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Melbourne City FC vs Perth Glory FC, A League 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2018-19
Melbourne City FC
2 – 2
Full Time
Perth Glory FC
Sun 3 Mar 2019 · 06:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Kearyn Baccus 21' Y
Iacopo La Rocca 45' Y
Nathaniel Atkinson 63' Y
Y 63' Chris Ikonomidis
Rostyn Griffiths 63' Y
Nathaniel Atkinson 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Melbourne City FC vs Perth Glory FC — A League .

Match Details

  • Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
  • Referee Daniel Illievski
  • Referee Alex King
  • Referee Jonathon Barreiro
  • Referee Tony Peart

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48
2 Adelaide United FC 26 43
3 Auckland FC 26 42
4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40
5 Sydney FC 26 39
6 Melbourne City FC 26 38
7 Macarthur FC 26 34
8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33
9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32
10 Perth Glory FC 26 31
11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26
12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21

Head-to-Head

9
5
5
Melbourne City FC 19 games · Avg 3.5 goals Perth Glory FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2019-01-19 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC 2018-12-08 Perth Glory FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar Perth Glory FC H 2–2 D
23 Feb Melbourne Victory FC A 1–1 D
15 Feb Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–3 L
09 Feb Adelaide United FC H 1–1 D
03 Feb Sydney FC A 0–2 L
26 Jan Wellington Phoenix FC A 0–1 L
Perth Glory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Mar Melbourne City FC A 2–2 D
24 Feb Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 1–1 D
16 Feb Brisbane Roar FC H 4–0 W
10 Feb Melbourne Victory FC A 2–1 W
02 Feb Wellington Phoenix FC H 3–0 W
27 Jan Newcastle United Jets FC H 2–0 W

Season Stats

Melbourne City FC Perth Glory FC
#6 Position #10
38 Points 31
26 Played 26
10 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 8 / 7 / 11
33 Scored 32
33 Conceded 39
+0 GD -7
1.46 PPG 1.19
38% Win % 31%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season
15% Clean Sheets
Perth Glory FC this season

Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Perth Glory FC are 10th (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Perth Glory FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/3
76+
3/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A
Perth Glory FC
Tom Lawrence 5 G 2 A
Adam Taggart 5 G 1 A
Nicholas Pennington 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Melbourne City FC and Perth Glory FC.
  • 5' Perth Glory FC is showing some good football. However, Perth Glory FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 15' Perth Glory FC have won 278 goals from 209 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 20' Eugene Galekovic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 21' Controversy at the stadium! Kearyn Baccus argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 26' Magnificent from Jamie MacLaren! That is 110 goals in 298 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 31' Juande has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 35' A goal from the Australia international Jamie MacLaren! He fires home on 35 to make it 2-0!
  • 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Perth Glory FC winning 33.33% of all matches.
  • 45' Melbourne City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 50' It is a cagey affair so far. Melbourne City FC in their trying to find a way past Perth Glory FC's compact .
  • 55' Perth Glory FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 3 meetings.
  • 60' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 63' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nathaniel Atkinson.
  • 63' The Perth Glory FC manager makes a substitution. Andy Keogh departs to be replaced by Brendon Santalab.
  • 64' Shayon Harrison makes way for Riley McGree at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
  • 69' It’s high time Warren Joyce made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 70' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Florin Berenguer is withdrawn and Lachlan Wales gets his opportunity.
  • 75' Jake Brimmer is ready to make an impact after coming on for Neil Kilkenny at the 75 minute mark.
  • 80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Melbourne City FC and Perth Glory FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 84' Joel Chianese has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 84 minutes.
  • 85' The whistle greets Luke Brattan as he departs to be replaced by Dylan Pierias.
  • 86' The referee has no hesitation. Nathaniel Atkinson is booked for Melbourne City FC — Yellow card on 86.
  • 90' The deadlock is broken! Diego Castro gets on the scoresheet on 90 minutes.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Warren Joyce

Perth Glory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Popović

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jamie MacLaren 7
Tolgay Arslan 5
Mathew Leckie 4
Bruno Fornaroli 3
Florin Berenguer 3
Callum Timmins 3
Steven Ugarkovic 3
Adam Taggart 2

Head to Head

2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2019-01-19 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC 2018-12-08 Perth Glory FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC

Melbourne City FC Form

2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2019-02-23 Melbourne Victory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2019-02-15 Newcastle United Jets FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC L 2019-02-09 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Adelaide United FC D 2019-02-03 Sydney FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC L 2019-01-26 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L

Perth Glory FC Form

2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2019-02-24 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D 2019-02-16 Perth Glory FC 4–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2019-02-10 Melbourne Victory FC 1–2 Perth Glory FC W 2019-02-02 Perth Glory FC 3–0 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2019-01-27 Perth Glory FC 2–0 Newcastle United Jets FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.38 Melbourne City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Perth Glory FC xG
I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Perth Glory FC 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne City FC37% Draw29% Perth Glory FC34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.63
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw
67%
Draw or Perth Glory FC
63%
Melbourne City FC or Perth Glory FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Melbourne City FC28% Draw48% Perth Glory FC24%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.4%
0 – 0
9.3%
1 – 0
9%
2 – 1
8.3%
0 – 1
8%
1 – 2
7.5%
2 – 0
6.7%
0 – 2
5.5%
2 – 2
Actual
3 – 1
3.8%
1 – 3
3.1%
3 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Perth Glory FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 12% 82%
-1.5 18% — 82%
-1 18% 20% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 18% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.