The Perth Glory & Melbourne City managers T. Popovic and E. Mombaerts are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the A-League league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne City, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
Perth Glory form and stats
Overall A-League stats at home this season for Perth Glory, who have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League, are 4-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
In their previous game, the manager T. Popović led his Perth Glory to a defeat in the A-League match away at Newcastle Jets. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at McDiarmid Park. Before that, Perth Glory played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Brisbane Roar.
Perth Glory are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 8 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Perth Glory defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne City form and stats
As the visiting team in A-League matches, Melbourne City have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. Melbourne City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Melbourne City's previous game versus Brisbane Roar (placed 5th), a A-League 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Melbourne City manager E. Mombaerts faced defeat when travelling to Wellington Phoenix and losing 0-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Melbourne City's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Melbourne City have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Melbourne City - Perth Glory 0-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Perth Glory six wins, three draws and Melbourne City one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. MacLaren 14 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 11 goals |  D. Castro Giménez 4 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Perth Glory | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 33 | 20 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 33 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 56% | 42% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 61% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 63% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 244 | 121 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 144 | 294 |
| 91 | 45 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 64 | 115 |
| 36% | 44% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 29% |
- All of Perth Glory's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Melbourne City has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Melbourne City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Perth Glory has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8)
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (6)
- Perth Glory have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Perth Glory have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sydney | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Brisbane Roar | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Western United | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Melbourne Victory | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -24 | 13 |