Sydney FC vs Perth Glory Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sydney FC

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Sydney FC will be wanting a better result here following the 1-0 A-League loss in their previous game against Macarthur FC.

In that game, Sydney FC managed 62% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Macarthur FC got 9 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Jed Drew (45') was the scorer for Macarthur FC.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Sydney FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Sydney FC have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals in the process. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Their prior results show that Sydney FC:

• are unbeaten in the league by Perth Glory in their previous 5 games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 home league matches. They have been so resilient here.

Perth Glory

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Western United in A-League action, Perth Glory will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Perth Glory had 53% possession and 17 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. For Perth Glory, the goalscorers were Adam Taggart (23', 47') and David Williams (93'). Western United had 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Matthew Grimaldi (4'), Riku Danzaki (65'), A Walatee (74') and Oliver Lavale (92') scored for Western United.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Perth Glory, three or more goals have gone in. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 4.83, with the number of goals averaged by Perth Glory coming out as 1.33.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Perth Glory:

• have not registered a win against Sydney FC when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 22/01/2022 shows that Sydney FC have won 3 of them & Perth Glory 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A sum of 21 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 13 for The Sky Blues and 8 for Glory. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league fixture between the two was A-League match day 12 on 03/04/2024 which ended up with the score at Perth Glory 1-1 Sydney FC.

That day, Perth Glory had 62% possession and 28 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Kaelan Majekodunmi (72').

At the other end, Sydney FC got 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Joe Lolley (25') scored.

The referee was Alex King.

📰 Team News: Sydney FC

Wataru Kamijo (Back injury), Joseph Lacey (Ankle injury), Patrick Wood (Ankle injury) and Gus Hoefsloot (Meniscus tear) won’t be playing for Sydney FC gaffer Ufuk Talay.

ℹ️ Team News: Perth Glory

Perth Glory boss Alen Stajčić has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Antonis Martis (unknown injury), Adam Zimarino (unknown injury) and Mark Beevers (Calf problems) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

For this match, we think that Sydney FC are likely to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the other end, Perth Glory won’t find it easy to get shooting opportunities but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet.

Therefore, we are anticipating a comfortable 3-1 winning score for Sydney FC by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 19:16 26/04/2024