Melbourne City FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage

· AFC Champions League Elite
Melbourne City FC
    FT
    0 - 2
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima
    • 52': Marcos Júnior (P)
    • 81': Yotaro Nakajima

    About

    Melbourne City FC are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Elite.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Handball by Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City).
    • 3': Foul by Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City).
    • 3': Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 4': Foul by Andreas Kuen (Melbourne City).
    • 4': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 5': Foul by Satoshi Tanaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 5': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Takeshi Kanamori (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 6': Handball by Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 7': Offside, Melbourne City. Max Caputo is caught offside.
    • 8': Foul by Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 8': Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Kim Ju-Sung.
    • 18': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
    • 18': Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Aziz Behich (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Foul by Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 18': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
    • 18': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Delay in match because of an injury Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City).
    • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Takeshi Kanamori (Melbourne City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathew Leckie.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Patrick Beach (Melbourne City). Assisted by Shuto Nakano with a cross.
    • 29': Corner, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Conceded by Patrick Beach.
    • 34': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 36': Delay in match because of an injury Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City).
    • 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 41': Delay in match because of an injury Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 43': Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Mutsuki Kato replaces Kosuke Kinoshita because of an injury.
    • 45': Handball by Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Corner, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Conceded by Aziz Behich.
    • 45'+3': Corner, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Conceded by Patrick Beach.
    • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yotaro Nakajima with a cross.
    • 45'+3': Corner, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Conceded by Samuel Souprayen.
    • 45'+4': Corner, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Conceded by Samuel Souprayen.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Melbourne City. Emin Durakovic replaces Mathew Leckie.
    • 45': Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Naoto Arai replaces Shunki Higashi.
    • 46': Foul by Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 46': Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Andreas Kuen (Melbourne City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kai Trewin.
    • 49': Foul by Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 49': Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Penalty Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Marcos Júnior draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 51': Penalty conceded by Patrick Beach (Melbourne City) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 52': Goal! Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1. Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
    • 55': Foul by Germán Ferreyra (Melbourne City).
    • 55': Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Delay in match because of an injury Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 58': Offside, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Mutsuki Kato is caught offside.
    • 60': Foul by Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City).
    • 60': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Kim Ju-Sung (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 61': Takeshi Kanamori (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Kim Ju-Sung (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card.
    • 63': Foul by Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 63': Max Caputo (Melbourne City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Attempt blocked. Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Shuto Nakano with a headed pass.
    • 67': Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Naoki Maeda replaces Marcos Júnior because of an injury.
    • 67': Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tsukasa Shiotani replaces Kim Ju-Sung.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Hayato Araki.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Hayao Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Patrick Beach (Melbourne City). Assisted by Naoki Maeda.
    • 72': Foul by Max Caputo (Melbourne City).
    • 72': Satoshi Tanaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Takeshi Kanamori.
    • 76': Substitution, Melbourne City. Benjamin Mazzeo replaces Kavian Rahmani.
    • 77': Substitution, Melbourne City. Harrison Shillington replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
    • 77': Substitution, Melbourne City. Zane Schreiber replaces Andreas Kuen.
    • 78': Foul by Aziz Behich (Melbourne City).
    • 78': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Benjamin Mazzeo (Melbourne City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Foul by Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 79': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Tsukasa Shiotani.
    • 81': Goal! Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2. Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shuto Nakano with a cross.
    • 81': Delay in match because of an injury Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
    • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tolgay Arslan replaces Yotaro Nakajima because of an injury.
    • 84': Offside, Melbourne City. Takeshi Kanamori is caught offside.
    • 87': Substitution, Melbourne City. Lawrence Wong replaces Max Caputo.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Emin Durakovic (Melbourne City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Trewin.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Shuto Nakano.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Kai Trewin (Melbourne City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Takeshi Kanamori with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Melbourne City. Conceded by Tsukasa Shiotani.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 10
    3 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 4
    0 Saves 2
    54.7 Possession 45.3
    7 SHOTS 6
    4 ON GOAL 0
    0.6 On Target % 0.0
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    409 Accurate Passes 318
    516 Passes 427
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    17 Crosses 12
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    88 Long Balls 53
    46 Accurate Long Balls 14
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    9 Effective Tackles 1
    13 Tackles 4
    0.7 Tackle % 0.3
    7 Interceptions 12
    19 Effective Clearances 23
    19 Clearances 23

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Champions League Elite

    Venue: AAMI Park
    Location: Melbourne, Australia

    Line-Ups

    MCY Melbourne City FC (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Patrick Beach (GK)
    26 Samuel Souprayen
    22 German Ferreyra
    16 Aziz Behich
    13 Nathaniel Atkinson
    27 Kai Trewin
    30 Andreas Kuen
    7 Mathew Leckie
    17 Max Caputo
    47 Kavian Rahmani
    10 Takeshi Kanamori
    Melbourne City FC Substitutes:
    Aaron Cartwright, Benjamin Mazzeo, Angus Mackintosh, Mathew Baker, Besian Kutleshi, Harrison Shillington, Ryan Kalms, Lawrence Wong, Liam Bonetig, Zane Schreiber, Dakota Ochsenham, Emin Durakovic.

    SAN Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Keisuke Osako (GK)
    4 Hayato Araki Yellow Card
    37 Kim Ju-Sung Yellow Card
    19 Sho Sasaki
    14 Satoshi Tanaka
    6 Hayao Kawabe
    24 Shunki Higashi Yellow Card
    15 Shuto Nakano
    17 Kosuke Kinoshita
    10 Marcos Júnior
    35 Yotaro Nakajima
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:
    Taichi Yamasaki, Naoki Maeda, Shimon Kobayashi, Mutsuki Kato, Yusuke Chajima, Tsukasa Shiotani, Tolgay Arslan, Sota Koshimichi, Daiki Suga, Cailen Hill, Jeong Min-Ki, Naoto Arai.

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