Western Sydney Wanderers FC
2
Match Complete
Central Coast Mariners
2
| 83' |  | O. Bozanic | ||
| B. Kamau | | 78' | ||
| B. Kamau | | 74' | ||
| 27' |  | R. Tongyik | ||
| 22' | | M. Simon |
| 16 | Shots | 16 | ||
| 7 | On Target | 4 | ||
| 11 | Fouls | 7 | ||
| 2 | Corners | 8 | ||
| 3 | Offsides | 0 | ||
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 | ||
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
Two sides near the top of the table – the Western Sydney Wanderers and Central Coast Mariners – go head-to-head in Tuesday night action. Stay up to date with their A-League clash with live scores on The Roar from 7:05pm (AEST).
The Wanderers had a golden opportunity to move further up the ladder on the weekend, but could only manage a 1-1 draw with Brisbane Roar. Western Sydney are now within reach of the four sides snapping at their heels, but are also just six points off first place – meaning a win tonight would be monumental and a loss potentially deadly.
Central Coast rebounded from their mini-slump with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Adelaide United on Thursday night. The ladder-leading Mariners look destined to be overtaken by Melbourne City in the near future, but will still view tonight’s contest as a big opportunity to reaffirm themselves as genuine contenders.
Game information
Kick-off time: 7:05pm (AEST)
Venue: Bankwest Stadium, Sydney
TV: Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go, MyFootball Live app
Betting: Wanderers $2.28, Mariners $2.78, draw $3.60 (odds via PlayUp)
Squads
Western Sydney Wanderers
Ziggy Gordon, Dylan McGowan (c), Daniel Georgiesvki, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Bruce Kamau, Jordan O’Doherty, Bernie Ibini, Simon Cox, Kwame Yeboah, Mitchell Duke, Tate Russell, James Troisi, Keanu Baccus, Graham Dorrans, Jordan Mutch, Vedran Janjetovic, Kosta Grozos, Anthony Lesiotis, Phillip Cancar, Jarrod Carluccio, Nicolai Muller, Daniel Wilmering, Daniel Margush, Mark Natta, Patrick Ziegler, Alessandro Lopane, Thomas Aquilina, Noah James, Oliver Kalac, Mohamed Al-Taay
Central Coast Mariners
Mark Birighitti, Lewis Miller, Josh Nisbet, Stefan Nigro, Gianni Stensness, Stefan Jankovic, Oliver Bozanic (c), Daniel De Silva, Jack Clisby, Marco Urena, Daniel Bouman, Kye Rowles, Matt Simon, Adam Perace, Ruon Tongyik, Michael Janota, Daniel Hall, Matthew Hatch, Jaden Casella, Alou Kuol, Jordan Smylie, Damian Tsekenis, Max Balard
Kanggas2
Roar Rookie
What a terrific game last night
Roberto Bettega
Roar Rookie
Excellent attendance for a mid-week game.
jbinnie
Guest
Did anyone notice?, This game, held on a Wednesday night drew the biggest crowd , at 9,755, at an A-League game, since the Melbourne derby back on 6th February, some 30 games ago. Great stuff, and congrats to the two contestants for an enjoyable 90 minutes. Cheers jb.
MickW
Roar Rookie
Despite your perpetually ill-natured comments regarding CCM, you may be right here. It's a common story when a team is consistently ascendant or there about. They get the 50/50 calls more often than not, despite the other team having a reasonable shout. CCM's penalty awarded against Baccus would have been waved away in previous years, and the challenge into the back on Kamau should have been a pen. Rub of the green & all that. Understand & embrace our grief of the last few seasons, it'll make you stronger. And my dog says hey.
Coastyboi
Guest
Deary me, Johnny Allan is jealous of success & praise. Oh Mr. Allan.
Stevo
Roar Rookie
How right I was !!!!!! :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
This has to be the stupidist comment I've seen, and Andy, you write alot of em.
Hudddo
Roar Rookie
I may be wrong but the only game where a red was awarded against a mariners opposition was the City match at home. As for the pens, pretty much all of em have been through VAR, which means 2 things, the on field ref is choosing to ignore genuine pen calls for the mariners, and we are deserving of the pens under review.
JOHN ALLAN
Guest
CCM have replaced Sydney FC as the “darlings” of the A League I.e. how many penalties have they been awarded this season to date? Also how many opposition teams have had players red carded when playing CCM? Coincidence or a good news story with their rise from easybeats who trial Usain Bolt for publicity purposes to top of the league. Their fan base of two men & a dog are enjoying the ride.
Chris Lewis
Roar Guru
would love to go to Bankwest stadium to see a match, looks like a great venue for football.
Coastyboi
Guest
Two top teams equals a fantastic game! Share the spoils, boys. Both CCM & WSW will be there at final’s time.
pete4
Roar Rookie
Another top game :thumbup: Draw probably a fair result in the end
NoMates
Roar Rookie
This was a good game of football for a neutral. Both teams could have won it.
pete4
Roar Rookie
Crossbar unbelievable :laughing:
pete4
Roar Rookie
What a chance for the Mariners :shocked:
pete4
Roar Rookie
Game on now :football:
83'
NoMates
Roar Rookie
YESSSSSSSSSSS~~~ well done CCM put that pen away.
pete4
Roar Rookie
Not a pen for me but it's given :laughing:
NoMates
Roar Rookie
:silly: pen!