Melbourne Victory FC vs Perth Glory FC, A League 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2023-24

Melbourne Victory FC

2 – 1

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Perth Glory FC

Sun 31 Mar 2024 · 04:00 UTC AAMI Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Nishan Velupillay 90' Y

Paul Izzo 90' Y

Overview

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Melbourne Victory FC vs Perth Glory FC — A League at AAMI Park.

Melbourne Victory FC 26 games · 40 pts (2025/26)
Perth Glory FC 26 games · 31 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Ben Abraham

7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 Victory FC 16 games · Avg 2.9 goals Perth Glory FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-31 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC 2024-01-06 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory FC 2023-04-09 Melbourne Victory FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC 2023-01-21 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Melbourne Victory FC 2022-04-06 Perth Glory FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Mar	Perth Glory FC	H	2–1	W
14 Mar	Western United FC	A	2–2	D
09 Mar	Adelaide United FC	A	2–1	W
03 Mar	Brisbane Roar FC	A	2–3	L
25 Feb	Central Coast Mariners FC	H	0–1	L
20 Feb	Western United FC	H	2–1	W

Perth Glory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	A	1–2	L
16 Mar	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	1–2	L
09 Mar	Newcastle United Jets FC	H	2–2	D
02 Mar	Western United FC	A	0–1	L
24 Feb	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	0–0	D
17 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Melbourne Victory FC		Perth Glory FC
#4	Position	#10
40	Points	31
26	Played	26
11 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 7 / 11
44	Scored	32
33	Conceded	39
+11	GD	-7
1.54	PPG	1.19
42%	Win %	31%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
Melbourne Victory FC this season

15% Clean Sheets
Perth Glory FC this season

Melbourne Victory FC are 4th (40 pts). Perth Glory FC are 10th (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Melbourne Victory FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

1/3

■ 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 Victory FC

Nikolaos Vergos	7 G	1 A
Clarismario	6 G
Mata	5 G	12 A
Keegan Jelacic	5 G	2 A
Charles Nduka	5 G	2 A

Perth Glory FC

Tom Lawrence	5 G	2 A
Adam Taggart	5 G	1 A
Nicholas Pennington	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Melbourne Victory FC welcome Perth Glory FC for this crunch clash at AAMI Park.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Perth Glory FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' Damien da Silva has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 3 cards already picked up this season.
16' Bruno Fornaroli adds to his 0 season tally! Melbourne Victory FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
21' Adama Traore has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
26' Kaelan Majekodunmi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Yellow cards this season.
31' Darryl Lachman, a Curacao , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
36' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' Another substitution for Perth Glory FC to replace Bruce Kamau by Jarrod Carluccio on 46 minute.
51' Australia international Adam Taggart has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
53' A goal from the Australia international Bruno Fornaroli! He fires home on 53 to make it 2-0!
55' Time for substitution for Perth Glory FC. Jayden Gorman is replaced by David Williams.
60' Mustafa Amini is replacing Giordano Colli for the Perth Glory FC side.
61' Daniel Bennie is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
66' Melbourne Victory FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
70' The whistle greets Ryan Teague as he departs to be replaced by Roly Bonevacia.
75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
80' Melbourne Victory FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Ikonomidis is hanging Zinedine Machach on the field on 80 minute.
81' A change in the Perth Glory FC ranks — Riley Warland exits the field as Joel Anasmo enters on 81.
86' Melbourne Victory FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
90' Nishan Velupillay picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' Salim Khelifi is replacing Daniel Arzani for the Melbourne Victory FC side.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Melbourne Victory FC 2-1 Perth Glory FC.

Lineups

Melbourne Victory FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Ben Folami ↓ Nishan Velupillay 80'
5
Damien da Silva
8
Zinedine Machach ↓ Chris Ikonomidis 80'
22
Jake Brimmer ↓ Jordi Valadon 70'
20
Paul Izzo
21
Roderick Miranda
19
Daniel Arzani ↓ Salim Khelifi 90'
10
Bruno Fornaroli
3
Adama Traore
12
Ryan Teague ↓ Roly Bonevacia 70'
2
Jason Geria

Bench

28
Roly Bonevacia ↑ 70'
7
Chris Ikonomidis ↑ 80'
23
Salim Khelifi ↑ 90'
14
Connor Chapman
17
Nishan Velupillay ↑ 80'
30
Ahmad Taleb
27
Jordi Valadon ↑ 70'

Perth Glory FC Lineups

Starting XI

29
Darryl Lachman
22
Adam Taggart
2
Johnny Koutroumbis ↓ Joshua Rawlins 55'
77
Bruce Kamau ↓ Jarrod Carluccio 46'
1
Oliver Sail
28
Trent Ostler
14
Riley Warland ↓ Joel Anasmo 81'
32
Kaelan Majekodunmi
20
Giordano Colli ↓ Mustafa Amini 60'
27
Jayden Gorman ↓ David Williams 55'
31
Daniel Bennie

Bench

8
Mustafa Amini ↑ 60'
16
Joshua Rawlins ↑ 55'
17
Jarrod Carluccio ↑ 46'
13
Cameron Cook
37
Jacob Muir
18
David Williams ↑ 55'
24
Joel Anasmo ↑ 81'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Adam Taggart	3
Ola Toivonen	2
Andrew Nabbout	2
Zinedine Machach	2
Bruno Fornaroli	2
Marco Rojas	2
Chris Ikonomidis	2
Bruno Fornaroli	2

Head to Head

Melbourne Victory FC Form

2024-03-31 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC W 2024-03-14 Western United FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory FC D 2024-03-09 Adelaide United FC 1–2 Melbourne Victory FC W 2024-03-03 Brisbane Roar FC 3–2 Melbourne Victory FC L 2024-02-25 Melbourne Victory FC 0–1 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2024-02-20 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Western United FC W

Perth Glory FC Form

2024-03-31 Melbourne Victory FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC L 2024-03-16 Perth Glory FC 1–2 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2024-03-09 Perth Glory FC 2–2 Newcastle United Jets FC D 2024-03-02 Western United FC 1–0 Perth Glory FC L 2024-02-24 Perth Glory FC 0–0 Wellington Phoenix FC D 2024-02-17 Perth Glory FC 3–2 Brisbane Roar FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.79 Melbourne Victory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.02 Perth Glory FC xG

I would bet for: Melbourne Victory FC to win 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Melbourne Victory FC56% Draw24% Perth Glory FC20%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Melbourne Victory FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Perth Glory FC

44%

Melbourne Victory FC or Perth Glory FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Melbourne Victory FC38% Draw45% Perth Glory FC17%

Actual: Melbourne Victory FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

1 – 0

10%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

9.5%

0 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

5.7%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

5.4%

0 – 1

5.2%

2 – 2

4.9%

0 – 2

3.1%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Melbourne Victory FC

Handicap	Melbourne Victory FC covers	Push	Perth Glory FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	23%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Melbourne Victory FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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