Central Coast Mariners host Western United in Round 26 of the Australian Open. Will the visitors be able to break a series of defeats in the last round of the season?
Central Coast Mariners"
The Central Coast Mariners have secured not only a playoff spot, but also a fourth-place finish, so they can only compete for third place in the upcoming match, which they are one point behind. If in the first half of the championship, the Central Coast Mariners could easily win several victories in a row, then the results deteriorated at the finish: in the previous ten games, only two wins, and besides them four losses and the same number of draws.
Western United"
Western United failed to qualify for the play-offs, trailing by an impressive 11 points. By the final round of the season, Western United is coming up with an 8-match winless streak, which consists of one draw and seven losses in a row. With 28 points, Western United is in the tenth position out of twelve and in the reporting game must try to achieve a positive result in order to somehow brighten up a terrible season.
Statistics and figures:
- Central Coast Mariners have won two of their last ten games;
- "Western United" lost in seven extreme rounds;
- Central Coast Mariners and Western United have met 5 times: two wins were won by Central Coast Mariners and three by Western United.
Forecast
The hosts, by and large, do not need anything, and the guests will try to break the winless streak. I think that the bet on the goal of "Western" looks very passable.