Coastal Mariners vs Newcastle Jets

Central Coast Mariners dominated the but after that everything has not gone quite the way the team and their fans hoped for but even good teams often go through rougher phases. Indeed, they had a bad period in March and spring and they were only a bit unlucky during this period in terms of expected and did indeed play below their potential. However, they seem to be back on track now and have taken two wins in their last three matches playing well and could have, with a little luck, won all three. The hosts who are on third place at the moment are fighting hard to qualify to the Finals Series which surely motivates them a lot. I strongly believe the head coach A. Staicic, who is a talented guy, finds a way to take maximum six points versus today’s opponents and weak Western United later on. He is a demanding guy and will push his players hard not just for the win but to maintain or even develop his team’s play, especially offensive variations, for the Final Series. There is a also a lot of competition within the team about who makes it to starting eleven.

Newcastle Jets are on very bad shape and the last time they won was 21 February and the teams have lost four of their latest five matches and were particularly disappointing versus Brisbane roar May 21. They did rob a point from a very good team Sydney FC 1-1 but Sydney controlled the match and Jets were somewhat lucky to earn a point. They have nothing to play for as a team which has been illustrated as not having 100% motivation or concentration for weeks and perhaps trying to avoid injuries too. Jets have been pretty ineffective in scoring and I is very hard to see them being able to crack the rock-solid Mariners defense. The hosts have allowed just three goals in their latest five matches. On the other hand, they have not scored a lot of goals so I recommend the straight win for them instead of the handicap option with bigger odds. I believe the difficult phase the hosts had affects the odds here too much and that the motivation factor has not been taken into account enough on the betting market offering not super good but decent value for us today.

To sum up we have a very motivated home team with potential to even win the league versus a totally out of shape visitors. The hosts of have 73% chance here.