Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney FC: A-League live scores, blog

Expert

24th March, 2018

Where: Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
When: Saturday 24th March 2018, 5.35pm(AEDT)
TV: Fox Sports
Betting: Central Coast $6.00 Draw $4.33 Sydney $1.50

Central Coast Mariners
1.Ben Kennedy (Gk), 2.Storm Roux, 3.Josh Rose, 4.Jake Mcging, 7.Andrew Hoole, 8.Blake Powell, 10.Danny De Silva, 11.Connor Pain, 12.Trent Buhagiar, 14.Adam Berry, 16.Liam Rose, 18.Tom Glover (Gk), 19.Jacob Poscoliero, 21.Kye Rowles, 22.Jacob Melling, 23.Wout Brama (C) 24.Lachlan Wales, 27.Peter Skapetis
Sydney Fc

Sydney FC
1.Andrew Redmayne (Gk), 2.Aaron Calver, 3.Ben Warland, 4.Alex Wilkinson, 5.Jordy Buijs, 8.Paulo Retre, 9.Bobô, 10.Milos Ninkovic, 11.Adrian Mierzejewski, 12.Fabio Ferreira, 13.Brandon O’neill, 14.Alex Brosque (C), 16.Anthony Kalik, 17.David Carney, 18.Matt Simon, 19.Chris Zuvela, 20.Alex Cisak (Gk), 26.Luke Wilkshire.

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Wout Brama of the Central Coast Mariners during the Round 22 A-League match between the Perth Glory and the Central Coast Mariners at NIB Stadium in Perth, Saturday, March 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Tony McDonough)

Stuart Thomas

Expert

24th March, 2018

Match result:

A last-gasp Matt Simon header has lifted Sydney FC to a 2-1 win over Central Coast and within one point of a second-successive A-League Premiers’ Plate.

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Final score
Central Coast Mariners 1
Sydney FC 2

How to watch:

TV
This match will be broadcast exclusively by Fox Sports 501.

Live stream
You can live stream Foxtel’s coverage of the match by using the Foxtel App if you already have a Foxtel TV subscription, or Foxtel Now if you don’t.

Preview:

With the departure of Paul Okon after another disappointing loss, what to expect of the Mariners this week is an unknown.

Their recent football has been poor and they look disheartened and frustrated.

The question now becomes whether the departure of the coach frees up the players in any way or cleans away some of the negative energy that seemed to be present at the club.

We won’t really know the answer to that until they take to the pitch and Sydney FC will be hoping there isn’t a sudden turn around in their form.

The champions look anything but at this stage of the season.

If the Jets beat Adelaide on Friday they will move within two points of the sky blues lead in the race for the Premiers Plate; unthinkable two months ago.

The best way to approach a must win and season settling match for the Sydney team is to forget point and ladder ramifications and score a handful of goals to get their rhythm back as they approach the finals.

The ACL commitments cannot be a constant excuse for their poor A-League form and the fractures of last week that saw them topple to an impressive Brisbane will need to be repaired before they take to the field.

Prediction
With nothing more than pride for which to play, it will be the Mariners who determine the quality of this game. Another lack lustre performance will see Sydney trounce them comfortably. If they turn up and compete, this is a danger game for the sky blues.

Central Coast Mariners 1, Sydney FC 4

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Stuart Thomas

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Stuart Thomas is a sports writer and educator who made the jump from Roar Guru to Expert in 2017. An ex-trainee professional golfer, his sporting passions are broad with particular interests in football, AFL and rugby league. His love of sport is only matched by his passion for gardening and self-sustainability.