📏 Form Guide

Melbourne Victory

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Melbourne Victory head into this game following a 2-2 A-League drawn match versus Western United.

In that game, Melbourne Victory managed 51% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For Melbourne Victory, the goals were scored by Ben Folami (70') and Chris Ikonomidis (79'). For their opponents, Western United got 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Daniel Penha (43') and Ben Garuccio (90') scored for Western United.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Melbourne Victory have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Melbourne Victory have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 8 goals during that time.

Coming into this contest, Melbourne Victory are unbeaten in the league by Perth Glory in their last 2 games.

Perth Glory

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After tasting defeat last time out to Western Sydney Wanderers in A-League competition, Perth Glory will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Perth Glory had 47% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Perth Glory was Adam Taggart (45'). At the other end, Western Sydney Wanderers got 15 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Brandon Borrello (11') and Lachlan Brook (83') scored for Western Sydney Wanderers.

The stats tell the story, and Perth Glory have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. Defensively, Perth Glory have seen their frailties exposed. Let’s see if that trend will end up being sustained here.

Looking at their past form shows that Perth Glory:

• have not lost to Melbourne Victory in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 09/05/2021 shows us that Melbourne Victory have won 2 of these games and Perth Glory 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 6 from Victory and 10 netted by Glory. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 11 on 06/01/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Perth Glory 2-3 Melbourne Victory.

That day, Perth Glory managed 38% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The goalscorers were Adam Taggart (20') and Kaelan Majekodunmi (89').

For their opponents, Melbourne Victory had 27 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Zinédine Machach (42'), Eli Adams (82') and Ben Folami (96') scored.

The match was refereed by Lachlan Keevers.

🗞️ Team News: Melbourne Victory

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Melbourne Victory boss Tony Popović to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Ryan Teague (Leg injury) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Perth Glory

Perth Glory manager Alen Stajčić has to currently contend with reduced team options. Antonis Martis (unknown injury) and Aleksandar Susnjar (Groin injury) miss out here.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Perth Glory have it in them to breach the defence of this Melbourne Victory side, however that may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We are anticipating both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Melbourne Victory by the conclusion of the game. Let’s see what happens here.

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

Lucas Pereira, 03:03 31/03/2024