Monday , 27 July 2026

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

A League · 2025-26
Perth Glory FC
3 – 1
Full Time
Macarthur FC
Sun 12 Apr 2026 · 09:00 UTC HBF Park 5,893 HT 45' · FT 45'
Nicholas Pennington 48' 1–0
1–1 68' Luke Vickery
Gabriel Popovic 76' 2–1
Arion Sulemani 90+5' 3–1
Y 8' Luke Brattan
Scott Wootton 27' Y
Gabriel Popovic 80' Y
Y 80' Tomislav Uskok
Y 90' Luke Vickery
Sebastian Despotovski 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Perth Glory FC vs Macarthur FC — A League at HBF Park.

Match Details

  • VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Casey Reibelt
  • Referee Shane Skinner
  • Referee Emma Kocbek (Australia)
  • Assistant 1 Arvin Shanmuganathan
  • Assistant 2 Cameron Wright (Australia)
  • 4th Official Liam Barclay (Australia)
7 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/game

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

4
4
6
Perth Glory FC 14 games · Avg 3.1 goals Macarthur FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-12 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC 2026-02-06 Macarthur FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2025-11-30 Macarthur FC 0–2 Perth Glory FC 2024-12-27 Perth Glory FC 0–3 Macarthur FC 2024-10-20 Macarthur FC 6–1 Perth Glory FC

Recent Form

Perth Glory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Apr Macarthur FC H 3–1 W
04 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC A 2–2 D
22 Mar Melbourne City FC H 1–1 D
14 Mar Wellington Phoenix FC A 0–2 L
08 Mar Auckland FC A 2–2 D
28 Feb Brisbane Roar FC A 1–1 D
Macarthur FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Apr Perth Glory FC A 1–3 L
02 Apr Newcastle United Jets FC H 3–2 W
21 Mar Auckland FC A 2–1 W
15 Mar Melbourne Victory FC A 1–4 L
04 Mar Central Coast Mariners FC H 1–3 L
28 Feb Western Sydney Wanderers FC H 0–4 L

Season Stats

Perth Glory FC Macarthur FC
#10 Position #7
31 Points 34
26 Played 26
8 / 7 / 11 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 10
32 Scored 37
39 Conceded 44
-7 GD -7
1.19 PPG 1.31
31% Win % 35%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
15% Clean Sheets
Perth Glory FC this season
15% Clean Sheets
Macarthur FC this season

Perth Glory FC are 10th (31 pts). Macarthur FC are 7th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Perth Glory FC
Tom Lawrence 5 G 2 A
Adam Taggart 5 G 1 A
Nicholas Pennington 5 G
Macarthur FC
Harry Sawyer 6 G 1 A
Mitchell Duke 5 G 3 A
Luke Vickery 5 G 1 A
Rafael Duran 4 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Perth Glory FC host Macarthur FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' William Freney has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 209 appearances.
  • 8' That is a card for Macarthur FC. Luke Brattan will be fuming at that decision.
  • 13' Macarthur FC is showing some good football. However, Macarthur FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 18' Perth Glory FC are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Macarthur FC's 3-4-2-1 shape.
  • 23' Macarthur FC come into this ranked 7 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 27' Scott Wootton is having his name booked by the referee on 27.
  • 32' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 37' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 42' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 47' Perth Glory FC currently sit 11 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 48' Goal! Nicholas Pennington scores his 3 goal in 209 matches.
  • 53' Iraq international Charbel Shamoon has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 56' Another substitution for Macarthur FC to replace Rafael Duran by Dean Bosnjak on 56 minute.
  • 61' Perth Glory FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Gabriel Popovic scoring 1 goals.
  • 66' The travelling Macarthur FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 68' Against the run of play, Luke Vickery has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 68' Time for substitution for Perth Glory FC. Jaiden Kucharski is replaced by Stefan Colakovski.
  • 73' Harry Sawyer is replacing Liam Rose for the Macarthur FC side.
  • 76' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Gabriel Popovic makes it 2-1.
  • 80' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Gabriel Popovic on 80 minutes.
  • 83' Bernardo Oliveira is replacing Luke Brattan for the Macarthur FC side.
  • 87' Arion Sulemani is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gabriel Popovic at the 87 minute mark.
  • 90' Luke Vickery picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • Macarthur FC will have plenty to reflect on. Perth Glory FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Perth Glory FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adam Griffiths

Macarthur FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mile Sterjovski

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jed Drew 3
Valere Germain 3
Matt Derbyshire 3
Ulises Davila 3
David Williams 2
Marin Jakolis 2
Craig Noone 1
Luke Vickery 1

Head to Head

2026-04-12 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC 2026-02-06 Macarthur FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2025-11-30 Macarthur FC 0–2 Perth Glory FC 2024-12-27 Perth Glory FC 0–3 Macarthur FC 2024-10-20 Macarthur FC 6–1 Perth Glory FC

Perth Glory FC Form

2026-04-12 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC W 2026-04-04 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2026-03-22 Perth Glory FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-03-14 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–0 Perth Glory FC L 2026-03-08 Auckland FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2026-02-28 Brisbane Roar FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D

Macarthur FC Form

2026-04-12 Perth Glory FC 3–1 Macarthur FC L 2026-04-02 Macarthur FC 3–2 Newcastle United Jets FC W 2026-03-21 Auckland FC 1–2 Macarthur FC W 2026-03-15 Melbourne Victory FC 4–1 Macarthur FC L 2026-03-04 Macarthur FC 1–3 Central Coast Mariners FC L 2026-02-28 Macarthur FC 0–4 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.92 Perth Glory FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.57 Macarthur FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 67% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Perth Glory FC49% Draw23% Macarthur FC28%
Actual: Perth Glory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

Perth Glory FC or Draw
72%
Draw or Macarthur FC
51%
Perth Glory FC or Macarthur FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Perth Glory FC34% Draw41% Macarthur FC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.1%
2 – 1
8.5%
1 – 2
7%
2 – 2
6.6%
2 – 0
5.7%
3 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
5.3%
0 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
4.3%
0 – 1
4.1%
0 – 2
3.8%
1 – 3
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Perth Glory FC

Handicap Perth Glory FC covers Push Macarthur FC covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 19% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
Macarthur FC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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