Perth Glory and Macarthur have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the A-League.
- Perth Glory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Macarthur have the most points (19) away in A-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the A-League. This match was also played here at HBF Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Macarthur have had more rest.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory have played 12 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Perth are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Perth's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Adelaide United (placed 4th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Christopher Ikonomidis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.64/10. Ikonomidis scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Western Sydney Wanderers in a game that was won 5-1.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 Perth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.
Perth can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 26 times. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Macarthur form and stats
6-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Macarthur, who have the most points (19) away in A-League, in their A-League matches away.
Matt Derbyshire (2) and James Meredith scored in Macarthur's previous match, the home game against Melbourne Victory that ended 3-1. The attacker Matt Derbyshire got a match rating of 8.5 in that game. Derbyshire scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Melbourne Victory with the score of 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Macarthur have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, one draw and zero defeats.
A new game in only four days for Macarthur, the A-League home match versus Central Coast Mariners. Busy days.
Macarthur are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Macarthur have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Perth Glory - Macarthur 0-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Perth Glory zero wins, one draw and Macarthur one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Derbyshire 13 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 11 goals |  N. D'Agostino 5 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Perth Glory | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 39 | 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 38 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 14 | 29 |
| 95% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 82% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 55% |
| 36% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 73% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 45% | 32% |
| 23% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 14.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.8 | 13.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 43% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 30% |
- Macarthur have the most points (19) away in A-League
- Perth Glory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Perth Glory have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Macarthur have scored away.
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Sydney | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Central Coast Mariners | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Brisbane Roar | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Perth Glory | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Western United | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 29 | -33 | 15 |
| 12 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 14 |