Perth Glory are welcoming Newcastle Jets for another important game after their 1-1 result against 6th-placed Sydney.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (11) in A-League
The hosts Perth Glory saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing 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, Newcastle Jets have had more rest.
It's quite the trip for Newcastle Jets when visiting Perth as the cities are 3900 kilometers apart.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League, have collected 7 points from their A-League home games so far after 2-1-1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Perth Glory, who played 1-1 against Sydney. That match was also played at this venue (HBF Park). Prior to that, an away loss at Western Sydney Wanderers.
Perth's goalie Liam Reddy played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Sydney with a stunning nine saves.
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 six times, drawn one and lost one.
Perth Glory are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at HBF Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. Perth have conceded 7 from these games.
Newcastle Jets form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Newcastle Jets, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in A-League, in their A-League matches away. With the Newcastle Jets losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Newcastle have lost on their last two travels.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a A-League home defeat versus Adelaide United with 1-4 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Sydney before that.
Newcastle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Newcastle in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Perth won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Newcastle Jets has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 8 goals |  N. D'Agostino 5 goals |   V. Yuel 4 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
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| Perth Glory | Newcastle Jets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 24 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 91% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 82% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 23% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.6 | 11.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.3 | 14.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 43% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 20% |
- All of Perth Glory's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals (11) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in A-League
- Newcastle Jets have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in A-League
- Perth Glory have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Perth Glory have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest clean sheets (0) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in A-League
- 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 | Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Melbourne City | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Macarthur | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Sydney | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Wellington Phoenix | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Western United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -18 | 7 |