Perth Glory saw a 1-1 scoreline facing Western Sydney Wanderers last game, a fixture to learn from. Next up is this firm Melbourne City team.
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (18) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (53) in A-League
These teams have little in common geographically as Melbourne City have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory's results here at HBF Park in the A-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 7 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Perth Glory who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 16 attempts. Their previous win was against Brisbane Roar, 73 days ago.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Perth, who played 1-1 against Western Sydney Wanderers. That match was also played at this venue (HBF Park). Defender Forde got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.85/10. Forde won 8 of 11 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Adelaide United (0-2).Perth Glory have scored 6 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Perth have conceded 15 goals.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Melbourne City collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the A-League. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Two away games in a row for Melbourne City, whose manager Kisnorbo could celebrate last time after the AFC Champions League win against Ceres Philippines. Jamieson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.45. The defender Jamieson hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Melbourne are regular goalscorers on their travels. 15 goals have been conceded by Melbourne City in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Melbourne City - Perth Glory 2-2. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Perth Glory won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Melbourne City got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |  M. Leckie 9 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 8 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Perth Glory | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 28 | 53 |
| 43 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 36% | 17% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 79% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 58% | 54% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 62% |
| 16% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 52% | 58% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 24% | 14% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 69% | 53% | 43% |
| 16.2 | 15.2 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13 | 11.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne City have scored more than double the goals of Perth Glory.
- Melbourne City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most points (24) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (28) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals (53) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+13) away in A-League
- Melbourne City have the the best goal difference (+23) in A-League
- Melbourne City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Perth Glory have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Perth Glory have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest points (7) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (18) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the the worst goal difference (-25) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Perth Glory is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 City | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 3 | Western United | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Central Coast Mariners | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 36 |
| 7 | Macarthur | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 26 | -6 | 32 |
| 8 | Sydney | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 31 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 26 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 12 | Perth Glory | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 15 |
