So expect chances in the box to be taken. Glory’s last three games have seen them draw in Brisbane and not get the points against the Jets or City.īoth sides have proved clinical in front of goal this season with a shot conversion rate of 18% for United and 19.1% for Glory. Mark Rudan’s men are aiming for a club-record third consecutive three points after last week’s bye. Perth’s form hasn’t been their best but who could ever write off a side with such quality? As razor-sharp as ever: 15 goals for the season has him well in contention for the Golden Boot (Sydney FC’s Adam Le Fondre leads on 16) after four in the United striker’s last two. The 27-year-old wingback’s outing at Coopers a timely reminder of the Socceroo’s regal form after three assists got him into the EA SPORTS’ FIFA 20 TOTW (just a week after Burgess was also named following his 19-minute hat-trick against the Mariners).Īnd Besart Berisha continues to be Besart Berisha. Meanwhile, Perth boy Josh Risdon is set to return to where it all began for him. Attacking midfielder Max Burgess is floating in and out of pockets and causing mayhem with four goals in the last two games. United have in-form players across the board. It’s been a mad March for United with a scorching 6-2 home win over the Mariners on the first day of the month, followed a week later by one of the season’s most eye-catching displays, a rollicking 5-1 win in Adelaide at Coopers Stadium. That said, purely from a football point of view, this will be well worth staying up for on a Monday night. How the players will adapt to an empty stadium with the only sound their own voices and the coaches yelling instructions remains to be seen. Can the Green and Black maintain its scorching form of late against the Glory boys?įans may be deprived of seeing this game live – due to the restrictions in place to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, resulting in a behind closed doors policy across the league for the remainder of the season – but online viewing figures are likely to boom for this meeting of two sides with genuine top-six ambitions. In fact, Melbourne Victory's vendor for sports presentation was also running the sports presentation on the night.It’s Monday Night Football thanks to the fixture update, and a cracker awaits with two top-six sides meeting in the WA capital. "In our view, if FFA held the booking at AAMI Park, all facilities should have been given equal access and due consideration, including training facilities. "Who held the booking to the venue for the FFA Cup final, Victory or FFA? Melbourne Victory were allocated their normal change rooms without consideration to 'flip the coin' on all aspects of the venue presentation and access. We tried in vain to access the gym at the venue pre and post-game and permission was withheld by Melbourne Victory. "There was no equality shown in deciding dressing rooms, benches, training facility access etc. "Melbourne Victory fans were provided with their normal active zone seating, North End and South End. "Our fans were shunted in a corner of a stadium like any other 'away game' and at one stage even had the big FFA Cup balloon hovering in front of them so they couldn't see the teams walk out. ![]() Glory, who also reached the final a year earlier and had to play in Adelaide (where they also lost), were also upset that there appeared to be little attempt to present AAMI Park as a neutral venue.Īlthough Melbourne was the host city, Glory pointed out, this should not have been a Victory home game but an FFA-run event. ![]() "In our view, your venue selection criteria is skewed towards the larger clubs and cities and other considerations should also be given weighting other than just 'commercial outcomes'." Perth would have provided a better option as a venue clean of any competition entertainment options provided the ticket pricing was thought through more carefully. "It is clear that what wasn't taken into consideration in your decision to host the final in Melbourne was (1) ticket pricing and (2) the financial fatigue of consumers on the back-end of a busy spring racing carnival week in Melbourne. "It was a missed opportunity to engage and re-engage a strong football community in WA over a city which is well accommodated by two A-League teams and hosted an A-League grand final only a matter of months ago," said Filopoulos, who pointed out that Perth attracted 19,000 fans to nib Stadium for the Socceroos match against Bangladesh – hardly a top-drawer attraction – in the World Cup qualifier in September.
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