Perth Glory coach David Zdrilic says the next step for his side is winning at home after the club avoided equalling an A-League Men’s record 19th match without a win.

The under-fire Zdrilic admitted his relief after David Williams fired the Glory to a 1-0 win over Brisbane Roar to jump off the foot of the table, give Zdrilic a first league win as coach and secure three points for Perth for the first time since February.

The Glory’s road blues have long been a point of discussion, but amid their horror start to this season, all five of their points have come away from home, with Saturday’s win adding to draws against Central Coast and Adelaide.

Having lost all three of their games at HBF Park this season, Zdrilic said he was hoping the Glory could improve on their win against Brisbane in time for Friday’s clash with Macarthur in Perth.

“Away from home, we’ve been very comfortable with being able to put in a fight and we’ve got two draws and now a win away from home,” he said.

“We need to bring this same mentality and energy back home, because we’ve got such a loyal fan base.

“They’re always there backing us, and it’s such a great vibe in our stadium and we need to show them that kind of gutsy performance, and hopefully start getting the wins at home as well.”

Four of the Glory’s next five matches are at home, and they will play all of those games within a 19-day spell.

Zdrilic hailed his side’s effort against Brisbane, who have not won yet this season, and was glad to get the monkey off the back after a poor start to their campaign.

“When you go this long, and it’s both us and Brisbane in the same boat, and you felt that in the game. It just took some moment, either way,” he said.

“I thought in the first half, we were more dominant and I felt after that first half, this was a game we can win;I think that all the time, but just generally, in this game, I was like, ‘we’ve got to go for this.’

“There was an underlying nervousness from both teams in the game, and you really felt that with the situation that we’ve both found ourselves in.”

Just as pleasing for Zdrilic was the club’s second clean sheet of the season, which came in the wake of Ecuadorian defender Luis Canga departing the Glory via mutual consent.

Stepping into the breach was veteran Tomi Mrcela and teenager Andriano Lebib, the latter of whom particularly impressed having not featured since the club’s opening day thrashing against Macarthur.

“It’s clear we’ve conceded a lot of goals, and the manner that we concede is not so much one goal goes in, it’s another one and another one,” Zdrilic said.

“That’s obviously an underlying mentality that we’re trying to fix, but a performance like that, it’s at least three games we’ve gone into the break with a clean sheet, and that helps, it keeps you in the game.”