Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Central Coast Mariners FC · A-League
Western Sydney Wanderers FC
1-2-2
3 – 2
FT
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Central Coast Mariners FC
2-1-2
CommBank Stadium · Sydney · Australia
Central Coast Mariners FC lost 3-2 to Western Sydney Wanderers FC at CommBank Stadium (crowd 6,557). Western Sydney went ahead through Bozhidar Kraev at the 1-minute mark and the equaliser came from Lucas Mauragis after 9 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Kosta Barbarouses just two minutes after that and it went to 3-1 when Kosta Barbarouses scored after 23 minutes with a penalty. CC Mariners answered through Alfie McCalmont at the 39-minute mark with a penalty. CC Mariners kept the ball 51% of the time and shot 8 times, Western Sydney 12. From 12 shots, Western Sydney found the target 4 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- CommBank Stadium · Sydney · Australia
- Crowd
- 6,557
- Match officials
- Daniel Elder, Daniel Illievski
- Western Sydney form
- LLLDD
- CC Mariners form
- DWLDD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Sydney | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CC Mariners | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Side by side
9Fouls8
3Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks3
2Saves1
49.3%Possession50.7%
12Shots8
4On Goal4
30%On Target %50%
2Penalty Goals2
1Penalty Kicks Taken1
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
🔁Awan Lualreplacing Kosta Barbarouses
90'+2'
🟨Jarrod Carluccio
90'+1'
85'
🔁Abdul Faisalreplacing Sabit Ngor
🔁Jarrod Carluccioreplacing Steven Ugarkovic
78'
74'
🔁Arthur De Limareplacing Miguel Di Pizio
🔁Dylan Sciclunareplacing Josh Brillante
69'
🔁Gabriel Cleurreplacing Aidan Simmons
68'
65'
🔁Ryan Edmondsonreplacing Nicholas Duarte
65'
🔁Christian Theoharousreplacing Bailey Brandtman
🟨Aidan Simmons
55'
🟨Anthony Pantazopoulos
53'
45'
🔁James Donachiereplacing Harrison Steele
Half-time · 3-2
45'+1'
🟨Bailey Brandtman
39'3 - 2
⚽Alfie McCalmontPenalty
⚽Kosta BarbarousesPenalty
23'3 - 1
⚽Kosta Barbarouses
11'2 - 1
9'1 - 1
⚽Lucas Mauragis
⚽Bozhidar Kraev
1'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Western Sydney Wanderers FC4-4-2
45Kuol
9⚽⚽↓Barbarouses
32Thurgate
23⚽Kraev
25↓Brillante
8↓Ugarkovic
3Gersbach
4Bonetig
31🟨↓Simmons
22🟨Pantazopoulos
20Thomas
Bench
- 30Jordan Holmes
- 39Awan Lualon for Kosta Barbarouses, 90'+2'
- 2Gabriel Cleuron for Aidan Simmons, 68'
- 5Dylan Sciclunaon for Josh Brillante, 69'
- 24Nathan Barrie
- 21Aydan Hammond
- 17Jarrod Carluccioon for Steven Ugarkovic, 78' 🟨
Central Coast Mariners FC4-4-2
10↓Di Pizio
14↓Duarte
8⚽McCalmont
37🟨↓Brandtman
16↓Steele
11↓Ngor
5⚽Mauragis
3Paull
15Roux
26Tapp
30Redmayne
Bench
- 20Will Kennedy
- 22Arthur De Limaon for Miguel Di Pizio, 74'
- 9Ryan Edmondsonon for Nicholas Duarte, 65'
- 7Christian Theoharouson for Bailey Brandtman, 65'
- 2James Donachieon for Harrison Steele, 45'
- 21Abdul Faisalon for Sabit Ngor, 85'
- 50Jai Ajanovic
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Western Sydney Wanderers FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Macarthur FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Roar FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Auckland FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Melbourne Victory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 |  Melbourne City FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 |  Central Coast Mariners FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 |  Adelaide United FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Perth Glory FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Meetings
2Western Sydney wins
0Level
3CC Mariners wins
Last times they met
FT
Western Sydney
3–2
CC Mariners · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
FT
CC Mariners
0–4
Western Sydney · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
Western Sydney
1–3
CC Mariners · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
FT
CC Mariners
1–0
Western Sydney · 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
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Western Sydney
0–1
CC Mariners · 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Western Sydney
L2-1D1-1L1-0D1-1L2-0
Last games: CC Mariners
L2-1W3-2L2-0D1-1W1-0
