AFC Champions League Elite

FT Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Sanfrecce Hiroshima WLWDD 2
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Melbourne City FC DWWDW 0
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SAN022
MBC000
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · 1,423 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
2
54.4
Possession
45.6
7
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
0
0.6
On Target %
0.0
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
405
Accurate Passes
321
513
Passes
429
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.1
85
Long Balls
52
43
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
1
12
Tackles
4
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
10
Interceptions
13
22
Effective Clearances
23
22
Clearances
23

Lineups

MBC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Patrick BeachG
  2. 26Samuel SouprayenCD-L
  3. 22German FerreyraCD-R
  4. 16Aziz BehichLB
  5. 13Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 27Kai TrewinCM
  7. 30Andreas KuenLM
  8. 7Mathew LeckieRM
  9. 17Max CaputoF
  10. 47Kavian RahmaniLF
  11. 10Takeshi KanamoriRF

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 4Hayato ArakiCD
  3. 37Kim Ju-SungCD-L
  4. 19Sho SasakiCD-R
  5. 14Satoshi TanakaCM-L
  6. 6Hayao KawabeCM-R
  7. 24Shunki HigashiLM
  8. 15Shuto NakanoRM
  9. 17Kosuke KinoshitaF
  10. 10Marcos JúniorCF-L
  11. 35Yotaro NakajimaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Mutsuki Kato replaces Kosuke Kinoshita because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Melbourne City. Emin Durakovic replaces Mathew Leckie.
  4. 45' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Naoto Arai replaces Shunki Higashi.
  5. 52' Goal! Melbourne City 0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1. Marcos Júnior (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 61' Kim Ju-Sung (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 63' Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Naoki Maeda replaces Marcos Júnior.
  9. 67' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tsukasa Shiotani replaces Kim Ju-Sung.
  10. 76' Substitution, Melbourne City. Benjamin Mazzeo replaces Kavian Rahmani.
  11. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City. Harrison Shillington replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  12. 77' Substitution, Melbourne City. Zane Schreiber replaces Andreas Kuen.
  13. 80' 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.
  14. 83' Substitution, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tolgay Arslan replaces Yotaro Nakajima because of an injury.
  15. 87' Substitution, Melbourne City. Lawrence Wong replaces Max Caputo.

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