📊 Form Guide

Melbourne City

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Melbourne City will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 A-League losing effort in their last game against Melbourne Victory.

In that game, Melbourne City managed 53% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Melbourne City was Tolgay Arslan (4'). At the other end, Melbourne Victory had 22 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Bruno Fornaroli (34') and Damien Da Silva (86') scored for Melbourne Victory.

In their last six fixtures, Aurelio Vidmar's Melbourne City have hit the back of the net 10 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.67.

Going into this encounter, Melbourne City are unbeaten in their previous 5 home league matches.

Perth Glory

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Adelaide United in A-League action, Perth Glory and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Perth Glory managed 46% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Perth Glory was Adam Taggart (22', 27'). For their opponents, Adelaide United got 18 shots at goal with 9 on target. Hiroshi Ibusuki (30', 50'), Zach Clough (41') and Stefan Mauk (45') scored for Adelaide United.

The stats tell the story, and Perth Glory have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in total. Defensively, Perth Glory have clearly had some problems. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be sustained in this next match or not.

Their past results show that Perth Glory:

• haven't beaten Melbourne City in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 02/03/2022 shows us that Melbourne City have won 3 of them & Perth Glory 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was A-League match day 15 on 02/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Perth Glory 4-2 Melbourne City.

On that day, Perth Glory managed 40% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Aleksandar Šušnjar (21' Own goal), Mustafa Amini (45'), Adam Taggart (70') and Joel Anasmo (98').

Melbourne City had 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Tolgay Arslan (60') and Scott Galloway (68' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Shane Skinner.

ℹ️ Team News: Melbourne City

Marco Tilio (Muscle injury), Benjamin Mazzeo (Syndesmosis ligament tear), Scott Galloway (Calf injury) and Andrew Nabbout (Achilles tendon surgery) aren’t available for Melbourne City boss Aurelio Vidmar. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Patrick Beach and Callum Talbot.

📰 Team News: Perth Glory

Perth Glory manager Alen Stajčić has multiple availability issues to deal with. Antonis Martis (unknown injury), Adam Zimarino (unknown injury) and Mark Beevers (Calf problems) won’t be making appearances. Cameron Cook cannot play in this game through suspension.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Perth Glory have the firepower to put one past this Melbourne City team, although it possibly won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for Melbourne City after the 90. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 04:02 14/04/2024