Football Bet of the Day: Mariners to land another big goals haul

Central Coast Mariners v Sydney Roar
Friday 08:40

Man Utd 3 Burnley 1 in the Premier League last night. We really must say thank you to Chris Smalling for his contributions at both ends - as well as netting twice for the home side, his shakiness at the other end went a long way to ensuring that Burnley too made it onto the scoresheet.

On Friday morning UK time seventh plays eighth in Australia's A League. It's not as big a game as it sounds: in a 10-team league, you can also call it fourth bottom versus third bottom.

To date Central Coast Stadium has seen the goals go in at an average rate of exactly three a game this season, while Brisbane Roar's away games have been more high scoring than most (25 goals in nine so far).

Breaking those totals down a little, the Central Coast Mariners have struck eight times in their last four games on home turf. Over a longer period, Phil 'The Boss' Moss has seen Over 2.5 Goals in 11/13 home matches in which his men have scored at least once.

Do we fancy them to score on Friday morning? Well, the Roar have given up seven goals to their last three hosts and, despite an overall good away record, have managed clean sheets in only 3/9 on the road this season.

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