Perth Glory v Western United FC: match preview

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Goalkeeper Liam Reddy will become just the fourth player to reach the 300-game mark in the Hyundai A-League when Perth Glory host Western United FC on Saturday night.

Reddy, who is the first gloveman to reach the magical 300 mark, may be 38 but is showing no signs of slowing down and has kept a league-high seven clean sheets in 2019/20.

The last of those came in last weekend’s goalless draw against Sydney FC, which has seen Glory’s winless run extend to four matches and dropping Tony Popovic’s side to fifth on the ladder.

While it’s far from panic stations for last season’s Premiers, it’s a poor run they will want to arrest well before the Finals Series.

Meanwhile, United head west in a buoyant mood having scored 11 goals in their last two matches – big wins over Central Coast Mariners and Adelaide United – to surge into the top six.

And there’s no reason why the goals won’t continue to flow in this one, with an average of 5.2 goals per game in Glory’s last five matches at HBF Park.

This match has been pushed back to Monday, 23 March, with a new kick-off time of 4pm local, 7pm AEDT.

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Monday, 23 March 2020
Kick off: 4pm local, 7pm AEDT
Venue: HBF Park
Broadcast: FOX Sports 505
Stream: MyFootball Live App, Kayo Sports

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To be confirmed on Thursday.

Did you know?

Perth Glory are winless in their last three Hyundai A-League matches at HBF Park against Victorian opposition (D1, L2), they have never been on a longer winless run in such fixtures.
Western United FC have won their last two Hyundai A-League games in succession – scoring 11 goals in the process – and will be aiming for a club-record third consecutive victory.
Glory have scored 35 goals this Hyundai A-League season, 6.5 more than their Expected Goals figure suggests they should’ve; it’s the largest positive disparity of any team in the competition.
Two of the four players to have made a league-high seven assists this season come from Western United FC in skipper Alessandro Diamanti and right-back Josh Risdon.