Perth Glory are searching for their first A-League win this season as they take on Melbourne City at the HBF Park in Perth on Sunday.
The hosts have not had a good start to the season, picking up a 6-1 loss to Macarthur in their opening match, followed by a 2-0 defeat to Wellington Phoenix. They did manage to pick up a point in the goalless draw against Central Coast Mariners last week.
Meanwhile, Melbourne City come into this match on the back of a 1-0 win over Western United. With two wins from three matches so far, they are fourth in the A League standings.
The Sporting News looks at the key details ahead of this A-League clash, including how to watch the match, kickoff times and all the latest team news.
Here's how to watch this A League Men's match in Australia.
This A-League Men's match takes place at HBF Park in Perth, WA and kicks off on Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 5:45 p.m. local time (AWST).
Here's how that kick-off time translates to the various Australian time zones:
Perth Glory predicted XI (4-4-2, right to left): Sail (GK) -- Canga, Barr, Carluccio, Lisolajski -- Gomulka, O'Neill, Williams, Aoyama -- Faisal, Taggart.
Injured: Risdon, Amini
Suspended: None
Melbourne City have a long list of players out due to injury.
Andrew Nabbout is the most recent player to join the list, and he is expected to be out for a while with an ACL tear.
Jayden Necovski, Alessandro Lopane, Marco Tilio, Max Caputo, Harrison Shillington, Benjamin Mazzeo, Emin Durakovic, Arion Sulemani and Peter Antoniou make up the rest of a long absentee list for the trip to Perth.
Melbourne City predicted XI (4-3-3, right to left): Beach (GK) -- Atkinson, Souprayen, Trewin, Talbot -- Ugarkovic, Schreiber, Kuen -- Leckie, Politidis, Cohen.
Injured: Nabbout, Necovski, Lopane, Tilio, Caputo, Shillington, Mazzeo, Durakovic, Sulemani, Antoniou
Suspended: None
This is a battle between a team looking to find some rhythm, and a team that is already in the hunt for a table-topping finish.
City has won both its away games this season. Despite the injury concerns, visitors Melbourne City, are likely to pick up three points from this fixture.