SYDNEY. Central Coast Mariners was ultimately too good for Macarthur with the goal of Joshua Nisbet (8′), Ronald (19′) and Ryan Edmondson (55′). Macarthur lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

Ángel Torres squandered a penalty (49′) for Central Coast Mariners.​

The match was played at the Campbelltown Stadium (Sydney) stadium in Sydney on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Elder with the support of Brad Wright and Lance Greenshields. The 4th official was Nathan Shakespear. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.88 degrees Celsius or 80.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Macarthur was in firm control of the ball 57% while Central Coast Mariners was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Macarthur was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Central Coast Mariners was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Macarthur shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Central Coast Mariners shot 14 times, 9 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Macarthur received 4 yellow cards (Kearyn Baccus, Matthew Jurman, Yianni Nicolaou and Ulises Dávila ). Regarding the opposition, Central Coast Mariners received 1 yellow card (Ronald).

Standings

After this match, Macarthur stays with 32 points to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Central Coast Mariners will has 40 points like Wellington Phoenix to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

Macarthur – Formation

Macarthur adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mile Sterjovski decided to play with the following team: Filip Kurto (8.2), Yianni Nicolaou (6.4), Tomislav Uskok (6.7), Matthew Jurman (6.0), Ivan Vujica (6.4), Jake Hollman (7.0), Clayton Lewis (6.4), Raphael Borges Rodrigues (7.3), Ulises Dávila  (7.0), Bernardo Oliveira (7.0) and Valère Germain (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Danijel Nizic, Tommy Smith, Daniel De Silva  (7.3), Kearyn Baccus (6.8), Kealey Adamson (6.3), Lachlan Rose (6.4) and Jed Drew (6.3).

Macarthur could not rely on the presence of Lachlan Rose (injured).

Substitutions

Macarthur made 5 changes: Yianni Nicolaou for Kealey Adamson (46′), Clayton Lewis for Kearyn Baccus (61′), Raphael Borges Rodrigues for Jed Drew (61′), Bernardo Oliveira for Lachlan Rose (62′) and Jake Hollman for Daniel De Silva  (77′).

Player of the match: Filip Kurto​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Macarthur was the goalkeeper: Filip Kurto. His rating is 8.16. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.

Central Coast Mariners – Formation

Also Central Coast Mariners adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mark Graham Jackson played with: Maximilian Mehring (7.3), Mikael Doka (9.1), Daniel Hall (7.0), Brian Kaltak (7.1), Jacob Farrell (7.0), Maximilien Balard (7.0), Brad Tapp (7.0), Ronald (7.5), Joshua Nisbet (9.1), Ángel Torres (6.3) and Ryan Edmondson (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Christian Theoharous, Alou Kuol, Harrison Steele (6.8), Jing Reec (6.4), Jack Warshawsky, Nathan Paull (6.7) and Miguel Di Pizio (6.3).

Central Coast Mariners could not rely on the presence of Nathan Paull (injured) and Jing Reec (injured).

Substitutions

Central Coast Mariners made 5 changes: Jacob Farrell for Nathan Paull (46′), Ronald for Miguel Di Pizio (46′), Ryan Edmondson for Alou Kuol (62′), Alou Kuol for Jing Reec (67′) and Brad Tapp for Harrison Steele (83′).

Player of the match: Mikael Doka​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Central Coast Mariners was Mikael Doka even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.1 with 38 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Macarthur – Central Coast Mariners – 0-3
• Sydney – Brisbane Roar – 1-1