Above: Stephen Peters speaking to the media. Credit: Perth Glory.
By Ella McShane (27/11/25)
Perth Glory’s Stephen Peters and Georgia Cassidy preview what will is very likely to be a tough afternoon for the girls in purple against Melbourne Victory in round 5 of the Ninja A-League at the Home of the Matildas this upcoming Sunday.
It is undeniable that Glory’s season has been off to a slower start than what was initially anticipated, having conceded nine goals over the latest three rounds of the season thus far. Peters emphasised that “the manner in which we are conceding [goals], we have to fix that, quickly.”
As for the opposition, Victory head into this match following their first loss at the hands of Wellington Pheonix last weekend. Peters warned that facing a recently defeated Victory is “never going to be a good thing, you have to be ready to go to war. I think Jeff [Hopkins] will have them ‘chewing glass’ so to speak.”
Young gun Cassidy revealed that Peters’ main message to the group was “to win our battles”. She elaborated noting that “every time we verse Victory they’ve been on the front foot…we need to come away and win every duel.”
Above: Georgia Cassidy speaking to the media. Credit: Perth Glory.
To deepen the west side’s difficulties, skipper Isobel Dalton was ruled out of last week’s fixture against Canberra United as a result of a knee injury on MD -1. Peters analysed the loss of Dalton’s presence, stating “I don’t think we adapted to that as well as we possibly could have”. Dalton is predicted to be sidelined for an additional week.
Despite the season being off to less than an ideal start, Peters highlighted that there have been positive moments that have “showed [Glory’s] characteristics and principles that [Glory] want to play with” and remained hopeful for the weekend that if Glory are prepared that they can “really get into the tussle with them.”
Round 5 of the Ninja A-League will take place at 16:00 AEDT and available live and free on Channel 10 and 10Play. In the UK the game will be shown live on TNT Sports, kicking off at 5am.
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