In a weekend match in week 16, on Sat Feb 11th, Perth Glory hosts Melbourne City at Nib Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched A-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Perth Glory sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Newcastle Jets. Bodnar struck first for Perth Glory in the 44th minute on a feed from Keegan Jelacic, then Reno Piscopo tied it up for Newcastle Jets in the 59th minute on a feed from Beka Mikeltadze . Perth Glory is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Melbourne City recorded a 6-1 blowout win against Macarthur. Jamie MacLaren scored the first goal for Melbourne City in the 3rd minute, then Richard van der Venne added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Valon Berisha. Melbourne City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Nov 5th, Melbourne City was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Jamie MacLaren struck first for Melbourne City in the 49th minute on a feed from Marco Tilio, then Jamie MacLaren added another in the 75th minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Perth Glory couldn’t manage to score, and Melbourne City took the shutout win.
In the last five matches, both Richard van der Venne and MacLaren are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Melbourne City and look to continue their dominance.. Perth Glory’s most prolific scorer has been David Williams. The Australian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.