Melbourne City host Perth Glory for another intriguing A-League game here at AAMI Park.
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in A-League
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Perth Glory, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
Melbourne City form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Melbourne City's two home games in the A-League so far this season, having collected 3 points here at AAMI Park.
Melbourne's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Western United (placed 3rd). Midfield player Florin Berenguer got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Berenguer hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Hume City and winning 1-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Melbourne home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
Melbourne City has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the A-League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Perth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Melbourne Victory (placed 2nd). Midfield player Antonee Burke-Gilroy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Burke-Gilroy scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Western United before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Perth Glory played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
It's early days yet, but Perth Glory has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Melbourne victories, three draws and four Perth Glory wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 2 goals |   C. Good 1 goals | C. Metcalfe 1 goals |
Melbourne City missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Melbourne City | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 8.3 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 18.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 10.7 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 10.7 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 13.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3 |
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (3) in A-League
| Melbourne City | Last season | Perth Glory | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 62 | 41 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 89% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 73% | ||
| 46% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 35% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 61% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 77% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 19% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17.9 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Macarthur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Western United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Melbourne City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Adelaide United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Sydney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |