As we bounce straight from the win over the Mariners into Sunday’s trip to Adelaide, the stats keep coming thick and fast.
We’ve collated the best of them and added in some extra trivia and historical context to make sure you’re fully briefed ahead of what promises to be a cracker at Coopers Stadium.
Glory have recorded 33 shots so far this season, 12 of which were on target (36.4%).
Adelaide’s record is 55 shots with 15 on target (27.3%).
Salim Khelifi has taken the most shots for Ruben Zadkovich’s side with seven, while George Blackwood is the leading Reds’ player in this category, also with seven.
The most frequent scoreline in the ISUZU UTE A-League this season is 1-1 (18% of games).
Adelaide United recorded one of these draws in their opening-round fixture against Wellington and also shared the spoils with Sydney FC (2-2) in Round 3.
The last seven meetings between Glory and the Reds have yielded an even split of three wins apiece and one draw.
In their 25 previous A-League visits to Coopers Stadium, the men in purple have picked up eight wins and suffered 13 defeats.
Glory and Adelaide have both scored 67% of their goals this season in the second half, with the men from WA also conceding 75% of their goals after the break and the Reds copping 80% in the same period.
Former Glory skipper Jacob Burns scored three goals during his 116 A-League appearances for the club and remarkably, they all came against Adelaide United.
The Socceroos midfielder bagged a brace in a 3-2 win at Coopers Stadium in January 2010 and found the net again at the same venue in a 2-0 victory in March 2012.
Only four of the 51 previous A-League meetings between the two clubs have ended 0-0.
The last ten clashes have yielded an aggregate of 40 goals at an average of (no maths prizes for getting this right!) four per game.
The top three goalscorers in this fixture (with 7 apiece) are all Glory players – Diego Castro, Andy Keogh and Bruno Fornaroli.
The Reds’ best are Jeronimo Neumann and Sergio van Dijk on four goals each.
#ONEGlory
