Melbourne City FC vs Sydney FC, 2024-25 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City FC

5': Aziz Behich
26': Max Caputo
34': Marco Tilio
57': Andreas Kuen
90'+5': Medin Memeti

FT
5 - 1

Sydney FC

66': Patryk Klimala

About

Melbourne City FC are hosting Sydney FC at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

5': Aziz Behich (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 5'
26': Max Caputo (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 26'
34': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 34'
36': Alexandar Popovic (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 36'
45': Patryk Klimala (Sydney FC) Substitution at 45'
52': Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC) Substitution at 52'
54': Anas Ouahim (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 54'
55': Patryk Klimala (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 55'
57': Andreas Kuen (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 57'
66': Patryk Klimala (Sydney FC) Goal at 66'
68': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 68'
68': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 68'
68': Kavian Rahmani (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 68'
70': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 70'
72': Will Kennedy (Sydney FC) Substitution at 72'
76': Callum Talbot (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 76'
85': Jaiden Kucharski (Sydney FC) Substitution at 85'
85': Tiago Quintal (Sydney FC) Substitution at 85'
87': Emin Durakovic (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 87'
90'+5': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 95'

Statistics

SYD		MCY
14	Fouls	14
4	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	2
48.5	Possession	51.5
9	SHOTS	21
4	ON GOAL	9
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 6,098

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Adelaide United	0	0	0
2	Auckland FC	0	0	0
3	Brisbane Roar	0	0	0
4	Central Coast Mariners	0	0	0

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Melbourne City FC (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
33	Patrick Beach (GK)
27	Kai Trewin
22	German Ferreyra
19	Zane Schreiber
16	Aziz Behich
13	Nathaniel Atkinson
30	Andreas Kuen
21	Alessandro Lopane
23	Marco Tilio
10	Yonatan Cohen
17	Max Caputo

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Kavian Rahmani, Lawrence Wong, Medin Memeti, Emin Durakovic, Mathew Leckie, Michael Olakigbe, Callum Talbot.

Sydney FC (5-4-1)

No.	Name
12	Harrison Devenish-Meares (GK)
16	Joel King
4	Jordan Courtney-Perkins
41	Alexandar Popovic
10	Joe Lolley
23	Rhyan Grant
17	Anthony Cáceres
24	Wataru Kamijo
8	Anas Ouahim
7	Adrian Segecic
11	Douglas Costa

Sydney FC Substitutes:

Will Kennedy, Tiago Quintal, Corey Hollman, Andrew Redmayne, Kyle Reilly Shaw, Patryk Klimala, Jaiden Kucharski.

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