Week 5 brings us a match on Nov 5th where Melbourne City plays host to Perth Glory in a clash of the A-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Melbourne City is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Wellington Phoenix. Jamie MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 16th minute on a penalty kick, then Marco Tilio added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Mathew Leckie. Melbourne City is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Perth Glory recorded a 1-2 loss against Adelaide United. Craig Goodwin struck first for Adelaide United in the 18th minute on a feed from Ben Halloran, then Hiroshi Ibusuki added another in the 22nd minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw apiece.
Both Callum Timmins and Aaron McEneff have been the hottest scorers for Perth Glory in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Melbourne City is fortunate enough to have MacLaren in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals.