Perth Glory vs Western United Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Perth Glory

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Perth Glory will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 8-0 A-League losing effort in their last game against Melbourne City.

In that game, Perth Glory had 36% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Perth Glory was Kaelan Majekodunmi (19' Own goal). Melbourne City had 25 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Léo Natel (14', 29'), Tolgay Arslan (16', 26', 73'), Jamie Maclaren (60') and Steven Ugarković (86') scored for Melbourne City.

It has been seldom in recent times that Perth Glory have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Perth Glory have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 19 goals along the way. Still, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be maintained in this game.

Western United

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Previously, Western United drew 3-3 in the A-League match with Adelaide United.

In that game, Western United managed 44% possession and 17 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Western United, the scorers were Matthew Grimaldi (19'), James Donachie (34') and Connor O'Toole (94'). Adelaide United got 22 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Hiroshi Ibusuki (45', 57') and Nestor Irankunda (62') scored for Adelaide United.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Western United, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per game during that time is 4.5, with the average number of goals for Western United equalling 2.17.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/02/2022 shows us that Perth Glory have won 1 of them and Western United 5, with the number of drawn results being 0.

A total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 of them for Glory and 14 netted by The West. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 19 on 02/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Western United 1-0 Perth Glory.

On that occasion, Western United managed 63% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Noah Botić (53').

At the other end, Perth Glory had 12 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Shaun Evans.

📰 Team News: Perth Glory

Antonis Martis (unknown injury), Adam Zimarino (unknown injury) and Mark Beevers (Calf problems) are unavailable for Perth Glory boss Alen Stajčić. Cameron Cook is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Western United

Western United manager John Aloisi has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jacob Tratt (Torn knee ligaments), Nikita Rukavytsya (unknown injury), Josh Risdon (Calf strain), Rhys Bozinovski (unknown injury), Daniel Penha (unknown injury), Kane Vidmar (concussion), Noah Botic (Stress reaction of the bone) and Ramy Najjarine (Shoulder injury) won’t be making appearances.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Western United and Perth Glory could both end up scoring at least one each in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating the two teams.

Looks like a high-scoring draw might be possible, as we’re expecting it to be that close. We’re therefore expecting a highly competitive game with a 2-2 score draw at the end of this one.

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Victor Martins, 00:03 19/04/2024