2nd position in the A-League table for Melbourne City so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Perth Glory visits Marvel Stadium.
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 City and Perth Glory.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Melbourne City form and stats
The story so far in the A-League for Melbourne City, who have the most conceded goals (14) in A-League, at their home stadium (Marvel Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Melbourne City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Perth Glory (placed 6th). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Western Sydney Wanderers.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Melbourne City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Melbourne City are scoring many of them at home; 8 on target from 4 league matches. Melbourne City have conceded 7 from these games.
Perth Glory form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Perth Glory have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far.
Perth Glory play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Melbourne City (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Melbourne Victory's place.
Perth Glory are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of four matches.
Perth Glory are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Perth Glory as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Melbourne City - Perth Glory 0-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne City 1 win, 3 draws and Perth Glory 6 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Diego Castro
9 goals
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C. Ikonomidis
9 goals
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Melbourne City missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Melbourne City | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 75% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 118 | 62 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 69 | 106 |
| 54 | 24 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 26 | 36 |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Melbourne City has the fewest matches under the total-line (1)
- Melbourne City has the most conceded goals (14)
- Melbourne City has the most conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (7)
- Melbourne City has the most points from losing position (7)
- Melbourne City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 | Sydney | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 5 | Western United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 6 | Perth Glory | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |