Central Coast Mariners 2-1 Sydney — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Australia - A-League, 8 Dec 2024

📅08/12/2024 · 🕒10:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
34%
3.46
Draw
25%
3.54
Away
41%
1.87
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
50%
2.18
Over 2.5
50%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
52%
1.56
No
48%
2.27
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
27%
4.45
2-3 Goals
37%
1.91
4-5 Goals
26%
2.98
6+ Goals
10%
8.85
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 4.45 — our 27% vs market 17.9%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
16%
6.35
1/2
6%
25.0
1/X
7%
15.3
X/1
10%
9.37
X/2
14%
5.07
X/X
9%
6.08
2/1
9%
34.5
2/2
20%
2.66
2/X
9%
14.8
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
34%
Home Win
26%
+8.8pp
25%
Draw
25%
+0.1pp
41%
Away Win
50%
-8.9pp
50%
Under 2.5
42%
+8.0pp
50%
Over 2.5
58%
-8.0pp
52%
BTTS Yes
60%
-8.2pp
48%
BTTS No
40%
+8.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Central Coast Mariners EU Bookmakers 29%
Head to Head
AWAY Sydney EU Bookmakers 54%
+7% / +15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -8%
1.66/1.65 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.83/1.40
-2% / +2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -8% / -19%
46% Ball Possession 54%
13 Total Shots 15
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
319 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 357 · 81%
27.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 30.6
20.4 Crosses 18.7
1.4 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Central Coast Mariners
1W-2D-3L
AWAY Sydney
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 2.00
1.59 xG 1.52
44% Ball Possession 56%
9 Total Shots 18
4 Shots on Target 5
4 Corners 7
322 Passes 440
77% Pass Accuracy 82%
22 Box Touches 34
14 Crosses 22
3 Yellow Cards 1
18.05.2024 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners 0-0 HT 0-0 Sydney Sydney AVUS
10.05.2024 Sydney Sydney 1-2 HT 1-1 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners AVUS
30.03.2024 Sydney Sydney 2-0 HT 0-0 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners AVUS
10.02.2024 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners 1-3 HT 0-3 Sydney Sydney AVUS
13.08.2023 Sydney Sydney 3-3 HT 1-0 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners AVUK
04.02.2023 Sydney Sydney 3-2 HT 1-2 Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners AVUS
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Central Coast Mariners
2-1
AWAY Sydney
2.04 xG 0.84
41% Ball Possession 59%
13 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 9
311 Passes 458
86% Pass Accuracy 87%
22 Box Touches 21
8 Crosses 18
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Central Coast Mariners squeezed past Sydney 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Sydney at 41%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 50% and both teams to score was close to even at 52%.

On the day, Central Coast Mariners had 41% of the ball to Sydney's 59%, shots finished 13-16, expected goals 2.04 to 0.84 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Central Coast Mariners's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Sydney led the recent series with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Central Coast Mariners and 2.00 for Sydney.

What was the final score of Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney?

Central Coast Mariners 2-1 Sydney in the Australia - A-League on 08/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney?

Before kick-off our model rated an Sydney win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Central Coast Mariners 34%, draw 25%, Sydney 41%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Sydney) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Sydney) ✓ BTTS Yes
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