Week 2 brings us a match on Oct 16th, where Wellington Phoenix will host Central Coast Mariners at Westpac Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Wellington Phoenix is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Adelaide United. Ben Waine scored the first goal for Wellington Phoenix in the 75th minute, then in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Craig Goodwin sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ben Halloran squeezing out at least the one point for Adelaide United. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while central Coast Mariners has not played yet this season.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Central Coast Mariners won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Garang Kuol and Jason Cummings have been the hottest scorers for Central Coast Mariners in the last five each having scored 3 goals. Wellington Phoenix’s most prolific scorer has been Ben Waine. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.