Match Report
Perth Glory went into the game 10th in the table on 31 points; Macarthur sat 7th on 34 — a 3-point gap. Perth Glory had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Per game in the league, Perth Glory were scoring 1.23 and conceding 1.5, Macarthur 1.42 and 1.69, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Perth Glory were winless in 8.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 2 for Perth Glory, 4 for Macarthur and 2 drawn, at 4 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
The match was played at Spotless Stadium (capacity 25,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Perth Glory: N. Pennington (48'), Gabriel Popovic (76'), Arion Sulemani (90') · Macarthur: Luke Vickery (68')
Key stats
Possession: Perth Glory 47% · Macarthur 53% · Total shots: 18-14 · On target: 7-4 · Corners: 2-1