Perth Glory have come here for an exciting fight versus the hosts Melbourne Victory. Prepare for the game with this full A-League preview!
These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Ffa Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Adelaide City.
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.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
The hosts won their first A-League game here at AAMI Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Melbourne Victory last season were 3 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from 13 games.
Melbourne are confident in defense, having played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Melbourne are returning here after visiting Adelaide City in a Ffa Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. A. Leban scored the goal(s). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of T. Popović when A. Leban scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when A. Leban scored the winning goal six minutes into stoppage time.
Before that, Melbourne had a A-League home game versus Brisbane Roar which ended with a victory 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Melbourne handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and three defeats.
Early season league goal statistics from Melbourne Victory's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the A-League were 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 13 fixtures.
Perth Glory play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Western United (placed 6th). It's worrying for Perth that their goalkeeper Brad Jones pulled off six saves in the Western United game, but still couldn't prevent a beating. Darryl Lachman was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.75. The defender Lachman hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Melbourne Victory (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) in the Ffa Cup.We have checked recent matches where Perth have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The A-League trip to Melbourne City.
It's early days yet, but Perth Glory has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Melbourne Victory-Perth Glory H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Melbourne Victory five wins, Perth Glory three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. D'Agostino 1 goals |  B. Folami 1 goals |  R. Gonçalves Miranda 1 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 14 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 11 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 44% | 60% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 13.5 | 15 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 16.5 |
| 4.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| Melbourne Victory | Last season | Perth Glory | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 44 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Conceded | C | 26 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 81% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 58% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 73% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 35% | ||
| 27% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 58% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 77% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 38% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 19% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 15.6 | 14.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 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 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Macarthur | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Western United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 39 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Western United | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -17 | 28 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -14 | 21 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -29 | 19 |