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

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A League · 2023-24

Perth Glory FC

4 – 2

Full Time

Melbourne City FC

Fri 2 Feb 2024 · 10:45 UTC HBF Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Stefan Colakovski 48' Y

Mustafa Amini 63' Y

Jarrod Carluccio 80' Y

Y 84' Mathew Leckie

Overview

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

Perth Glory FC 26 games · 31 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Kearney Robinson
Referee Shane Skinner

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2024-02-02 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC 2023-12-08 Perth Glory FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC 2023-02-11 Perth Glory FC 2–4 Melbourne City FC 2022-11-05 Melbourne City FC 4–0 Perth Glory FC 2022-05-04 Perth Glory FC 2–0 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Perth Glory FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Feb	Melbourne City FC	H	4–2	W
28 Jan	Macarthur FC	A	2–2	D
20 Jan	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	2–1	W
14 Jan	Wellington Phoenix FC	H	3–4	L
06 Jan	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–3	L
31 Dec	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	2–4	L

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Feb	Perth Glory FC	A	2–4	L
25 Jan	Adelaide United FC	H	1–0	W
21 Jan	Central Coast Mariners FC	A	1–2	L
12 Jan	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	H	0–1	L
07 Jan	Western United FC	A	2–1	W
28 Dec	Brisbane Roar FC	H	8–1	W

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Perth Glory FC to score. At the same time, Melbourne City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Melbourne City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Perth Glory FC and Melbourne City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Perth Glory FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Melbourne City FC's shape.
20' Melbourne City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
21' Aleksandar Susnjar does the damage! The net is bulging and Perth Glory FC surge ahead!
26' Perth Glory FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
31' Both keepers have barely been tested. Perth Glory FC and Melbourne City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
36' Johnny Koutroumbis has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
41' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
48' Stefan Colakovski picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' GOAL! Mustafa Amini scores on 45.
55' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike van Houten might look to freshen things up shortly.
60' Against the run of play, Tolgay Arslan has scored! This game has turned on its head.
60' The Melbourne City FC bench stirs into life. Nuno Reis is withdrawn and Jordon Hall gets his opportunity.
61' The whistle greets Stefan Colakovski as he departs to be replaced by David Williams.
63' Perth Glory FC player sees a card in front of him.
68' What a strike from Scott Galloway! The score is 2-2.
70' The deadlock is broken! Adam Taggart gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
71' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Andrew Nabbout departs to be replaced by Benjamin Mazzeo.
72' The Melbourne City FC manager makes a substitution. Terry Antonis departs to be replaced by James Jeggo.
77' A tactical swap from Perth Glory FC — Joel Anasmo on, Mustafa Amini off on 77 minutes.
80' Jarrod Carluccio has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 80.
82' Leo Natel makes way for Mathew Leckie at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
83' Harry Politidis makes way for Max Caputo at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Melbourne City FC.
84' It’s a booking for Melbourne City FC player. Mathew Leckie gets a card.
89' Melbourne City FC have won 386 goals from 208 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
90' The whistle greets Adam Taggart as he departs to be replaced by Luke Ivanovic.
Game over. The scoreline of 4-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Perth Glory FC Lineups

Starting XI

29
Darryl Lachman
22
Adam Taggart ↓ Luke Ivanovic 90'
2
Johnny Koutroumbis
77
Bruce Kamau ↓ Jarrod Carluccio 77'
1
Oliver Sail
8
Mustafa Amini ↓ Joel Anasmo 77'
7
Stefan Colakovski ↓ David Williams 61'
14
Riley Warland
15
Aleksandar Susnjar
20
Giordano Colli
31
Daniel Bennie ↓ Luke Bodnar 77'

Bench

12
Luke Ivanovic ↑ 90'
16
Joshua Rawlins
17
Jarrod Carluccio ↑ 77'
4
Luke Bodnar ↑ 77'
13
Cameron Cook
18
David Williams ↑ 61'
48
Joel Anasmo ↑ 77'

Melbourne City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Mathew Leckie ↑ 82'
18
Jordon Hall ↑ 60'
21
Alessandro Lopane
3
James Jeggo ↑ 72'
33
Patrick Beach
37
Max Caputo ↑ 83'
46
Benjamin Mazzeo ↑ 71'

Coach Mike van Houten

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Perth Glory FC Form

2024-02-02 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC W 2024-01-28 Macarthur FC 2–2 Perth Glory FC D 2024-01-20 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–2 Perth Glory FC W 2024-01-14 Perth Glory FC 3–4 Wellington Phoenix FC L 2024-01-06 Perth Glory FC 2–3 Melbourne Victory FC L 2023-12-31 Central Coast Mariners FC 4–2 Perth Glory FC L

Melbourne City FC Form

2024-02-02 Perth Glory FC 4–2 Melbourne City FC L 2024-01-25 Melbourne City FC 1–0 Adelaide United FC W 2024-01-21 Central Coast Mariners FC 2–1 Melbourne City FC L 2024-01-12 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Western Sydney Wanderers FC L 2024-01-07 Western United FC 1–2 Melbourne City FC W 2023-12-28 Melbourne City FC 8–1 Brisbane Roar FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.92 Perth Glory FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Perth Glory FC or Melbourne City FC 76% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Perth Glory FC42% Draw24% Melbourne City FC34%

Actual: Perth Glory FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Perth Glory FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

58%

Perth Glory FC or Melbourne City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Perth Glory FC31% Draw39% Melbourne City FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 2

4.5%

2 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

4.3%

0 – 2

1 – 0

0 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Perth Glory FC

Handicap	Perth Glory FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	17%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Perth Glory FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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