Melbourne Victory will host Perth Glory this weekend in their third game of the 2921/22 A-League season.
Venue: AAMI Park (Melbourne)
Key Statistics
Melbourne Victory are unbeaten in their last six games (W4, D1).
The hosts have lost six of their last ten home games (W2, D2). In those ten games, they scored 14 times and conceded 25 times.
Also, they kept only one clean sheet in those games.
Perth Glory are currently on a seven-game winless run (D4, L3).
They have not kept a clean sheet in their last nine games.
Away from home, they are winless in ten games and conceded 18 goals in that period.
Head to head
In the last 15 games between both sides, Melbourne Victory have eleven wins (including penalty shootout wins) while Perth Glory have just four wins.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Melbourne Victory: W-W-W-W-D
Perth Glory: L-L-D-D-L
Melbourne Victory
After securing their place in the next round of the FFA Cup on Wednesday, Melbourne Victory will turn their attention to the league where they host familiar opponent Perth Glory.
The hosts come into this game on the back of a 1-0 win over Adelaide City – their fourth win this season and their fifth in the last six games.
Tony Popovic’s side look like a team in good shape this term and appear ready to challenge for the top instead of struggling like they did last season.
The 2020/21 ‘Wooden Spoon’ winners ended a four-game winless run at home with a 3-0 win over Brisbane Roar last time out.
They will now look to build on that win here and will fancy their chances of picking up a victory after netting in each of their last six games.
Possible Melbourne Victory starting line-ups
Ivan Kelava; Jason Davidson, Roderick, Brendan Hamill, Jason Geria; Merchan Rai, Ben Folami, Leigh Broxham, Cristopher Ikonomidis; Jake Brimmer, Nicholas D’Agostino.
Injured: Matt Acton, Matthew Spiranovic
Doubtful: Chris Ikonomidis, Roderick Miranda
Suspended: None
Perth Glory
Perth Glory’s woeful start to the season continued last week as they were beaten 1-0 by Western United.
The visitors have begun the season without a win in three games (D1, L). Their latest loss to Western United was their third in the last five games and extended their winless run in all competitions (including last season) to seven games.
For a team of their size and history, one expects them to do better and to improve on their 9th place finish of last season this campaign.
Richard Garcia has a tough job on his hands in trying to turn this teams’ fortune around. However, ‘The Glory’ are winless in ten away games and will have to dig in to guarantee them a result in this game.
Possible Perth Glory starting line-ups
Brad Jones; Aaron Calver, Darryl Lachman, Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Antonee Burke-Gilroy; Luke Bodnar, Brandon O’Neill, Jack Clisby; Daniel Stynes, Antonee Burke-Gilroy, Bruno Fornaroli.
Injured: Brad Jones, Daniel Sturridge
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Melbourne Victory 2-1 Perth Glory
