Perth Glory will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Wellington Phoenix.
Perth have less rest than Wellington Phoenix in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a A-League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Central Coast Mariners, was also a home game here at Spotless Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory, who have the most clean sheets (8) in A-League, have collected 17 points from their A-League home games so far after 5-2-3.
Perth are confident in defense, having played 236 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Perth Glory's previous game was a A-League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Central Coast Mariners (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Sydney the opponent.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Perth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn two and lost zero.
Perth Glory can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Wellington Phoenix form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Wellington are travelling again after losing away to Sydney in their previous match (1-3). That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Melbourne Victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Wellington Phoenix in our archives, and the results are: one win for Wellington Phoenix, zero draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Adelaide United in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Wellington Phoenix's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, Wellington have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Perth - Wellington Phoenix 4-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Perth wins - draws - Wellington Phoenix wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 12 goals |   U. Dávila Plascencia 11 goals |  D. Ball 6 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Wellington Phoenix missing players
| Perth Glory | Wellington Phoenix | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 36 | 23 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 22 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 76% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 52% | 70% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 67% |
| 24% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 14% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 67% |
| 38% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 274 | 142 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 143 | 272 |
| 101 | 54 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 48 | 100 |
| 36% | 43% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 34% |
- Perth Glory has the most clean sheets (8)
- Perth Glory has the most scored goals (23) 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.
- Wellington Phoenix has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Wellington Phoenix have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Wellington Phoenix | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Brisbane Roar | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | Perth Glory | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | Western United | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Adelaide United | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 24 |
| 10 | Melbourne Victory | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 28 | -30 | 13 |