Perth Glory will pray that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this gruelling battle, against fiery Western United.
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
- Western United have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Perth Glory and Western United.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth Glory have played 3 A-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Perth followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at HBF Park: A 0-1 defeat against Macarthur (placed 3rd). Midfield player Oxborrow got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Oxborrow had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Brisbane Roar in a game that was won 2-0.Perth Glory are not conceding a lot of goals here at HBF Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Western United form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League, are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the A-League.
Impressive finishing from Lustica secured the home win 1-0 against Sydney in their previous game. Young was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.7. The agile goalkeeper Young topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Western United secured a home win against Western Sydney Wanderers with the score 3-2.The visiting Western United have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Western in these games.
Head 2 Head
Western United - Perth Glory 1-0 was the outcome when these contenders formerly played each other, earlier this season. Perth Glory-Western United H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Perth Glory one win, Western United three wins, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 5 goals |   S. Luštica 4 goals |  A. Prijović 4 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Western United missing players
| Perth Glory | Western United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 54% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 13.5 | 13.2 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 30% | 30% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 26% | 28% |
| 16.3 | 14.3 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 15.5 | 13.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals (8) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest points (4) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals (9) in A-League
- Perth Glory have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in A-League
- Perth Glory haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Western United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Western United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Perth Glory have scored home.
- Western United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Western United have the most clean sheets (6) in A-League
- Western United have the most matches under the total-line (6) in A-League
- Western United 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 | Western United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 2 | Melbourne City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Macarthur | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 4 | Adelaide United | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Sydney | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Melbourne Victory | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Wellington Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perth Glory | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Coast Mariners | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
