Football Bet of the Day: Mariners look all at sea in Sydney

Sydney v Central Coast
Friday 08:50 (Live on BT Sport 1)

Raith 2 St Mirren 0 brought us crashing back down to Earth in Scotland last night.

We're hoping to bounce back in Australia, where Friday morning's single A-League clash pits top-of-the-table Sydney FC at home to second-bottom Central Coast Mariners.

Since 2014, Sydney have won this fixture four times in a row. They've scored exactly four times in each of the most recent three runnings, and won all four by at least a couple of goals. Home and away, Graham Arnold's men have scored at least three times in 6/7 meetings with Paul Okon's Mariners. These are just some of the reasons why we're backing the hosts to notch another comfortable win this time around.

This term, five of Sydney's seven home wins have come by margins of at least two goals, while Central Coast have also lost heavily (4-1) at second-placed Melbourne.

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Back Sydney -1.5 on the Asian Handicap @ 1.705/7 v Central Coast