Sydney vs Central Coast Mariners 4-1

Sydney beat Central Coast Mariners 4-1 at Sydney Football Stadium after A. Toure scored a first-half hat-trick. O. Lavale’s stoppage-time penalty reduced the margin at the end.

Sydney led from the 31st minute and kept it. The opener came from the spot on 31 minutes, when A. Toure converted for 1-0. He made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute from A. Akon’s assist, then scored again on 50 minutes from O. Sunday’s pass to complete his hat-trick. Sydney went in 2-0 ahead at half-time.

Central Coast Mariners made two changes on 59 and 60 minutes, and Sydney also changed once on 60 minutes. The game was already moving away from the visitors. Sydney then made three changes on 83 minutes, with T. Quintal among the replacements, and G. Popovic scored on 85 minutes, assisted by Quintal, after coming on in the 83rd minute to make it 4-0. O. Lavale pulled one back from a penalty in the first minute of stoppage time. Central Coast Mariners had more shots, 14 to 11, and more corners, 6 to 4, while Sydney had 6 shots on target to 4 and 383 passes to 369. Possession was level at 50% each, and pass accuracy was 75% for Sydney and 76% for Central Coast Mariners.

C. Donnell was booked in the 1st minute for Central Coast Mariners, and J. Lacey was booked for Sydney on 76 minutes.