Auckland - Melbourne City

Auckland

A-League Season 2026 - Round 1

Saturday 17 October 2026 05:00

3 - 1

Finished

Referee: T. Danaskos

Melbourne City

Result

Timeline

Sam Cosgrove

32'

Aziz Behich

Lachlan Bayliss

1-0

35'

42'

1-1

Quinn Macnicol

Lachlan Bayliss

2-1

53'

67'

Andrew Nabbout (out)
Max Caputo (in)

75'

Quinn Macnicol (out)
Lawrence Wong (in)

Lachlan Bayliss (out)
(in)

80'

Lachlan Brook

3-1

85'

Logan Tipene Rogerson

88'

Lachlan Brook (out)
(in)

88'

Jake Brimmer (out)
Daniel Normann (in)

88'

Sam Cosgrove (out)
Callan Elliot (in)

89'

90+4'

Awer Mabil

Odds

1X2	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	William Hill
1 Auckland	2.53	2.50	2.55	2.40	2.45	2.55	2.44	2.52	2.34	2.45
X Draw	3.44	3.25	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.35	3.32	3.32	3.05	3.20
2 Melbourne City	2.85	2.80	2.80	2.80	2.80	2.85	2.75	2.94	2.66	2.75

Previous confrontations (H2H)

2 Auckland

2 Draw

1 Melbourne City

80% Over 2.5 goals

60% Both teams scored

3.0 Goals per match

2 | 0 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Auckland 3-0 Melbourne City (2026)

Most goals: Melbourne City 2-2 Auckland (2024)

Goals scored all matches

2.00

1.00

Goals in home matches

2.33

2.00

Goals in away matches

1.50

0.33

Above is calculated based on the below matches

Full H2H of Auckland and Melbourne City →

2026-05-02 Saturday 06:00

2026-02-28 Saturday 04:00

Walkover 🔥

Auckland

Melbourne City

2026-01-16 Friday 08:35

Won 😀

Melbourne City P

Auckland 2

2025-01-18 Saturday 04:00

Walkover 🔥

Auckland 3

Melbourne City

2024-12-15 Sunday 06:00

Draw 🤔

Melbourne City

Auckland 2

Stadion

Stadion name

Go Media Stadium

Capacity

30000

Address

2 Beasley Avenue, Penrose
Auckland

table 2026

A-League

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

Complete table

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	PenSv
10	Lachlan Bayliss	8.6	80	Midfielder	2	0	3	2	25	2	18	1	-	-	4	3	1	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
2	Hiroki Sakai ©️	7.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	34	1	25	2	1	-	5	4	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Francis De Vries	7.9	90	Defender	-	1	-	-	30	3	21	2	1	-	11	5	-	-	1	-	0	1	-	0	-
24	Kavian Rahmani	7.5	90	Midfielder	-	1	1	-	34	4	27	2	-	2	6	5	1	1	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
1	Michael Cornelis Woud	7.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	33	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	4	1	0
9	Sam Cosgrove	7.3	89	Attacker	-	0	-	-	21	3	7	1	1	-	20	12	-	-	4	3	1	1	-	0	-
19	Quinn Macnicol	7.3	75	Midfielder	1	0	4	2	15	2	10	1	-	2	10	2	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
4	Nando Pijnaker	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	1	42	-	30	2	-	1	9	7	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
77	Lachlan Brook	6.9	88	Midfielder	1	0	2	1	18	-	13	1	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
4	Liam Bonetig	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	58	-	53	-	-	-	10	5	-	-	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
23	Medin Memeti	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	4	1	27	-	20	1	-	-	10	7	3	2	-	1	0	1	-	0	-
22	Jake Brimmer	6.7	88	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	30	-	24	4	-	2	10	6	-	-	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
9	Max Caputo (sub)	6.7	23	Attacker	-	0	-	-	3	-	3	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
41	Lawrence Wong (sub)	6.7	15	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	7	1	7	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Luka Vicelich	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	33	-	27	1	-	-	4	2	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Daniel Normann (sub)	6.6	9	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Logan Tipene Rogerson	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	19	-	16	1	-	-	14	5	4	2	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
11	Awer Mabil	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	40	3	28	-	-	-	8	3	2	-	-	3	1	-	-	0	-
7	Mathew Leckie (sub)	6.5	15	Attacker	-	0	-	-	15	-	13	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Luis Felipe Gallegos Leiva	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	27	-	19	2	-	1	8	3	1	-	3	1	0	-	-	0	-
13	Nathaniel Atkinson	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	42	-	27	4	-	2	11	5	1	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
2	Harrison Delbridge	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	72	-	69	-	2	4	10	2	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Andrew Nabbout	6.2	67	Attacker	-	0	2	2	16	2	8	-	-	-	12	4	1	1	1	-	0	2	-	0	-
16	Aziz Behich ©️	5.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	64	-	51	2	-	1	5	4	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	0	-
1	Macklin Freke	4.9	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	23	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	1	3	0
17	Callan Elliot (sub)	-	1	Defender	-	0	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
30	Joseph James Knowles (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
35	Jonty Bidois (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
40	James Nieuwenhuizen (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Peter Antoniou (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
77	Takeshi Kanamori (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-