Game 4

Western Sydney Wanderers FC vs Perth Glory

Coming off the biggest surprise of the season with Western Sydney losing their first game of the year and in quite a fashion at that. A 4-0 scoreline might have been predicted but definitely with the Wanderers on the winning end. 

Perth Glory got last week off with a bye, but the week before they were able to capture just their second point of the season in a 2-2 tie with Adelaide. Remarkably, those two goals are a third of the goals Perth has scored all season.

This game will be looked at as how can the Wanderers bounce back from last week and will they take out all of their frustration on Perth.

 

Key Matchup

Wanderers Offence vs Perth Glory Defence

This may look like an obvious and almost easy answer to this game, but the Wanderers were just shutout for the first time all year. They are one of if not the best offence in the league with 16 goals on the year. To think a team would go without losing a game in the W-League would be difficult to believe, but to think the Wanderers would lose their first game so badly was a shock. 

An offence that has Kristen Hamilton and Kyra Cooney-Cross who have scored 11 goals just between the two of them is tough to stop. 

Then on the flip side Perth is tied for the second most goals conceded with 13. Perth has had zero shutouts and limited offence of their own. If Western Sydney puts up a lot of goals, Perth cannot expect to hang with them. They have to limit the Wanderers to one to two goals maximum if they want to try and earn at least a tie.

 

Score Prediction

4-0 Western Sydney

The Wanderers are going to repay their last week’s beating to Perth. Western Sydney does not want to look like a team on the decline and they need to keep their goal differential above Sydney FC and close to Melbourne City. 

This will be a revenge game where Perth happens to be the team standing in the way.