Perth Glory vs Adelaide United 4-0

Perth Glory beat Adelaide United 4-0 at HBF Park, doing the damage before half-time and finishing with a late fourth from the bench. J. Kucharski set the tone with the opener, then helped create the second, and Perth were out of sight by the interval.

Kucharski opened the scoring in the 16th minute, finishing to make it 1-0. Four minutes later he turned provider for T. Kuzamba, whose goal made it 2-0, and S. Colakovski added a third in the 33rd minute to leave Perth 3-0 up at half-time.

Adelaide United made three changes on 46 minutes, but Perth kept the game in hand through a pair of changes of their own on 61 minutes and another substitution on 65 minutes. Colakovski and Kucharski both went off in that spell, and Perth wrapped it up in the 85th minute when M. Ellis, who came on in the 76th minute, scored from S. Kukucka's assist after the substitute had arrived in the 61st minute. Adelaide made two more changes on 67 minutes before Ellis sealed the 4-0 scoreline.

The numbers showed Adelaide with 65% of the ball, 512 passes and 86% accuracy, against Perth's 35%, 273 passes and 73%. Adelaide also had more corners, 5-4, but Perth had the edge in shots, 13-11, and put 8 on target to 3, while Adelaide's keeper made 5 saves to Perth's 3.

F. Talladira was booked for Adelaide in the 5th minute, and J. Muniz was booked in the 85th minute.