Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Perth Glory & Melbourne Victory face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ffa Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Melbourne Victory have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Perth Glory form and stats
Perth participated in Ffa Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Perth Glory have to build on here at Marden Sports Complex in the A-League. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Perth, who played 1-1 against Adelaide United. That match was also played at this venue (Marden Sports Complex). The attacker Bruno Fornaroli won the honour of being "man of the match" for Perth Glory with a rating of 7.32/10. Fornaroli scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Perth played out a A-League draw 1-1 when visiting Newcastle Jets.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Perth as they are travelling to their away game against Western United in the A-League. That match is two days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Perth Glory at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Melbourne Victory form and stats
Last season their Ffa Cup adventure ended in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their A-League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Melbourne Victory has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
It's the second away game in a row for Melbourne, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Western United in the A-League last time out. Roderick Miranda was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.11. The defender Miranda scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Melbourne City in the A-League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Brisbane Roar in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Melbourne Victory has managed 1 goal and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Perth wins - draws - Melbourne Victory wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Fornaroli Mezza 1 goals |   R. Gonçalves Miranda 1 goals |
Perth Glory missing players
Melbourne Victory missing players
| Perth Glory | Melbourne Victory | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 37 | 16 | Conceded | C | 29 | 56 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 6 | 7.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 7.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | ||
| 15.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 15.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Adelaide United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Central Coast Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Macarthur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Newcastle Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Wellington Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Western United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |