With their 17 point advantage in the league table, Perth Glory fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Melbourne Victory.
Perth have less rest than Melbourne Victory 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 Western Sydney Wanderers.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Melbourne Victory, who are travelling more than 3400 kilometers to play this game.
Perth Glory form and stats
When playing at home in the A-League, Perth Glory, who have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
Perth are returning here after visiting Western Sydney Wanderers in a A-League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. James Meredith, Neil Kilkenny and Ivan Franjic scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Adelaide United.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Perth Glory's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the A-League game versus Western United in only four days. This game is also played here at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium.
Goals decide football matches and Perth are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Perth Glory defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
There's been little loot from Melbourne Victory's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the A-League. Melbourne Victory only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Melbourne who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Adelaide United was the last time a defeat was avoided.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a A-League home defeat versus Central Coast Mariners with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Brisbane Roar.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Melbourne Victory when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning two games.
The schedule is very tough for Melbourne Victory now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A A-League game at Western Sydney Wanderers is waiting in only four days.
Melbourne have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As for defending, Melbourne Victory rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Perth Glory - Melbourne Victory 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Perth won three games, one match ended with a draw and Melbourne Victory has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 13 goals |   A. Nabbout 6 goals |  D. Castro Giménez 4 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
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| Perth Glory | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 43 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 30 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 42 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 79% | 91% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 79% |
| 58% | 73% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 73% | 71% |
| 29% | 45% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 33% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 62% | 73% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 67% |
| 33% | 27% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 9% | 21% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 18% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 313 | 152 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 124 | 310 |
| 114 | 58 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 42 | 95 |
| 38% | 41% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 29% |
- Melbourne Victory has the most dropped points from leading position (22)
- Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Melbourne Victory haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Perth Glory has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (8)
- Perth Glory has the most scored goals (24) at home
- 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 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 6 | Adelaide United | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 46 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -5 | 34 |
| 7 | Newcastle Jets | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 31 |
| 8 | Western United | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |