Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Sydney FC

73': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
75': Ahmet Arslan

FT
2 - 2

Melbourne Victory

34': Juan Mata
69': Charles Nduka

About

Sydney FC are hosting Melbourne Victory at Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Timeline

15': Joshua Rawlins (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 15'
34': Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 34'
44': Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 44'
57': Víctor Campuzano (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 57'
58': Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 58'
68': Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 68'
68': Charles Nduka (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 68'
69': Charles Nduka (Melbourne Victory) Goal at 69'
70': Al Hassan Toure (Sydney FC) Substitution at 70'
73': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Sydney FC) Goal at 73'
75': Ahmet Arslan (Sydney FC) Goal at 75'
83': Denis Genreau (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 83'
83': Reno Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 83'
85': Joshua Inserra (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 85'
90'+2': Abel Walatee (Sydney FC) Substitution at 92'
90'+2': Mathias Macallister (Sydney FC) Substitution at 92'

Statistics

MVC		SYD
6	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	12
4	Saves	3
44	Possession	56
17	SHOTS	18
6	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.3
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
6	Blocked Shots	7
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: Allianz Stadium
Location: Sydney, Australia
Attendance: 15,071

A-League Men Table

#	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 Table

Line-Ups

Sydney FC (4-1-3-2)

No.	Name
12	Harrison Devenish-Meares (GK)
5	Alex Grant
41	Alexandar Popovic
24	Paul Okon-Engstler
17	Ben Garuccio
23	Rhyan Grant
70	Ahmet Arslan
7	Piero Quispe
20	Tiago Quintal
9	Víctor Campuzano
80	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos

Sydney FC Substitutes:

Rhys Youlley, Al Hassan Toure, Alexander Zaverdinos, Marcel Tisserand, Abel Walatee, Mathias Macallister, Joseph Lacey.

Melbourne Victory (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
40	Jack Warshawsky (GK)
15	Sebastian Esposito
21	Roderick Miranda
11	Clarismario Rodrigues
22	Joshua Rawlins
8	Jordi Valadon
34	Xavier Stella
23	Keegan Jelacic
17	Nishan Velupillay
9	Nikolaos Vergos
64	Juan Mata

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Reno Piscopo, Matthew Grimaldi, Jing Lual, Denis Genreau, Joshua Inserra, Jack Duncan, Charles Nduka.

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