TORREPEROGIL. Central Coast Mariners annihilates Macarthur 4-1 with goals of James McGarry (30′), J. Cummings (47′), Marco Túlio (51′) and J. Cummings (63′ pen). Talking about the opposition, Macarthur scored with ​Daniel De Silva (11′).

The match was played at the Glen Willow Regional Sporting Complex stadium in Torreperogil on Saturday and it started at 7:00 am local time. The referee was Shaun Evans with the support of Ryan Gallagher and Hugh White. The 4th official was Hassan Jomaa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.7 degrees Celsius or 78.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Central Coast Mariners was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Macarthur that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Macarthur was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Central Coast Mariners was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Central Coast Mariners shot 18 times, 11 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Macarthur shot 16 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Central Coast Mariners received 4 yellow cards (Christian Theoharous, Storm Roux, James McGarry and Sam Silvera). On the opposite side, Macarthur received 3 yellow cards (Daniel Arzani, Jake Hollman and Aleksandar Susnjar).

Standings

After this encounter, Central Coast Mariners will have 31 points like Western Sydney Wanderers to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Macarthur will stay with 24 points like Newcastle Jets to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the A-League, Central Coast Mariners will play away against Adelaide United on the 29th of April with a 23-22 head to head stats in favor of Adelaide United (5 draws).

Macarthur will host Wellington Phoenix on the 30th of April with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Wellington Phoenix (2 draws).

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Central Coast Mariners started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nick Montgomery decided to play with the following team: Danny Vukovic (6.7), Storm Roux (6.5), Cameron Windust (7.0), Daniel Hall (7.1), James McGarry (7.5), Christian Theoharous (8.3), Maximilien Balard (8.1), Harrison Steele (6.9), Samuel Silvera (5.9), Marco Túlio (8.5) and Jason Cummings (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Zac Zoricich, Yaren İzzet Sözer, Nicholas Duarte (6.8), Dean Larson, Sasha Kuzevski (7.0), Joshua Nisbet (6.4) and James Bayliss.

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 3 changes: James McGarry for Joshua Nisbet (64′), Marco Túlio for Sasha Kuzevski (73′) and Sam Silvera for James Bayliss (83′).

Best player: Marco Túlio​

The player that probably impressed the most for Central Coast Mariners was Marco Túlio.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 19 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Macarthur – Formation

Macarthur started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mile Sterjovski played with: Filip Kurto (6.2), Matthew Millar (6.4), Tomislav Uskok (7.0), Jonathan Aspropotamitis (6.2), Ivan Vujica (6.3), Jake Hollman (5.3), Kearyn Baccus (6.9), Daniel Arzani (7.5), Al Hassan Toure (6.4), Daniel De Silva (7.6) and Jason Romero (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jake McGing (6.7), Ali Auglah (6.4), Jerry Skotadis (6.9), Jesper Webber (6.5), Charles M’Mombwa, Nick Suman and Aleksandar Susnjar (6.4).

Substitutions

Macarthur made 4 changes: Jonathan Aspropotamitis for Aleksandar Susnjar (46′), Daniel Arzani for Ali Auglah (65′), Daniel Arzani for Jake McGing (66′) and Jake Hollman for Jerry Skotadis (72′).

Best player: Daniel De Silva​

The most impressive player for Macarthur was Daniel De Silva.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 39 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the A-League.​

• Newcastle Jets – Adelaide United – 2-4
• Central Coast Mariners – Macarthur – 4-1