Thursday , 2 July 2026

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Melbourne City FC to score. At the same time, Perth Glory FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 10' Perth Glory FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 20' Joel Chianese is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Melbourne City FC tonight.
  • 21' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kearyn Baccus.
  • 26' What a strike from Jamie MacLaren! The score is 1-0.
  • 31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Liam Reddy, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 35' GOAL! Jamie MacLaren fires home to make it 2-0!
  • 40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Eugene Galekovic made 208 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 45' That is a Yellow card for Melbourne City FC. Iacopo La Rocca will be fuming at that decision.
  • 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 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Melbourne City FC and Perth Glory FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 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' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Shayon Harrison is replaced by Riley McGree on 64 minute.
  • 69' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 70' A change in the Melbourne City FC ranks — Florin Berenguer exits the field as Lachlan Wales enters on 70.
  • 75' Perth Glory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jake Brimmer is hanging Neil Kilkenny on the field on 75 minute.
  • 80' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 84' Joel Chianese doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 85' Melbourne City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dylan Pierias is hanging Luke Brattan on the field on 85 minute.
  • 86' Nathaniel Atkinson was booked on 86.
  • 90' Assisted by Juande with the perfectly-timed delivery and Diego Castro makes no mistake. 2-2!
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

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
Callum Timmins 3
Steven Ugarkovic 3
Bruno Fornaroli 3
Florin Berenguer 3
Chris Ikonomidis 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.