In this 9th week match, on Friday Dec 23rd, Perth Glory will host Wellington Phoenix in a A-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Perth Glory is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Macarthur. Bachana Arabuli struck first for Macarthur in the 71st minute on a feed from Al Hassan Toure, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Perth Glory couldn’t manage to score, and Macarthur took the shutout win. Perth Glory looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Wellington Phoenix, recorded a 3-1 win against Adelaide United. Oskar Zawada scored the first goal for Wellington Phoenix in the 2nd minute, then Craig Goodwin tied it up for Adelaide United in the 12th minute. Wellington Phoenix is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Wellington Phoenix won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Wellington Phoenix is fortunate enough to have Bozhidar Kraev in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Perth Glory’s most prolific scorer has been Colli. The Australian midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.