Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the A-League Men match on December 08th, 2024

Melbourne Victory will be playing against Perth Glory in a A-League Men football match scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 08th, 2024, at 06:00h (UTC), in Australia, check the Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory will occur

The game is set to be played in the small AAMI Park stadium, in the city of Melbourne, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory betting tip 2024/2025

The A-League Men has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.29 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 3.09 goals per match played.

Melbourne Victory last match

In the last match they played, Melbourne Victory collected a win. The opposing team was Western United, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-3 - was valid for A-League Men. Coach T. Popović's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.70.

his entire team has much to thank to Nikos Vergos. The player's performance was brilliant in the team's victory. With 1 goal scored in the match and great appearances over the 90 minutes, he was the highlight of the game.

Perth Glory last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for A-League Men, Perth Glory, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Adelaide United team with a final score of 2-2.

The favorite to win the match was the rival team, that's why the draw (odd 6.00) in the end can be considered a positive result.

Melbourne Victory vs Perth Glory h2h

When these teams last played against each other in A-League Men, Perth Glory ranked 10th place while Melbourne Victory was in 3rd place. Perth Glory initiated hostilities with a 4-2-2-2 formation while Melbourne Victory played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

It was on 31-03-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 2-1 win for Melbourne Victory, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the A-League Men.

The last time these two teams faced off, neither team had a decisive advantage.

The Melbourne Victory team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Perth Glory team, which has no wins recently.

A. Meimarakis and P. Jaworski will be assisting the referee S. Skinner in this football match.

Melbourne Victory

A-League Men leaderboard now

The Melbourne Victory team with 13 points currently occupies the 2nd place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Final Series, with a campaign of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

In the 7th round, the team holds an advantage of 2 points over the Adelaide United team, which is in position 3 just below, and with 2 points less than that of the Auckland team that occupies the 1st place.

Melbourne Victory analysis

After 6 matches, Melbourne Victory shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 10 goals and conceded 4.

One factor to consider is Melbourne Victory average number of shots on goal, only 4.33 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

The average ball possession of Melbourne Victory in this league is 46.83%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Perth Glory they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

While Perth Glory has only managed to convert 4 of their 485 attacks into goals, Melbourne Victory has been much more successful with 577 attacks and 10 goals.

Best goalscorer from Melbourne Victory

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Nikos Vergos so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Melbourne Victory to achieve victorious results this season.

Perth Glory

A-League Men leaderboard now

Perth Glory arrives in this game with 2 points, and in 12th place in the A-League Men, having won 0 games in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 2 draws.

This means that, in the 7th round, the team has an advantage of 1 point against the Brisbane Roar team that is just behind in 13th place.

Perth Glory analysis

Perth Glory, after 6 rounds, has conceded more goals than it has scored. The goals scored are in fact 4 while 18 are those conceded to opponents.

Perth Glory is going through a rough patch in their form, having lost their last 3 matches and drawing the other 2. They need to regroup and find a way to get back to winning ways if they want to stay competitive in the league.

Recent performances have shown that Perth Glory is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.67 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.

Increasingly prominent within the team, Joshua Risdon, a defender who arrived for this season, did another fine performance in the last duel of the club. In the match against Adelaide United, he was a fundamental piece, providing great security for the whole team and showing he is already fully adapted to the new club.

Best goalscorer from Perth Glory

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Adam Taggart so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Perth Glory to achieve victorious results this season.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

Taking into consideration that Perth Glory scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.92 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 1.83 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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