📊 Form Guide

Perth Glory

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Perth Glory will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-1 A-League loss in their previous game against Melbourne Victory.

In that match, Perth Glory had 41% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Perth Glory was Daniel Bennie (61'). Melbourne Victory had 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Bruno Fornaroli (16', 53') was the scorer for Melbourne Victory.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Perth Glory have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Perth Glory have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals along the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that Perth Glory:

• haven't beaten Sydney FC in their previous 4 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC head into the encounter after a 2-0 A-League win with the defeat of Central Coast Mariners in their last outing.

In that game, Sydney FC had 61% possession and 27 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. For Sydney FC, the goalscorers were Anthony Cáceres (74') and Joel King (77'). On the other side, Central Coast Mariners had 3 shots at goal with 1 on target.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Sydney FC have helped themselves to a total of 11 goals. Sydney FC have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, they have had 6 goals go into their own net. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will be sustained in this game.

Coming into this clash, Sydney FC have not lost to Perth Glory in games played away from home for the previous 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes going back to 07/04/2021 shows that Perth Glory have won 1 of them and Sydney FC 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 7 from Glory and 13 for The Sky Blues. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 6 on 02/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Sydney FC 3-2 Perth Glory.

On that occasion, Sydney FC had 55% possession and 32 shots on goal with 13 of them on target. The goalscorers were Joe Lolley (33') and Róbert Mak (44').

Perth Glory got 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Adam Taggart (62'), Aleksandar Šušnjar (89' Own goal) and Oliver Bozanic (91') scored.

The referee was Alireza Faghani.

📰 Team News: Perth Glory

Antonis Martis (unknown injury) and Mark Beevers (Calf problems) will be missing for Perth Glory manager Alen Stajčić.

📋 Team News: Sydney FC

Sydney FC boss Ufuk Talay has multiple availability issues to deal with. Aaron Gurd (Broken leg), Wataru Kamijo (Back injury), Patrick Wood (Ankle injury) and Gus Hoefsloot (Meniscus tear) miss out here.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Perth Glory are certainly able to get a goal against this Sydney FC side, although one goal probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Sydney FC at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

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

Renata Leite, 10:26 03/04/2024