Melbourne City vs Perth Glory: Lineups, Predictions & Betting

Melbourne City vs Perth Glory: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Sixth place meets tenth in the Australian A-League, where Perth Glory travel to Melbourne to take on Melbourne City FC.

The hosts have struggled for form in recent weeks, with just one win from the last five. However, have the joint second best defence having conceded seven goals in nine games.

Visitors Perth Glory find themselves two places from bottom in the top division of Australia, and are coming off the back of two losses in a row after three wins on the spin.

Melbourne City Predicted XI

Goalkeeper: Beach

Defenders: Belhich, Ferreyra, Trewin, Atkinson

Midfielders: Kuen, Schreiber, Durakovic

Forwards: Rashani, Caputo, Kanamori

Perth Glory Predicted XI

Goalkeeper: Sutton

Defenders: Sutton, Kalltack, Wootton, Shamroon

Midfielders: Pennington, Timmins, Freney, Ostler

Forwards: Lawrence, Sulemani

Melbourne City Last Five Results

Melbourne City 1-1 Macarthur

Melbourne City 0-1 Melbourne Victory

FC Seoul 1-1 Melbourne City

Newcastle Jets 0-1 Melbourne City

Central Coast Mariners 0-0 Melbourne City

Melbourne City have struggled to find the net of late, scoring just four in their last five domestic matches. Recent poor form includes losing the Melbourne derby at home to rivals Melbourne Victory.

Perth Glory Last Five Results:

Perth Glory 0-1 Adelaide United

Perth Glory 0-1 Sydney FC

Perth Glory 1-0 Western Sydney Wanderers

Macarthur 0-2 Perth Glory

Newcastle Jets 1-2 Perth Glory

Form has come to a halt recently for Perth Glory with two home losses in a row to Sydney FC and Adelaide United which followed an impressive streak of three victories.

Key Players To Watch:

Melbourne City: Max Caputo

Max Caputo has been in polific form so far this season for Melbourne City, putting home four goals in seven games. His team will need him to keep firing as they look to get back to winning ways.

Perth Glory: Tom Lawrence

Experienced 31 year-old Welshman Tom Lawrence has previously played in the UEFA Champions League at Glasgow Rangers and is set to bring talent to Perth since moving to Australia at the start of the season

Best Melbourne City vs Perth Glory Betting Tip

Key betting tip: Melbourne City to win at 1.62 represents strong value based on the tip provided by our team of in-house tipsters

Match Facts

Sunday 28th December

Australian A-League

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne City)

Kick-Off: 8:00am GMT