Thursday , 2 July 2026

Perth Glory FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON

A League · 2019-20
Perth Glory FC
2 – 3
Full Time
Melbourne City FC
Sun 8 Mar 2020 · 07:00 UTC HBF Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+9'
Y 14' Rostyn Griffiths
Y 59' Florin Berenguer
Y 82' Adrian Luna
Nicholas D'Agostino 85' Y
Y 88' Craig Noone
Y 90' Scott Galloway

Overview

Match Preview

Perth Glory FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League at HBF Park.

Match Details

  • Referee Kristian Griffiths-Jones
  • Referee Kurt Ams
  • Referee Josh Manella
  • Referee Arvin Shanmuganathan
  • Referee Adam Fielding

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

5
5
9
Perth Glory FC 19 games · Avg 3.5 goals Melbourne City FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-03-08 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2020-01-25 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC 2019-12-06 Melbourne City FC 0–3 Perth Glory FC 2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2019-01-19 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC

Recent Form

Perth Glory FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Melbourne City FC H 2–3 L
29 Feb Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–2 L
22 Feb Brisbane Roar FC A 1–1 D
07 Feb Wellington Phoenix FC H 4–2 W
01 Feb Melbourne Victory FC H 2–2 D
25 Jan Melbourne City FC A 0–0 D
Melbourne City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Perth Glory FC A 3–2 W
01 Mar Brisbane Roar FC H 1–0 W
15 Feb Wellington Phoenix FC A 0–1 L
07 Feb Melbourne Victory FC H 2–1 W
01 Feb Adelaide United FC A 1–3 L
25 Jan Perth Glory FC H 0–0 D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

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

Perth Glory FC are 10th (31 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 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
Melbourne City FC
0-15
–/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
3/–
76+
2/4
■ 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
Melbourne City FC
Max Caputo 8 G 1 A
Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A
Medin Memeti 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at HBF Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Perth Glory FC that had 209 games and scored 278 goals.
  • 14' Melbourne City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 14.
  • 19' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 24' The Australia Rostyn Griffiths breaks the deadlock on 24 minutes. 0-1!
  • 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 3 times this season with Melbourne City FC winning 33.33% of all matches.
  • 30' Florin Berenguer adds to his 0 season tally! Melbourne City FC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 34' Susaeta has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 34 minutes.
  • 39' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Perth Glory FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 44' Both keepers have barely been tested. Perth Glory FC and Melbourne City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 46' A change in the Perth Glory FC ranks — Tarek Elrich exits the field as Ivan Franjic enters on 46.
  • 51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Scott Jamieson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Perth Glory FC.
  • 53' Brilliant from the ! Joel Chianese makes it 1-3 with a superb finish on 53.
  • 58' It looks surprising Perth Glory FC does not make any changes. Alex Grant has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 59' Controversy at the stadium! Florin Berenguer argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 59' It is a substitution in Melbourne City FC team. Susaeta is replaced by Lachlan Wales on 59 minute.
  • 60' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Nathaniel Atkinson by Harrison Delbridge on 60 minute.
  • 65' GOAL! Bruno Fornaroli fires home to make it 2-3!
  • 70' Melbourne City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 73' Another substitution for Melbourne City FC to replace Rostyn Griffiths by Scott Galloway on 73 minute.
  • 78' The Perth Glory FC bench stirs into life. Joel Chianese is withdrawn and Nicholas D'Agostino gets his opportunity.
  • 82' Adrian Luna has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 82.
  • 85' Poor challenge from Nicholas D'Agostino. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 88' The referee has no hesitation. Craig Noone is booked for Melbourne City FC — Yellow card on 88.
  • 90' Scott Galloway has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Perth Glory FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tony Popović

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erick Mombaerts

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2020-03-08 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2020-01-25 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC 2019-12-06 Melbourne City FC 0–3 Perth Glory FC 2019-03-03 Melbourne City FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC 2019-01-19 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC

Perth Glory FC Form

2020-03-08 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC L 2020-02-29 Newcastle United Jets FC 2–1 Perth Glory FC L 2020-02-22 Brisbane Roar FC 1–1 Perth Glory FC D 2020-02-07 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Wellington Phoenix FC W 2020-02-01 Perth Glory FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory FC D 2020-01-25 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC D

Melbourne City FC Form

2020-03-08 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC W 2020-03-01 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2020-02-15 Wellington Phoenix FC 1–0 Melbourne City FC L 2020-02-07 Melbourne City FC 2–1 Melbourne Victory FC W 2020-02-01 Adelaide United FC 3–1 Melbourne City FC L 2020-01-25 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Perth Glory FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.63 Perth Glory FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.48 Melbourne City FC xG
I would bet for: Perth Glory FC or Melbourne City FC 73% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Perth Glory FC40% Draw27% Melbourne City FC33%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.11
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Perth Glory FC or Draw
67%
Draw or Melbourne City FC
60%
Perth Glory FC or Melbourne City FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Perth Glory FC30% Draw44% Melbourne City FC26%
Actual: Melbourne City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted
2 – 3
Actual
1 – 1
11.7%
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 2
7.7%
1 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
6.2%
0 – 0
6.1%
2 – 0
5.9%
0 – 1
5.8%
0 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.6%
1 – 3
3.8%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Perth Glory FC

Handicap Perth Glory FC covers Push Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 19% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 17% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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