Only a few games have been played in the National Youth League so far, with Melbourne Victory U21 placed 3rd and Perth Glory U21 sitting in the 5th position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Melbourne Victory U21 form and stats
Happy days for Melbourne Victory U21 in their previous game, a National Youth League match away at Adelaide U21 (placed 2nd) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Heartbreak before that as Melbourne Victory U21 lost 0-7 at Brisbane U21's place.
Perth Glory U21 form and stats
One match played away so far in the National Youth League for Perth Glory U21 and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from 4 games.
Perth Glory U21 has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Melbourne City U21 for a National Youth League game that ended a draw (6-6). A loss against Adelaide U21 was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Perth Glory U21's last match (vs Melbourne City U21) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 3-6. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw and a point thanks to a 83rd minute equalizer by B. Bafford. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Perth Glory U21, as mentioned above. 12 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Perth Glory U21 have the goal stats of 6-6 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Melbourne Victory U21 wins - draws - Perth Glory U21 wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Melbourne Victory U21 missing players
Perth Glory U21 missing players
| Melbourne Victory U21 | Perth Glory U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| Melbourne Victory U21 | Last season | Perth Glory U21 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 50% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 7 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 11 | ||
| 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 64% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brisbane U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Adelaide U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Melbourne Victory U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 4 | Melbourne City U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Perth Glory U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brisbane U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Melbourne City U21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Perth Glory U21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Adelaide U21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 5 | Melbourne Victory U21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 4 |