Recipients of a bye last week, Mombaerts’ second-placed City welcomes a Glory unit languishing at the bottom of the A-League table this Friday night at AAMI Park in round nine’s opening match. 

It marks the second time Glory have been forced to make the trek across the Nullarbor to Melbourne in just seven days after going down 1-0 to Melbourne Victory at the same venue in round eight.

Though out-possessing, out-passing, out-shooting and out-crossing Victory that night – Head Coach Tony Popovic declaring his side dominated the contest – Glory were nonetheless ineffectual as they looked to break down their opponent's defences.

Victory were seemingly content to sit off and allow the visitors to have the ball and, combined with a Robbie Kruse masterclass, the strategy proved enough to secure three points. 

However, despite Victory’s win playing into the emerging trend of defeating Glory by reducing their ability to get forward in transition and forcing them to play through a block, don’t expect to see the same from City this Friday. 

A constant proponent of a high possession, high-pressure style that he has declared to be ‘the CFG style’, Mombaerts says that his side will be looking to take it right to their opposition on Friday night. 

“We never change our style,” the Frenchman said. “When we try to set up our style, we try to keep our offensive options and to play a press.

"We know that it will be a tough game because Perth are a good team. They don’t have the results but it’s also the beginning of the season.

“We keep our idea, we keep our philosophy and try to do as we have done before. Try to have possession, try to use good possession – not to have possession to say we have possession.