📊 Form Guide

Perth Glory

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Perth Glory go into this match following a 1-1 A-League drawn game vs Sydney FC.

In that game, Perth Glory had 62% possession and 28 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for Perth Glory was Kaelan Majekodunmi (72'). Sydney FC had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Joe Lolley (25') was the scorer for Sydney FC.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Perth Glory have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Perth Glory have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals in the process.

Pre-game facts show that Perth Glory:

• are unbeaten in the league by Adelaide United in their last 2 games.
• have not beaten Adelaide United in their last 7 league games.

Adelaide United

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Adelaide United will go into the game following a 4-1 A-League win against Western United in their last outing.

In that game, Adelaide United had 43% possession and 20 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Adelaide United, the goals were scored by Nestor Irankunda (19', 46', 48') and Zach Clough (80'). Western United got 12 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Michael Ruhs (50') was the scorer for Western United.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Adelaide United, at least three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match within that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Adelaide United equalling 1.67. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this game, though.

Coming into this clash, Adelaide United haven't been beaten by Perth Glory when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head meetings going back to 06/03/2022 shows that these encounters have not been happy ones for Perth Glory. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever while Adelaide United have just been too good for them, getting wins in 67% of those games where they have faced each other.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 24 in total at an average of 4 goals per match.

The last league game featuring these clubs was A-League match day 16 on 09/02/2024 and the score finished Adelaide United 3-3 Perth Glory.

In that game, Adelaide United managed 65% possession and 22 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Hiroshi Ibusuki (9'), Zach Clough (17') and Panagiotis Kikianis (98').

At the other end, Perth Glory got 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Adam Taggart (31'), David Williams (63') and Joshua Rawlins (82') scored.

The match was refereed by Ben Abraham.

📰 Team News: Perth Glory

Mark Beevers (Calf problems) and Antonis Martis (unknown injury) won’t be available for Perth Glory boss Alen Stajčić.

📰 Team News: Adelaide United

Adelaide United manager Carl Veart has to choose a team with limited availability. Joshua Cavallo (Muscle injury) and Panagiotis Kikianis (Hamstring injury) miss out here.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Adelaide United and Perth Glory should be able to score more than one goal each in what is shaping up to be a fairly even contest.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility but, again, we don’t expect it to end goalless. We’re therefore anticipating a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 2-2 score at the end of this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 06:02 07/04/2024