On Fri Feb 24th, in week 18, Wellington Phoenix will travel to Gosford to battle Central Coast Mariners in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Central Coast Mariners recorded a 2-2 draw against Perth Glory. Salim Khelifi scored the first goal for Perth Glory in the 16th minute, then Salim Khelifi added another in the 51st minute on a penalty. Central Coast Mariners should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while wellington Phoenix is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Western United. Yan Sasse scored the first goal for Wellington Phoenix in the 19th minute, then Bozhidar Kraev added another in the 58th minute In the end, Western United couldn’t muster any offence and Wellington Phoenix ran away with the shutout win. Wellington Phoenix should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Jan 22nd, Wellington Phoenix was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Rufer scored the first goal for Wellington Phoenix in the 32nd minute, then Oskar Zawada added another in the 40th minute.
Wellington Phoenix is glad to have Oskar Zawada in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Jason Cummings has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored five goals for Central Coast Mariners.