Can the Perth Glory playing group hold together after one of the most tumultuous weeks in the A-League’s short history when they host Melbourne City? Join The Roar from 5pm (AEST) to find out.
Coming off a week which saw them barred from participating in the A-League finals due to salary cap breaches, and cop a 3-0 home demolition at the hands of Sydney FC, how will Perth respond?
Their season is all but finished, despite being the premier side in the competition for much of the campaign – there aren’t many worse feelings.
Pride is still on the line though as they welcome a Melbourne City side looking to string together some form in the run in to the finals.
City are undefeated in their last five and some would suggest they should be favourites for this one all considered. However, spoils have been even in the last four fixtures between the two sides.
When they last met, in January, the Glory ran out easy 3-0 victors, while in the fixture previous City secured maximum points at a score line of 2-1. The two fixtures prior to that were both stalemates.
In team news, Perth have added Riley Woodcock and Diogo Ferreira to their squad and continue to be without the injured duo of Youssouf Hersi and Ruben Zadkovch. City have added Iain Ramsay, Jack Clisby, Marc Marino and Nick Symeoy to their side.
Prediction
Glory 1-2 City.
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Mister Football
Roar Guru
You'd think the glory players wouldn't have had their mind and heart in it, so it's actually a pretty poor result for City because they had a fair bit to play for.
Mister Football
Roar Guru
Actually, I forgot about that, two perth teams playing on the same day would definitely eat into the crowd a bit.
bryan
Guest
I probably would have gone,but as a "crosscoder",I had a prior appointment at Subi Oval. Some of the drop in attendance may be for the same reason,with the remainder due to the "boycott". Good win,boys!
Stevo
Roar Rookie
The fans seemed surprisingly muted on the Fox telecast. That explains it. As for our performance, hmmmmmmmm, JVS coaching us next season?
Mister Football
Roar Guru
The Glory fans had publicly sought that there be a boycott of the game today as a message to Tony Sage. The attendance was 5,821 which suggests that they met with some success.
Midfielder
Guest
Interesting today that Nick Tanna said he was willing to take over PG should Tony Saga want out...