The stats suggest Roar have a heavy advantage against Glory in Sunday’s Grand Final.
Footballers will always tell you history counts for nothing, that-s they-re taking it one week at a time and that you-re only as good as your last game.
And given the history between this weekend-s grand finalists, Perth Glory should try repeating those clichés as often as possible.
Here are some of the key numbers you need to know ahead of Sunday-s Hyundai A-League Grand final:
13 – The number of times Brisbane Roar have beaten Perth out of 21 games.
3 – How many times Perth have beaten Brisbane.
1 – Glory-s successful trips to Suncorp Stadium.
9 – How many games it-s been since Glory last beat Roar (4-2, Suncorp Stadium, week 7, 2009).
48 – The amount of goals Roar have put past Glory goalkeepers in A-League history.
25 – How many Perth have scored in response.
4 – The number of times Besart Berisha has scored against Perth in three games this season.
5 – The number of different scorers for Roar against Glory this season.
2 – The goals from Mile Sterjovksi, Perth-s top scorer against Roar this season.
5 – Mitch Nichols-s goals against Glory in the A-League, the top-scorer in this fixture.
4 – Jacob Burns-s yellow cards against Brisbane, the most in this fixture.