Melbourne Victory hope to have lots of fans in for this fixture even though the season has been strenuous up to now with 24 points and a 11th place in the A-League table. Visiting Perth Glory are in 7th place with 27 pts.
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (2) in A-League
Perth Glory have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Melbourne have less rest than Perth Glory in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Melbourne City.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Melbourne Victory have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
In their previous game, the manager Popović led his Melbourne Victory to a defeat away at Melbourne City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AAMI Park. The striker Fornaroli was declared "man of the match" for Melbourne Victory with the rating of 6.84/10. Fornaroli dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Wellington Phoenix with a 2-1 scoreline.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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Sports bettors should know that 10 of the latest 12 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.
Melbourne Victory have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at AAMI Park with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Melbourne Victory have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory have only collected 5 points from their away games in the A-League, after 1-2-8 (11 played).
Impressive finishing from Beevers and Taggart secured the home win 2-1 against Macarthur in their previous game. Defender Beevers was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Beevers scored one goal and won 12 of 14 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Newcastle Jets that ended 2-2.Perth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this team's 12 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
The attacking power of Perth Glory when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Perth have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams faced each other previously this season; Perth Glory - Melbourne Victory 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Melbourne Victory five wins, two draws and Perth Glory three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 7 goals |   D. Williams 5 goals |  J. Brillante 3 goals |
Melbourne Victory missing players
Perth Glory missing players
| Melbourne Victory | Perth Glory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 26 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 30 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 36 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 82% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| 23% | 30% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 55% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| 18% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 18% |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 11.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.7 | 11.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 35% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | 31% |
| 11.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 11.6 | 13.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 |
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in A-League
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Perth Glory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (2) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest points (5) away 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 | Melbourne City | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Adelaide United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 7 | Perth Glory | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 9 | Western United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Macarthur | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -14 | 25 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
