fabio Ferriera has been brought on for a bit of extra flair in attack, being subbed on for Blake Powell. 61st minute 3-1 Wanderers
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Nothing comes from the free kick
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RED CARD! JERARD TYSON IS SENT OFF FOR TAKING OUT BURHAGIAR Tyson comes way out of his box and cleans up Trent Buhagiar and gets himself susbequently sent off, Andrew Redmayne is subbed on for Lachlan Scott
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Pain picks up a yellow card for tugging on Neville's jersey
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Chance for the Wanderers as Martinez tries to curl a ball into the top left corner but sees it just go wide, 3-1 Wanderers 55"
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GOAL! 3-1 WANDERERS Mitch Nichols plays a ball to Scott Neville who drills a low cross at Jake McGing who puts the ball into his own net. Now the first time the Wanderers have scored three goals at Central Coast
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Mitch Nichols fires a shot over the bar for Wanderers first chance of the second half
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Second Half now underway