Ceres Philippines and Melbourne City get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ceres Philippines and Melbourne City.
Ceres Philippines form and stats
Ceres Philippines was eliminated in the group stage last season in the AFC Champions League.Ceres Philippines must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three PFL games here at LEO Stadium.
The supporters are hoping that Philippines will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the AFC Champions League fixture against Jeonnam Dragons. Grierson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Grierson won 1 of 2 duels.
Erik lost again
Ceres Philippines has scored 9 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Melbourne City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the A-League.
Melbourne City delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against BG Pathum United in their previous game; a AFC Champions League fixture. Goalkeeper Glover got the top player rating of the team with 7.32/10. Glover topped it up with a clean sheet.
Melbourne City have another match away in just four sleeps, a A-League fixture against Perth Glory. A difficult diary for them!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Melbourne City are regular goalscorers on their travels. 15 goals have been conceded by Melbourne in these games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City - Ceres Philippines 3-0 was the product when this pair of squads previously met, also in this season. One of the profiles has been Tilio with 2 goals scored against Ceres Philippines in these 1 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |  F. Berenguer Bohrer 5 goals |
Ceres Philippines missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Ceres Philippines | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 45 | 25 | Scored | S | 28 | 53 | ||
| 54 | 23 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 32% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 45% | ||
| 12.2 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11 | ||
| 5.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BG Pathum United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Jeonnam Dragons | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Ceres Philippines | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceres Philippines | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| 2 | Kaya | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Azkals | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Mendiola | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 5 | Maharlika | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -17 | 3 |
| 6 | Stallion | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Western United | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 36 |
| 6 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 14 |
