It's advantage Perth Glory so far with their 3rd position in the A-League table, welcoming Wellington Phoenix who are placed 4th.
Perth Glory and Wellington Phoenix should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Perth Glory form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Perth Glory, who have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League, have to build on here at McDiarmid Park in the A-League.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Melbourne Victory in the A-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Melbourne City that finished 0-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Perth Glory matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, one draw and one defeat (from six games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Shanghai Shenhua are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Perth Glory are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Perth Glory's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Wellington Phoenix playing as the away team in the A-League this season.
Impressive finishing from Ulises Dávila and Jaushua Sotirio secured the home win 2-1 against Newcastle Jets in their previous game. A 0-1 defeat away at Brisbane Roar before that.
Goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic was absolutely vital in the Wellington Phoenix victory against Newcastle Jets, making six saves.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Wellington Phoenix playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, three draws and one home win.
Wellington Phoenix are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by Wellington Phoenix in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wellington Phoenix - Perth Glory 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Perth Glory six wins, two draws and Wellington Phoenix two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Dávila Plascencia 10 goals |   B. Fornaroli Mezza 9 goals |  D. Castro Giménez 4 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
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| Perth Glory | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 53% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 67% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 7% |
| 53% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 40% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 6 | 5.9 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 198 | 100 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 115 | 207 |
| 75 | 37 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 39 | 73 |
| 36% | 43% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 30% |
- All of Perth Glory's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Perth Glory | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Adelaide United | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Western United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Melbourne Victory | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 10 | Central Coast Mariners | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 13 |
| 11 | Newcastle Jets | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 10 |