National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Perth Glory or Macarthur that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth participated in Australian Cup the last season, where they reached the play-offs.The story so far in the A-League for Perth Glory at their home stadium (Larrakia Park) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Perth Glory's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Western United. Perth Glory's goalkeeper Cook was extremely busy against Western United, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a A-League home game that ended 4-4 versus Adelaide United.This is expected to be a close game, with Perth Glory perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Perth Glory as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Perth Glory has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.
A decent goal production from Perth in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. Perth Glory have conceded 21 from these games.
Macarthur form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Macarthur, as they won the Australian Cup.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Macarthur so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Macarthur in their previous game as they lost hosting Wellington Phoenix, 0-1. Baccus got a match rating of 7.3 in that game, top player of the team. Baccus hit two key passes and had 76 successful passes (of 88 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Melbourne Victory before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Macarthur playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Macarthur win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The Macarthur manager Sterjovski has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - two - four (Perth Glory wins - draws - Macarthur wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Williams 5 goals |  A. Taggart 5 goals |   M. Millar 5 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Macarthur missing players
| Perth Glory | Macarthur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 49 | 27 | Conceded | C | 32 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 76% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.7 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 15 | 16.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 16.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 55 |
| 2 | Central Coast Mariners | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 5 | Sydney | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Wellington Phoenix | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 7 | Western United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane Roar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 9 | Perth Glory | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -10 | 29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Jets | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 29 |
| 11 | Melbourne Victory | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Macarthur | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -17 | 26 |
