Melbourne City and Perth Glory are both riding high in the A-League with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
Melbourne City and Perth Glory should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Perth Glory when visiting Melbourne City as the cities are 3400 kilometers apart.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City are steadily winning A-League games and points here at AAMI Park. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at AAMI Park.
Melbourne City's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Newcastle Jets (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 2-2 away at Brisbane Roar before that.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Melbourne City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 1.
Goals decide football matches and Melbourne City are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in A-League, have an excellent away record in the A-League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Melbourne City. It’s been three wins in a row for Perth Glory on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Perth Glory goalkeeper Liam Reddy is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 309 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Perth Glory play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Western Sydney Wanderers (placed 9th). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Adelaide United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Perth Glory in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Perth Glory, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Perth Glory has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Perth Glory as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Melbourne City and Perth Glory have met before this season: Melbourne City - Perth Glory 0-3. 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
 
J. MacLaren
13 goals
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B. Fornaroli Mezza
8 goals
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A. Luna Retamar
4 goals
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Melbourne City missing players
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| Melbourne City | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 85% |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 232 | 112 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 91 | 176 |
| 94 | 40 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 34 | 67 |
| 31% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 37% |
- All of Melbourne City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City has the fewest matches under the total-line (2)
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Perth Glory has the fewest conceded goals (12)
- Perth Glory has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Perth Glory has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Perth Glory have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Perth Glory is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 37 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Western United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 9 |