Perth Glory vs Melbourne City Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Perth Glory

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Perth Glory will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 A-League triumph over Melbourne City.

In that match, Perth Glory managed 37% possession and 1 shots at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Perth Glory was Callum Timmins (5'). For their opponents, Melbourne City had 2 shots at goal with 1 on target.

It’s not been often in recent times where Perth Glory have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Perth Glory have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 17 goals along the way.

Ahead of this clash, Perth Glory have left without a victory over Melbourne City in their last 3 matches in the league.

Melbourne City

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A run of reliable displays from the Melbourne City defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their last 6 outings in total. During the same period, their forwards have scored 10. That being said, time will tell if such a trend shall be sustained in this next game.

Heading into this fixture, Melbourne City remain unbeaten by Perth Glory when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 25/01/2020 tells us that Perth Glory have won 1 of these & Melbourne City 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 8 of them for Glory and 10 for City. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league game featuring the two was A-League match day 13 on 02/03/2022 when it ended Melbourne City 2-2 Perth Glory.

On that occasion, Melbourne City had 61% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Florin Bérenguer (8') and Mathew Leckie (29').

For their opponents, Perth Glory got 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Bruno Fornaroli (31') and Callum Timmins (56') scored.

The referee was Alex King.

📋 Team News: Perth Glory

Kosuke Ota (Calf Injury), Carlo Armiento (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Jack Clisby (Medial Collateral Ligament Tear), Adrián Sardinero (Cruciate Ligament Injury), Brad Jones (Cartilage Damage), Trent Ostler (Shoulder Injury), Luke Bodnar (Fractured Foot) and Brandon O'Neill (Shoulder Injury) won’t be playing for Perth Glory boss Ruben Zadkovich.

📰 Team News: Melbourne City

Melbourne City manager Patrick Kisnorbo has some current player fitness concerns. Aiden O'Neill (Metatarsal Fracture) and Florin Bérenguer (Hamstring Injury) miss out here.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Perth Glory should get enough chances to breach the defence of this Melbourne City outfit, but a single goal may not quite prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for a narrow 1-2 advantage for Melbourne City when all is said and done. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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Peter Guest, 00:36 30/04/2022