Perth Glory vs Melbourne Victory Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Both Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory have tended to be involved in high-scoring games this season and this looks like another match that could produce plenty of goalmouth action.

Victory come into this match following a shock 3-0 defeat at Wellington. It came out of the blue to some extent, given they’d won all of their previous 6 A-League games. The fact they conceded a few goals wasn’t a huge surprise given they’ve kept just 1 clean sheet in their last 6 matches and have only kept clean sheets in 27% of their games this season. However, their inability to find a breakthrough at the other end was more baffling as they’ve had little trouble finding the back of the net this term.

Melbourne Victory average 2.33 goals per game in the A-League this season, which is the best goal-scoring record in the division and a huge 73% of their games and 71% of their away games have had over 2.5 goals in total. One man in great form in front of goal is Kiwi striker Marco Rojas. He has netted 10 in his last 12 games for club and country and given that, backing Rojas to score anytime at 7/4 looks a good bet here.

Perth Glory’s defensive problems back that up. They’ve conceded exactly 2 goals per game on average this season and only bottom club Central Coast Mariners have conceded more times. Those goals have been fairly evenly split between home and away games too, with 1.86 coming on their own patch, so there should be plenty of opportunities for the high-flying visitors here. However,Perth do possess a goal threat and could score at least a couple themselves if Victory defend like they did at Wellington last time out.

Both teams have scored in a massive 87% of Perth Glory games this term and in 67% of Melbourne Victory matches. Therefore, backing Over 2.5 Goals & Both Teams to Score at 8/11 looks like a solid punt here.