Melbourne City - Sydney

Logo Melbourne City
Melbourne City
-
A-League Season 2026 - Round 3
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: B. Abraham
Logo Sydney
Sydney
-

Result

Ball possession

49%
51%

Timeline

37'
0-1
Alhassan Toure
Emiliano Marcondes Camargo Hansen
1-1
46'
Awer Mabil
2-1
62'
Quinn Macnicol (out)
Mathew Leckie (in)
64'
Medin Memeti (out)
Takeshi Kanamori (in)
64'
64'
Alhassan Toure (out)
Tiago Quintal (in)
65'
Jordan Courtney-Perkins
69'
Alexandar Popovic
Julio César Cascante Solórzano (out)
Liam Bonetig (in)
73'
73'
Akol Akon (out)
James Overy (in)
73'
Wataru Kamijo (out)
Joseph Lacey (in)
Andrew Nabbout (out)
(in)
79'
86'
Takahiro Sekine (out)
Mathias Langeland Macallister (in)

Odds

1X2 1xBet Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO William Hill
1 Melbourne City 2.12 2.00 2.07 2.00 2.00 2.04 2.00 2.00 2.05
X Draw 3.59 3.60 3.50 3.50 3.40 3.46 3.65 3.12 3.30
2 Sydney 3.50 3.50 3.55 3.40 3.60 3.38 3.59 3.25 3.30

Previous confrontations (H2H)

14 Melbourne City
8 Draw
11 Sydney
55% Over 2.5 goals
55% Both teams scored
2.8 Goals per match
Logo Melbourne City 9 | Logo Sydney 7 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Melbourne City 5-1 Sydney (2025)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Melbourne City
1.55
Logo Sydney
1.30
Goals in home matches
Logo Melbourne City
2.06
Logo Sydney
1.29
Goals in away matches
Logo Melbourne City
1.06
Logo Sydney
1.31
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Melbourne City and Sydney →
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney
0
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
1
Draw 🤔
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
0
Sydney
-
Sydney
0
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
5
Sydney
-
Sydney 4
1
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 4
3
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney 3
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
1
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
2
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
0
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
4
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
0
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney 2 P
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
1
Won 😀
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
3
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Won 😀
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 5 P
1
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
4
Sydney
-
Sydney 3
0
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney 3
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
2
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2 P
3
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
1
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City P
1
Won 😀
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
3
Sydney
-
Sydney 5
2
Won 😀
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
0
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
2
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
0
Won 😀
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
1
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney
0
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
2
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
0
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
0
Sydney
-
Sydney
3
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
0
Sydney
-
Sydney 2 P
4
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney 2 P
3
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
1
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
0
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
1
Walkover 🔥
Sydney
-
Sydney 3
3
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
0
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 4
1
Sydney
-
Sydney 2 P
3
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney 4 P
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
1
Walkover 🔥
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 3
3
Sydney
-
Sydney 2
0
Draw 🤔
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 2
2
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney 3
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 4
1
Won 😎
Sydney
-
Sydney
0
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City 4
1
Won 😎
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
1
Sydney
-
Sydney
2
Draw 🤔
Sydney
-
Sydney
1
Melbourne City
-
Melbourne City
1

Stats

Melbourne City
Sydney
5
Shots on goal
2
10
Shots off goal
6
15
Total shots
9
12
Shots inside box
5
3
Shots outside box
4
14
Fouls
14
2
Corners
3
1
Offsides
3
389
Total passes
410
275
Passes success
303
71%
Passes %
74%
1.52
Expected goals (xG)
0.85

Stadion

Stadion name

David Barro Stadium (Veneto Club)

Capacity

3000

Address

191 Bulleen Road, Bulleen
Melbourne

table 2026

A-League
Team Pts
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 10
Sydney Sydney 7
Melbourne City Melbourne City 7
Perth Glory Perth Glory 6
Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers 5
Macarthur Macarthur 5
Auckland Auckland 5
Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar 4
Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 2
Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jets 2
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners 2
Adelaide United Adelaide United 0
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Melbourne City Melbourne City — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Aurelio Vidmar
40
James Nieuwenhuizen
13
Nathaniel Atkinson
18
Julio César Cascante Solórzano
2
Harrison Delbridge
16
Aziz Behich
14
24
Kavian Rahmani
23
Medin Memeti
19
Quinn Macnicol
11
Awer Mabil
15
Andrew Nabbout
9
Oriola Sunday
7
Akol Akon
14
Takahiro Sekine
35
Alhassan Toure
8
Wataru Kamijo
36
Rhys Youlley
17
Benjamin Garuccio
4
Jordan Courtney-Perkins
41
Alexandar Popovic
23
Rhyan Grant
12
Harrison Devenish-Meares
Sydney — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Sydney
Coach: Patrick Kisnorbo

