An own goal from Perth Glory goalkeeper Tando Velaphi saw Fury head home with a share of the spoils.

Fury were down a man just before the break when Ufuk Talay was given a second yellow card for an act of simulation, attempting to get Perth captain Jacob Burns sent off for a foul.

Glory immediately took advantage of the extra man, going ahead through Mile Sterjovski's spot kick in the 48th minute.

But instead of attacking the contest, Glory opted to sit on their lead and were made to pay 20 minutes from time.

Velaphi appeared to have taken the ball comfortably from a close-range header by John Tambouras, but the goalkeeper was challenged over the line by Chris Grossman and referee Ben Williams gave the goal.

The hosts launched a flurry of attacks at the death but a packed North Queensland defence held firm for the draw as second-placed Perth missed the opportunity to climb on top of the A-League table, with Fury remaining in last position.

In front of the second-highest crowd at ME Bank Stadium in five years, Glory started with intent, testing Fury's defence in the opening few minutes through a series of corners.

In the second minute, Jamie Coyne sent a header wide from Adriano Pellegrino's corner, while Fury stopper Paul Henderson just managed to hold a difficult ball at the near post from Naum Sekulovski's long throw.

Despite having a tough game last week against Adelaide United, Henderson was at the top of his game, doing well to palm a low shot from Jamie Coyne around the post 14 minutes in.

But after the early flurry, Perth dropped their intensity and were outplayed for long periods by a Fury side that were determined to win the ball and work it through the middle.

Glory, in contrast, appeared content to play a more defensive game, occasionally sending a few long balls up the flanks that hardly amounted to anything.

But Fury were soon behind the eightball when the solid Shane Stefanutto was stretchered from the field just after the half hour, in what could be a massive blow for the defender's World Cup hopes.

And there was worse to come for North Queensland when key midfielder Talay, just back in the squad following a hamstring injury, was given his marching orders a minute before the break.

Talay had already been cautioned for a robust challenge on Pellegrino in the 25th minute and received a second yellow for what appeared to be simulation.

The second half picked up where the first left off in the drama stakes as Sterjovski glanced a 47th-minute header wide for Glory before Daniel McBreen sent in a cross that narrowly failed to find a team-mate down the other end.

Perth countered immediately as Sterjovski was released down the left, the marquee man cutting inside and being brought down by Tambouras in the area before converting his spot kick with relish for a third goal this season.

But North Queensland refused to bow, taking the game on by launching wave after wave of attacks as Perth looked to merely defend theirlead.

Glory came close to doubling the advantage in the 69th minute when Sterjovski nodded home Pellegrino's free kick from the right, but the goal was disallowed after Eugene Dadi fouled Jason Spagnuolo in the lead-up.

Glory were made to pay immediately as Tadrosse took his free kick from 40 metres out, the defender floating his ball in for Tambouras to get his head to it and for Velaphi to take over the line under pressure.