Saturday’s third A-League Round 23 match is between Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory. The opening kick-off is set to commence at 9.30pm with the game to be played at nib Stadium. The away team Melbourne Victory are the favourites for the match. View our live scores and teams for the game between Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory.

Round: Round 23, Saturday March 15 at 9.30pm AEDT
Stadium: nib Stadium
Head to head: Played: 31 – Glory 11, Victory 13, Draws 7
Previous encounter: Glory 1-1 Victory, January 31, 2014

Odds Comparison:

Perth Glory	2.75	2.40	2.60	2.40	2.75	2.63
Draw	3.50	3.40	3.30	3.40	3.50	3.40
Melbourne Victory	2.37	2.85	2.55	2.85	2.37	2.50

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Preview:

The Perth Glory take on the Melbourne Victory on Saturday, 9.30pm at nib Stadium.  Surprisingly, this looks like one of the tightest match-ups of the round, with the Victory missing a number of key players through suspension and injury.  Saying that, however, the Victory easily managed to beat the Mariners recently and will be well aware that a victory here could spring them into second ladder position.

The Glory are currently sitting at the bottom of the ladder, and will be without Shane Smeltz due to injury this weekend.  While they are definitely in with a chance if they can take advantage of what is a weakened Melbourne Victory side, Perth will have to fix up their dodgy defence to be in with any kind of chance.

Teams:

Perth Glory Squad:
2.Jack CLISBY, 3.Brandon O’NEILL, 4.Ryan EDWARDS 5.Rostyn GRIFFITHS, 7.Jacob BURNS, 8.Nebojsa MARINKOVIC,10.Jamie MACLAREN, 14.Steven McGARRY, 16.Sidnei SCIOLA MORAES, 17.Chris HAROLD, 18.Jack DUNCAN (gk), 19.Josh RISDON, 20.Daniel DE SILVA, 24.Matthew DAVIES, 23.Michael THWAITE, 28.Darvydas SERNAS, 36.William GALLAS, 39.Luke RADONICH (gk)
**two to be omitted**
Ins: 4. Ryan EDWARDS (promoted), 25. Riley WOODCOCK (promoted)
Outs: 9. Shane SMELTZ (injury)
Unavailable: Travis DODD (knee – indefinite), Scott JAMIESON (Achilles – indefinite), Shane SMELTZ (groin- 2 weeks)

Melbourne Victory squad:
1.Nathan COE (gk), 2.Pablo CONTRERAS, 3.Adama TRAORE, 4.Nick ANSELL, 5.Mark MILLIGAN, 6.Leigh BROXHAM (c), 7.Gui FINKLER, 9.Kosta BARBAROUSES, 10.Archie THOMPSON, 14.James TROISI, 16.Rashid MAHAZI, 17.James JEGGO, 20.Lawrence THOMAS (gk), 21.Tom ROGIC, 22.Jesse MAKAROUNAS, 24.Scott GALLOWAY, 25.Jason GERIA, 26.Jordan BROWN
**Two to be omitted**
Ins: 3.Adama TRAORE (returns from injury), 4.Nick ANSELL (returns from suspension), 5.Mark MILLIGAN (returns from international duty), 21.Tom ROGIC (returns from international duty)
Outs: 11.Connor PAIN (omitted), 31.Dylan MURNANE (omitted)
Unavailable: 23.Adrian LEIJER (facial fractures – TBC)

News:

Adelaide United has announced that forward Ryan Griffiths has been transferred to Malaysian Super League club Football Association of Sarawak.

Griffiths, who has struggled for game time recently due to shin soreness and then a bout of concussion, will join the Malaysian club this week.

Reds Football Director Michael Petrillo said the club did not want to deny Griffiths a great opportunity and after a short period of negotiation, terms were agreed to.

“It was a difficult decision to release Ryan as it’s not a great time to lose a player with only five games remaining and still competing to make the finals, particularly now we are outside of the transfer window period,” Petrillo said.

“However, he received a very good two year offer from Sarawak and we were not in a position right now to offer him a contract extension due to his lack of recent game time.

“Therefore the club did not want to stand in his way and we were able to quickly negotiate a transfer agreement with Sarawak that we were all comfortable with. We wish Ryan all the best in Malaysia with his new club.”

Griffiths scored one goal from four games, all of which were off the bench, for the Reds during his Adelaide stint.