Perth Glory vs Melbourne Victory: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Australia A-League
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Macedonia Park (17288 seats)

Perth Glory are yearning to increase their points at their own stadium in this soon-to-be-played game against Melbourne Victory.

Insights:
  • Perth Glory have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (1-1-4)

These teams have little in common geographically as Melbourne Victory have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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Perth Glory form and stats

When playing at home in the A-League, Perth Glory have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Sydney last time out and are looking for a victory here. Late drama in the game against Sydney as Perth Glory were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Williams popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Williams, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.25 (out of 10). Williams scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Brisbane Roar.

Perth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Macedonia Park with 8 goals in 5 league matches.

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Melbourne Victory form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.

Melbourne Victory are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Adelaide United (placed 6th). Smith was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.23. The defender Smith won 5 of 6 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Brisbane Roar.

Stats flash: 9 of the latest 11 league fixtures featuring this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Melbourne have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Perth Glory victories, two draws and five Melbourne Victory wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Melbourne VictoryN. D'Agostino
N. D'Agostino
3 goals
Perth GloryG. Colli
G. Colli
2 goals
Perth GloryA. McEneff
A. McEneff
2 goals

Perth Glory missing players

Melbourne Victory missing players

Perth Glory Melbourne Victory
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 8 12
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 3 3
6 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
12 8 2 Scored S 0 6 10
18 5 1 Conceded C 1 9 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 83%
75% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
58% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 33%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 8%
58% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 25%
8% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 58%
 
5.3 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 5.2
5.8 5.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.1 3.8
2.3 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 11.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.6 13.7
3.5 4.8 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 4.2
29% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 20%
 
11.9 11.4 15 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.8 10.4
4 4.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.2
Key stats in A-League this season:
  • Melbourne Victory have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Melbourne Victory is in the worst form (1-1-4)
  • Perth Glory have not yet lost a game 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.

  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 10 8 1 1 23 7 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 4 0 1 10 4 16 25
2 Central Coast Mariners 12 7 1 4 26 15 8 5 0 3 19 11 4 2 1 1 7 4 11 22
3 Western Sydney Wanderers 11 5 3 3 12 8 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 18
4 Wellington Phoenix 12 4 5 3 20 18 7 2 3 2 14 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 2 17
5 Macarthur 12 5 2 5 16 17 6 3 0 3 8 6 6 2 2 2 8 11 -1 17
6 Adelaide United 12 4 4 4 17 18 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 1 3 3 9 15 -1 16
7 Brisbane Roar 12 3 6 3 10 10 7 1 4 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 0 15
8 Sydney 12 4 2 6 18 21 6 1 1 4 6 11 6 3 1 2 12 10 -3 14
9 Perth Glory 12 4 2 6 12 18 5 3 2 0 8 5 7 1 0 6 4 13 -6 14
10 Newcastle Jets 11 4 0 7 9 19 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 2 0 4 3 12 -10 12
11 Melbourne Victory 11 3 2 6 10 13 4 1 0 3 4 4 7 2 2 3 6 9 -3 11
12 Western United 11 3 2 6 14 23 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 1 0 4 7 14 -9 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.