Perth Glory overcomes Melbourne City after recovering from a 1-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

PERTH. Perth Glory was able to reverse the score against Melbourne City.

February 3, 2024

PERTH. Perth Glory succeeded in turn the tables against Melbourne City. Melbourne City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Perth Rectangular Stadium stadium in Perth on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Shane Skinner with the support of Arvin Shanmuganathan and Josh Manella. The 4th official was Daniel Cook. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.89 degrees Celsius or 87.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.

Match Statistics

Perth Glory

4 - 2

Melbourne City

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

14 Total 17
7 On Target 8
4 Off Target 8
3 Shots blocked 2

79 Attack 122
52 Dangerous attack 51
63 Ball safe 76

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 8

Fouls

7 Total 2
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Melbourne City was in firm control of the ball 56% while Perth Glory was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Perth Glory was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Perth Glory won the match.

Perth Glory shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City shot 17 times, 8 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Perth Glory received 3 yellow cards (Jarrod Carluccio, Mustafa Amini and Stefan Colakovski). Regarding the opposition, Melbourne City received 1 yellow card (Mathew Leckie).

Match Timeline

Aleksandar Susnjar (own-goal)

21'

Mustafa Amini(penalty)

45'

Stefan Colakovski- Yellow

48'

60'

Tolgay Arslan(goal)Jamie Maclaren

59'

Jordon Hall- sub ->Nuno Reis

David Williams- sub ->Stefan Colakovski

61'

Mustafa Amini- Yellow

63'

68'

Scott Galloway (own-goal)

Adam Taggart(goal)Daniel Bennie

70'

71'

Benjamin Mazzeo - sub ->Andrew Nabbout

72'

James Jeggo- sub ->Terry Antonis

Joel Anasmo- sub ->Mustafa Amini

77'

Luke Bodnar- sub ->Daniel Bennie

77'

Jarrod Carluccio- sub ->Bruce Kamau

77'

Jarrod Carluccio- Yellow

80'

82'

M. Caputo- sub ->Harry Politidis

82'

Mathew Leckie- sub ->Léo Natel

84'

Mathew Leckie- Yellow

90'

Joel Anasmo(goal)David Williams

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Central Coast Mariners

Western Sydney Wanderers

After playing this match, Perth Glory has 15 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Melbourne City will stays with 21 points to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

Perth Glory – Formation

Perth Glory

Oliver Sail 1.New Zealand

8.1

John Koutroumbis 2.Australia

7.5

Riley Warland 14.Australia

6.7

Aleksandar Susnjar 15.Australia

6.8

Darryl Lachman 29.Curaçao

6.6

Mustafa Amini 8.Australia

7.3

77'

63'

45'

G. Colli 20.Australia

6.4

D. Bennie 23.Australia

7.5

77'

Bruce Kamau 77.Australia

6.6

77'

Stefan Colakovski 7.Australia

6.8

61'

48'

Adam Taggart 22.Australia

7.8

90'

70'

Substitutes

C. Cook 13.Australia

Luke Bodnar 4.Australia

6.8

77'

J. Rawlins 16.Australia

David Williams 9.Australia

7.8

61'

Luke Ivanovic 12.Australia

6.6

90'

Jarrod Carluccio 17.Australia

7.0

77'

80'

Joel Anasmo 31.Australia

7.1

77'

90'

Perth Glory started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Alen Stajcic decided to play with the following team: Oliver Sail (8.1), John Koutroumbis (7.5), Darryl Lachman (6.6), Aleksandar Susnjar (6.8), Riley Warland (6.7), Daniel Bennie (7.5), Mustafa Amini (7.3), Giordano Colli (6.4), Bruce Kamau (6.6), Adam Taggart (7.8) and Stefan Colakovski (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Luke Bodnar (6.8), David Williams (7.8), Luke Ivanovic (6.6), Cameron Cook, Joshua Rawlins, Jarrod Carluccio (7.0) and Joel Anasmo (7.1).

Substitutions

Perth Glory made 4 changes: Stefan Colakovski for David Williams (61′), Bruce Kamau for Jarrod Carluccio (77′), Daniel Bennie for Luke Bodnar (77′) and Adam Taggart for Luke Ivanovic (90′).

Player of the match: Oliver Sail

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Perth Glory was the goalkeeper: Oliver Sail. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Melbourne City – Formation

Melbourne City

Jamie Young 1.Australia

7.3

Scott Galloway 2.Australia

7.0

Nuno Reis 4.Portugal

6.1

59'

Curtis Good 22.Australia

7.1

Harry Politidis 38.Australia

7.0

82'

Steven Ugarkovic 6.Australia

6.4

Tolgay Arslan 10.Germany

8.1

60'

Léo Natel 11.Brazil

7.0

82'

Andrew Nabbout 15.Australia

7.0

71'

Terry Antonis 17.Australia

6.3

72'

Jamie Maclaren 9.Australia

6.8

Substitutes

Patrick Beach 33.Australia

Jordon Hall 18.Australia

6.8

59'

James Jeggo 8.Australia

6.7

72'

A. Lopane 21.Australia

Mathew Leckie 7.Australia

7.0

82'

84'

M. Caputo 37.Australia

6.7

82'

Benjamin Mazzeo 46.Australia

6.8

71'

Melbourne City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Aurelio Vidmar played with: Jamie Young (7.3), Scott Galloway (7.0), Nuno Reis (6.1), Curtis Good (7.1), Harry Politidis (7.0), Steven Ugarković (6.4), Terry Antonis (6.3), Andrew Nabbout (7.0), Tolgay Arslan (8.1), Léo Natel (7.0) and Jamie Maclaren (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Mathew Leckie (7.0), James Jeggo (6.7), Jordon Hall (6.8), Alessandro Lopane, Patrick Beach, Max Caputo (6.7) and Benjamin Mazzeo (6.8).

Substitutions

Melbourne City made 5 changes: Nuno Reis for Jordon Hall (59′), Terry Antonis for James Jeggo (72′), Léo Natel for Mathew Leckie (82′), Andrew Nabbout for Benjamin Mazzeo (71′) and Harry Politidis for Max Caputo (82′).

Player of the match: Tolgay Arslan

The most impressive player for Melbourne City was Tolgay Arslan.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 54 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 11 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.