DomainJava.com – Perth Glory vs Western United prediction in the A-League match, Perth Glory will welcome Western United at HBF Park in the A-League on Friday. The hosts are digging a hole while the visitors are looking to extend their good run.
Perth Glory are starting a new season where they left off last season. They finished bottom of the standings in 2023-24 and are currently one place above the bottom. They have won just one game out of 10, losing seven and drawing two, with five points on the board. The hosts have the worst goal difference in the table – minus 22.
The Glory have won the Premiership once in 2018-19 and finished Championship runners-up twice. Coach Alen Stajcic left the team by mutual consent ahead of the new season, but new manager David Zdrilic has not been convincing. Perth Glory will relish the prospect of picking up their first home win of the season on Friday.
Western United appears to have recovered from their 3-1 home defeat against Melbourne Victory on matchday six. They are unbeaten since then, and will enter the upcoming game on the back of three straight wins, scoring nine goals. They have also won their last three away games, scoring 11 goals.
The visitors won four times, drew three times and lost three times, leaving them sixth in the standings with 15 points. Western United is on 15 points with the other two teams while the three teams above them each hold 18 points. This means that the away team can make big progress if they win, but could also be overtaken by the three teams currently behind them.
Perth Glory will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-3 A-League loss in their previous game against Macarthur FC.
In that match, Perth Glory had 43% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. On the other side, Macarthur FC had 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jed Drew (27′, 33′) and Ariath Piol (73′) scored for Macarthur FC.
Perth Glory have found it difficult to unlock defences in recent times. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 versus opponents during their last 6 matches. In those meetings, Perth Glory have also seen the number of goals against them total 14.
Western United go into this meeting after a 1-0 A-League win as they beat Brisbane Roar in their previous match.
In that game, Western United managed 47% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Western United was Hiroshi Ibusuki (44′). For their opponents, Brisbane Roar had 14 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Demonstrating their penchant for productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the last six games in which Western United have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposing teams have hit 7 of this grand total. With no two games being the same, we must now wait to see whether that trend will be sustained in this game or not.
A look at their previous head to head meetings since 10 December 2022 tells us that Perth Glory have won 1 & Western United 5, with the draw tally being 0.
A total of 21 goals came between them during the clash, with 8 from Glory and 13 from The West. That is an average number of goals per game of 3.5.
The last league clash featuring these clubs was A-League match day 5 on 22 November 2024 which ended with Perth Glory 1-3 Western United.
In that match, Perth Glory had 33% possession of the ball and 15 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Trent Ostler (52′).
Western United had 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Dylan Leonard (60′) and Hiroshi Ibusuki (65′, 76′) scored.
The referee is Alireza Faghani.
Anas Hamzaoui (unknown injury), Nikola Mileusnic (unknown injury) and David Williams (torn cruciate ligament) will not be available for Perth Glory manager David Zdrilic.
Western United manager John Aloisi had to choose a team with limited availability. James Donachie (calf stiffness), Sebastian Pasquali (broken fibula) and Khoder Kaddour (torn cruciate ligament) will not feature.
(source: Sportsmole)
Perth Glory vs Western United Player Predictions
In this match, Western United had the ability to create many opportunities and shots on target.
At the same time, Perth Glory may have difficulty scoring goals, but we can see they also get opportunities to score goals.
Therefore, we expect a controlled 1-3 winning scoreline for Western United at the end of the match.
Perth Glory vs Western United Score Prediction: 1-3
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