A-League: Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur draw a hectic match 3-3 on Thursday

GOSFORD. Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

GOSFORD. Central Coast Mariners and Macarthur played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Central Coast Mariners couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Central Coast Stadium stadium in Gosford on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Lachlan Keevers who was helped by Kearney Robinson and Hugh White. The 4th official was Sam Kelly. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant around 24.6 degrees Celsius or 76.28 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 71%.​

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  Central Coast Mariners

  3

  

  Macarthur

  3

  10 Feb 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Central Coast Mariners was in firm control of the ball 56% while Macarthur was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Central Coast Mariners was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Central Coast Mariners to win the match​.

Central Coast Mariners shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Macarthur shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Central Coast Mariners received 2 yellow cards (J. Farrell and J. Nisbet). On the other side, Macarthur received 5 yellow cards (A. Susnjar, M. Ruhs, M. Najjar, A. Mariappa and J. McGing).

After playing this match, Central Coast Mariners will have 9 points like Western Sydney Wanderers to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Macarthur will have 14 points like Adelaide United to stay in the 6th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming A-League match, Central Coast Mariners will host Perth Glory on the 13th of February with a 22-15 head to head record in favor of Central Coast Mariners (7 draws).

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  Central Coast Mariners

  1

  

  Perth Glory

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  13 Feb 2022 Full time

Macarthur will play away with Brisbane Roar on the 13th of February with a 1-1 head to head.

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  Brisbane Roar

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  Macarthur

  1

  

  13 Feb 2022 Full time

Central Coast Mariners: Formation and Lineups

Central Coast Mariners adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nick Montgomery chose to play with the following team: Mark Birighitti (6.0), Lewis Miller (7.3), Daniel Hall (6.8), Kye Rowles (6.8), Jacob Farrell (5.8), Joshua Nisbet (6.5), Maximilien Balard (6.8), Oliver Božanić (7.2), Cy Goddard (6.3), Jason Cummings (6.8) and Marco Ureña (6.9).

Substitutes

Central Coast Mariners made 5 changes: J. Nisbet for B. N’Kololo (46′), M. Balard for N. Muller (46′), C. Goddard for M. Moresche (63′), L. Miller for S. Roux (63′) and J. Cummings for H. Steele (82′).

Top player: Lewis Miller

The player who no doubt impressed Central Coast Mariners the most was Lewis Miller.

His rating is (7.3) with 51 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Macarthur: Formation and Lineups

Also Macarthur adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Ante Milicic played with: Filip Kurto (5.9), Jake McGing (6.3), Adrian Mariappa (7.2), Aleksandar Susnjar (6.1), James Meredith (6.7), Craig Noone (7.4), Charles M’Mombwa (6.8), Thomas Oar (8.3), Daniel De Silva (6.5), Ulises Dávila (7.1) and Apostolos Giannou (6.7).

Substitutes

Macarthur made 5 changes: J. Meredith for M. Najjar (60′), D. De Silva for M. Ruhs (60′), U. Davila for J. Mutch (79′), A. Giannou for L. Rose (79′) and C. M’Mombwa for A. Toure (87′).

Top player: Thomas Oar

Probably the most impressive player in Macarthur was Thomas Oar.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 37 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.