Substitutes

Substitutes Melbourne City

Name Age Position
Liam Bonetig - Defender
Emiliano Marcondes Camargo Hansen 31 Midfielder
Mathew Leckie 35 Midfielder
Takeshi Kanamori 32 Attacker

Substitutes Sydney

Name Age Position
James Overy 19 Defender
Joseph Lacey - Midfielder
Tiago Quintal 20 Attacker
Gabriel Popovic 23 Attacker
Mathias Langeland Macallister 19 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
13 Logo Melbourne City Nathaniel Atkinson 8.0 90 Defender 0 0 - 0 57 2 42 2 1 2 11 8 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Melbourne City Awer Mabil 7.9 90 Midfielder 1 0 2 2 31 2 24 2 0 0 13 7 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Melbourne City Emiliano Marcondes Camargo Hansen (sub) 7.9 45 Midfielder 1 1 2 2 15 2 9 0 0 0 11 3 2 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
18 Logo Melbourne City Julio César Cascante Solórzano 7.5 73 Defender 0 1 - 0 42 1 36 3 0 1 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Melbourne City Aziz Behich ©️ 7.3 90 Defender 0 0 - 0 37 1 26 1 0 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Melbourne City Andrew Nabbout 7.2 79 Attacker 0 0 3 0 21 - 14 0 1 0 17 11 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
35 Logo Sydney Alhassan Toure 7.2 64 Midfielder 1 0 2 1 12 - 9 1 0 0 9 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Melbourne City Harrison Delbridge 7.0 90 Defender 0 0 1 0 42 - 32 1 0 3 8 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Sydney Benjamin Garuccio 7.0 90 Defender 0 0 1 1 42 1 27 4 0 3 11 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Melbourne City Kavian Rahmani 6.9 90 Midfielder 0 0 - 0 34 3 26 1 0 0 10 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Melbourne City Mathew Leckie (sub) 6.9 27 Attacker 0 0 - 0 15 - 12 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Melbourne City Liam Bonetig (sub) 6.9 17 Defender 0 0 - 0 5 - 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Sydney Wataru Kamijo 6.9 73 Midfielder 0 0 - 0 20 - 15 5 0 3 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Sydney Tiago Quintal (sub) 6.7 26 Attacker 0 0 - 0 15 - 12 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Sydney Mathias Langeland Macallister (sub) 6.7 8 Attacker 0 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Melbourne City Quinn Macnicol 6.6 63 Midfielder 0 0 4 0 25 1 17 4 0 1 21 11 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Sydney Jordan Courtney-Perkins 6.6 90 Defender 0 0 - 0 76 - 62 2 0 3 16 10 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Sydney Akol Akon 6.6 73 Midfielder 0 0 1 0 21 1 12 2 0 1 17 10 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Sydney Joseph Lacey (sub) 6.5 17 Midfielder 0 0 1 0 7 - 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
40 Logo Melbourne City James Nieuwenhuizen 6.3 90 Goalkeeper 0 0 - 0 32 - 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
77 Logo Melbourne City Takeshi Kanamori (sub) 6.3 26 Attacker 0 0 1 1 3 - 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
36 Logo Sydney Rhys Youlley 6.3 90 Midfielder 0 0 - 0 29 - 20 2 0 1 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Sydney James Overy (sub) 6.3 17 Defender 0 0 - 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Sydney Harrison Devenish-Meares 6.2 90 Goalkeeper 0 0 - 0 35 - 26 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
41 Logo Sydney Alexandar Popovic 6.2 90 Defender 0 0 1 0 64 - 54 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Sydney Oriola Sunday 6.2 90 Attacker 0 1 1 0 19 1 12 0 0 0 19 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Melbourne City Medin Memeti 6.0 64 Midfielder 0 0 1 0 13 - 7 0 0 1 10 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Sydney Rhyan Grant ©️ 6.0 90 Defender 0 0 - 0 38 - 28 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Sydney Takahiro Sekine 5.9 86 Midfielder 0 0 1 0 28 2 19 1 0 0 14 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Sydney Gabriel Popovic (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -