Perth Glory vs Melbourne City FC, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Perth Glory

90'+1': Adam Taggart

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1 - 1

Melbourne City FC

21': Daniel Arzani

About

Perth Glory are hosting Melbourne City FC at HBF Park, Perth, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

21': Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 21'
66': Emin Durakovic (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 66'
66': Luca Tevere (Perth Glory) Substitution at 66'
66': Jaiden Kucharski (Perth Glory) Substitution at 66'
71': Harrison Shillington (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 71'
74': Giovanni De Abreu (Perth Glory) Yellow Card at 74'
81': Lawrence Wong (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 81'
81': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 81'
81': Anthony Didulica (Perth Glory) Substitution at 81'
89': Zach Lisolajski (Perth Glory) Substitution at 89'
90'+1': Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) Goal at 91'
90'+2': Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) Yellow Card at 92'
90'+3': Emin Durakovic (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 93'

Statistics

MCY		PER
8	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	2
5	Saves	5
50.3	Possession	49.7
20	SHOTS	13
6	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
6	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: HBF Park
Location: Perth, Australia
Attendance: 6,029

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	1	+2	3
2	Wellington Phoenix FC	1	+1	3
3	Macarthur FC	1	+1	3
4	Newcastle Jets	1	0	1

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Perth Glory (4-4-2)

No.	Name
29	Matthew Sutton (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
45	Brian Kaltack
3	Sam Sutton
2	Charbel Shamoon
27	William Freney
39	Giovanni De Abreu
67	Stefan Colakovski
7	Nicholas Pennington
25	Sebastian Despotovski
22	Adam Taggart

Perth Glory Substitutes:

Callum Timmins, Luca Tevere, Andriano Lebib, Ryan Warner, Zach Lisolajski, Anthony Didulica, Jaiden Kucharski.

Melbourne City FC (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Patrick Beach (GK)
26	Samuel Souprayen
22	German Ferreyra
16	Aziz Behich
13	Nathaniel Atkinson
8	Ryan Teague
11	Elbasan Rashani
47	Kavian Rahmani
17	Max Caputo
14	Daniel Arzani
28	Marcus Younis

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Harrison Delbridge, Harrison Shillington, Emin Durakovic, Andrew Nabbout, James Nieuwenhuizen, Zane Schreiber, Lawrence Wong.

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