Melbourne City FC vs Perth Glory FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

Melbourne City FC

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Perth Glory FC

Sun 28 Dec 2025 · 08:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Melbourne City FC vs Perth Glory FC — A League .

Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2026/27)
Perth Glory FC 26 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Casey Reibelt
Referee Hugh Fenton-White (Australia)

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

Melbourne City FC 19 games · Avg 3.5 goals Perth Glory FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-28 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Perth Glory FC 2025-10-25 Melbourne City FC 4–0 Perth Glory FC 2025-02-15 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Perth Glory FC 2024-11-10 Perth Glory FC 0–5 Melbourne City FC 2024-04-14 Melbourne City FC 8–0 Perth Glory FC

Recent Form

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Perth Glory FC	H	1–3	L
23 Dec	Macarthur FC	H	1–1	D
20 Dec	Melbourne Victory FC	H	0–1	L
06 Dec	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	1–0	W
29 Nov	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	0–0	D
21 Nov	Adelaide United FC	A	1–4	L

Perth Glory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Dec	Melbourne City FC	A	3–1	W
20 Dec	Adelaide United FC	H	0–1	L
13 Dec	Sydney FC	H	0–1	L
05 Dec	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	1–0	W
30 Nov	Macarthur FC	A	2–0	W
23 Nov	Newcastle United Jets FC	A	2–1	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

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

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!
With this win, Perth Glory FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Perth Glory FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Melbourne City FC Form

2025-12-28 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Perth Glory FC L 2025-12-23 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Macarthur FC D 2025-12-20 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-12-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2025-11-29 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC D 2025-11-21 Adelaide United FC 4–1 Melbourne City FC L

Perth Glory FC Form

2025-12-28 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Perth Glory FC W 2025-12-20 Perth Glory FC 0–1 Adelaide United FC L 2025-12-13 Perth Glory FC 0–1 Sydney FC L 2025-12-05 Perth Glory FC 1–0 Western Sydney Wanderers FC W 2025-11-30 Macarthur FC 0–2 Perth Glory FC W 2025-11-23 Newcastle United Jets FC 1–2 Perth Glory FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.76 Melbourne City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.33 Perth Glory FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Perth Glory FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC44% Draw27% Perth Glory FC29%

Actual: Perth Glory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.09

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Melbourne City FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Perth Glory FC

56%

Melbourne City FC or Perth Glory FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne City FC34% Draw43% Perth Glory FC23%

Actual: Perth Glory FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted

1 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

1 – 0

7.3%

2 – 0

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

3 – 1

5.3%

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC

Handicap	Melbourne City FC covers	Push	Perth Glory FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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