A-League duel: Close contest expected between Perth Glory and Macarthur

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 08:55 (UTC)
Venue: HBF Park (20500 seats)

Macarthur know they have a demanding excursion to Perth Glory and their HBF Park. This preview has all the details you need before the game.

Insights:
  • Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
  • Macarthur have scored at least twice as many goals away as Perth Glory have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Perth Glory nor Macarthur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Perth Glory form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Perth Glory's two home games in the A-League so far this season, having collected 4 points here at HBF Park.

The Perth Glory fans enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Brisbane Roar and win 2-0. The forward Fornaroli was named "man of the match" for Perth with the rating of 8.34/10. Fornaroli scored two goals and hit one key pass.

1-1 away at Central Coast Mariners before that.

Perth Glory has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Macarthur form and stats

Playing away, Macarthur have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the A-League this season.

Macarthur are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the fixture against Adelaide United (placed 3rd). Midfield player Noone was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Noone scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 9 of 11 times.

Prior to that match, the Macarthur manager Milicic faced defeat when travelling to Brisbane Roar and losing 1-3.

Macarthur have another game away from home in just three nights, a A-League game versus Newcastle Jets. A difficult programme for the guests!

Macarthur has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Macarthur have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Perth Glory wins - draws - Macarthur wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Perth GloryB. Fornaroli Mezza
B. Fornaroli Mezza
5 goals
MacarthurL. Rose
L. Rose
3 goals
MacarthurT. Uskok
T. Uskok
2 goals

Perth Glory missing players

Macarthur missing players

Perth Glory Macarthur
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 2 0 Played P 2 5 11
3 1 0 Won W 0 2 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
4 0 0 Lost L 1 2 3
9 3 0 Scored S 4 8 18
7 1 0 Conceded C 6 9 17
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 64%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 18%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 64%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
44% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
3.7 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.8 5
5.9 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.2 4.7
2.1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 15.6
2.9 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5.8
35% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 32% 28%
 
16.8 15.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 15 14.8
4.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 5.5
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • All of Perth Glory's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Macarthur have scored at least twice as many goals away as Perth Glory have scored home.
  • Macarthur have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Macarthur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Macarthur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Perth Glory have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals (7) in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest points (4) at home in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
  • Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in A-League
  • Perth Glory have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 Western United 12 7 2 3 14 11 6 5 0 1 7 3 6 2 2 2 7 8 3 23
2 Melbourne City 13 6 4 3 26 18 7 3 2 2 12 9 6 3 2 1 14 9 8 22
3 Adelaide United 14 4 6 4 21 19 5 1 2 2 10 8 9 3 4 2 11 11 2 18
4 Sydney 13 4 6 3 18 16 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 2 3 1 8 6 2 18
5 Macarthur 11 5 3 3 18 17 6 3 2 1 10 8 5 2 1 2 8 9 1 18
6 Melbourne Victory 12 5 3 4 16 15 7 3 2 2 11 9 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 18
7 Wellington Phoenix 12 5 3 4 15 18 8 5 2 1 13 7 4 0 1 3 2 11 -3 18
8 Western Sydney Wanderers 12 3 3 6 13 19 7 2 2 3 6 8 5 1 1 3 7 11 -6 12
9 Perth Glory 9 3 2 4 9 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 2 1 4 6 6 2 11
10 Central Coast Mariners 10 3 2 5 14 15 5 2 2 1 9 7 5 1 0 4 5 8 -1 11
11 Newcastle Jets 10 3 2 5 17 19 5 2 0 3 10 9 5 1 2 2 7 10 -2 11
12 Brisbane Roar 12 3 2 7 11 18 5 3 1 1 8 4 7 0 1 6 3 14 -7 11

Read more about A-League

The A-League is the top level of the Australian football league system. Seasons run from October to May. Ten teams play a regular season of 27 fixtures to create a league table winner and the highest placed teams qualify for a playoff. The league winner is called the “premier” while the playoff winner is the “champion”. There is no set system for relegation, unlike most leagues in the world.