Perth Glory will be hoping for a win on their home field when they face Melbourne Victory at nib Stadium on Saturday night. Join The Roar for live scores from the match starting at 6:40pm local time, 9:40pm AEDT.
The Glory are on the outside of the current A-League top six looking in as they face an enormous challenge to close the gap between themselves and the currently sixth-placed Adelaide United.
The Reds have seven competition points in hand over the Glory – or two wins and a draw – and with eleven games left for either side in the season, the time to make that up in is beginning to run low.
Similarly Melbourne Victory are one of a pack of teams currently facing the Western Sydney Wanderers for top spot on the A-League table.
The Wanderers have amassed 33 competition points and have the second best goal difference in the league, more than a win clear of any other team in the league and exactly two wins clear of fourth-placed Victory.
Both sides could certainly use a win as they look to pursue their particular goals – Perth hoping for an unlikely finals berth, Victory looking to knock the Wanderers off the top of the table.
Victory have been on a solid streak of form recently, with five consecutive games undefeated and wins over the Newcastle Jets (1-0), Brisbane Roar (4-0) and Sydney FC (1-0) in that time.
Perth on the other hand come into this match on the back of one of the most dominant performances of the season, a 6-1 smashing of the Newcastle Jets.
They played Victory five weeks ago in the last match of 2015 for either side and on that occasion achieved a 1-1 draw at AAMI Park. They’ll take confidence from that result tonight as they aim to go one better on their home field.
Prediction: Glory to cause an upset, 2-1.
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