Perth Glory will visit AAMI Park on Sunday for the A-League game with home team Melbourne Victory.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory game - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Melbourne Victory
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Melbourne Victory head into this game after a 2-2 A-League tied result against Western United.
In that match, Melbourne Victory managed 51% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Melbourne Victory, the goals were scored by Ben Folami (70') and Chris Ikonomidis (79'). At the other end, Western United got 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Daniel Penha (43') and Ben Garuccio (90') scored for Western United.
Itโs 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 suffering a loss in their previous game against Western Sydney Wanderers in A-League action, Perth Glory will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Perth Glory managed 47% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Perth Glory was Adam Taggart (45'). For their opponents, Western Sydney Wanderers got 15 attempts 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. Letโs 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.
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Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 09/05/2021 shows that Melbourne Victory have won 2 of these games & Perth Glory 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.
A combined total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 6 of them for Victory and 10 created by Glory. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league meeting featuring these clubs was A-League match day 11 on 06/01/2024 which ended up with the score at Perth Glory 2-3 Melbourne Victory.
In that match, Perth Glory had 38% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. The goals were scored by Adam Taggart (20') and Kaelan Majekodunmi (89').
Melbourne Victory had 27 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Zinรฉdine Machach (42'), Eli Adams (82') and Ben Folami (96') scored.
The referee was Lachlan Keevers.
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Team News: Melbourne Victory
Availability isnโt a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Melbourne Victory manager Tony Popoviฤ to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group. Ryan Teague (Leg injury) misses out.
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Team News: Perth Glory
Perth Glory manager Alen Stajฤiฤ has to choose a team with limited availability. Antonis Martis (unknown injury) and Aleksandar Susnjar (Groin injury) are not able to play.
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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. Letโs see what happens here.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
10:08 29/03/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Melbourne Victory
Formed: 2004
Stadium: AAMI Park (30,050)
Captain: Roderick Miranda
Chairman: John Dovaston
Manager: Tony Popoviฤ
Competitions: A-League position 4
๐ Key Player: Bruno Fornaroli
Usually taking up the Striker position, Bruno Fornaroli was born in Salto, Uruguay. Having played his first senior match for Sampdoria in the 2008 - 2009 season, the gifted Forward has bagged 15 league goals in the A-League 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 16 appearances.