A-League: High-profile versus below par, at least according to the league table. Melbourne City - Perth Glory. Home win or a shock?
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (31) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Perth Glory have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Melbourne and Perth Glory.
Melbourne City form and stats
Overall A-League results playing at home this season for Melbourne City are 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Melbourne City has recorded two wins in a row here at AAMI Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Happy days for Melbourne City in their previous game, a fixture away at Sydney (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfielder Metcalfe was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Metcalfe hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
Ahead of that match, Melbourne won a home game hosting Central Coast Mariners (3-2).Melbourne City are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Melbourne as they are travelling to their away game against Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Melbourne City in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Melbourne City have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory have only collected 7 points from their away games in the A-League, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
The attacking players of Perth have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Perth Glory in their previous game as they lost hosting Western United, 0-2. Defender Lachman was the best team player with a rating of 7.22. Lachman won 4 of 4 duels.
A loss against Macarthur was the result prior to that, in a home game.A quick return to home after this game, as Perth Glory are hosting Adelaide United in the A-League only four days away.
The attacking power of Perth Glory when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date recorded result featuring both these participants is the Melbourne - Perth Glory 1-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne City three wins, three draws and Perth Glory four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 10 goals |  M. Leckie 5 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 5 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Melbourne City | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 55% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 18% |
| 53% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 25% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 55% |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.4 | 18.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8 | 8.8 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 36% | 28% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 28% |
| 10.9 | 8.9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 17.1 | 16.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Perth Glory.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (15) at home in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (31) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (14) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+10) in A-League
- Melbourne City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Melbourne City is in the best form (5-0-1) in A-League
- Perth Glory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals (10) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Western United | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sydney | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
