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Perth Glory vs Melbourne Victory: FFA Cup live scores, blog

7th August, 2018

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Perth Glory vs Melbourne Victory

2018 FFA Cup, Round of 32, August 7. Fulltime

Dorrien Gardens, Perth, WA
Perth Glory Melbourne Victory
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Kick-off: 8:30pm (AEST)
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, Perth, Western Australia
TV: None
Online: Live, Fox Sports app, foxsports.com.au
Betting: Glory $2.40, Victory $2.40

Perth Glory (squad)
Tando Velaphi (GK), Alex Grant, Jason Davidson, Shane Lowry, Ivan Franjic, Dino Djulbic, Joel Chianese, Xavi Torres, Brendon Santalab, Nick Feely (GK), Chris Harold, Brandon Wilson, Diego Castro, Daniel Stynes, Jake Brimmer, Jacob Italiano, Fabio Ferreira, Scott Neville, Walter Scott, Yagoub Mustafa, Juande, Jackson Lee, Liam Reddy (GK), Neil Kilkenny, Matthew Spiranovic, Tomislav Mrcela

Melbourne Victory (squad)
Matt Acton (GK), Storm Roux, Corey Brown, Nick Ansell, Georg Niedermeier, Leigh Broxham, Kenny Athiu, Terry Antonis, Kosta Barbarouses, James Troisi, Thomas Deng, Joshua Hope, Lawrence Thomas (GK), Carl Valeri, Jai Ingham, Birkan Kirdar, Nicholas Sette, Matthew Sutton (GK)
Perth Glory. (Photo by Stefan Gosatti/Getty Images)
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The Perth Glory are out get their first win under Tony Popovic when they face A-League champions the Melbourne Victory in the FFA Cup Round of 32. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 8:30pm (AEST).

With plenty of new faces floating around, Popovic has had the Glory looking solid throughout pre-season. While they lost to Chelsea, it was a gallant effort from the men in purple, with their other games against Western Australian NPL teams all resulting in handy wins.

Their last outing saw a 5-2 win over the WA State team, although the Victory will put up a much tougher opposition than that.

Perth will be without captain Andy Keogh, who is battling an ankle injury, with reports he will struggle to be fit for Round 1 of the A-League season in October.

But the rest of the squad appears healthy, with Diego Castro and Xavi Torres looking to work on their combination and lead from the front.

For the Victory, this is their first competitive game of this season. Their last match, of course, was that grand final victory over the Jets in Newcastle, with a controversial goal winning them the contest.

Nonetheless, the Victory had a superb 2017-18 season and have just announced the signing of Japanese international Keisuke Honda. While he won’t play this evening, they will be buoyed by the superstar joining the club.

The Melburnians have done plenty of work on their defence during the off-season, signing Storm Roux from the Central Coast and German defender Georg Niedermeier.

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Kosta Barbarouses will be going around again and if he can get good service from club captain Carl Valeri and James Troisi out of midfield, there could be plenty of headaches for the Perth defence.

Prediction
Perth are at home, but without Keogh, they may struggle for control and attacking power.

The defending A-League champions should advance to the Round of 16.

Glory 1-2 Victory.

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