Sydney Vs Melbourne City (17 March 2026)

Sydney vs Melbourne City

Melbourne City claimed a 1-0 win against Sydney in A-League action. M. Caputo opened the scoring for Melbourne City in the 53th minute. Melbourne City outscored their opponents 1 to 0.

Goal Timeline

53' - M. Caputo (assist: D. Arzani)

Match Activity

Substitutions: Sydney (5), Melbourne City (5)
Discipline: 2 card(s) shown

A. Kuen received a Yellow Card in the 62th minute; P. Okon-Engstler received a Yellow Card in the 76th minute

Match Events

86'

Sydney

P. A. Quispe Cordova

Substitution: R. Youlley

Substitution 5

86'

Melbourne City

M. Younis

Substitution: H. Shillington

Substitution 5

76'

Sydney

P. Okon-Engstler

Yellow Card

69'

Melbourne City

A. Kuen

Substitution: E. Durakovic

Substitution 4

69'

Melbourne City

K. Rahmani

Substitution: Z. Schreiber

Substitution 3

69'

Melbourne City

M. Caputo

Substitution: M. Memeti

Substitution 2

63'

Melbourne City

D. Arzani

Substitution: E. Rashani

Substitution 1

63'

Sydney

A. Stamatelopoulos

Substitution: M. Macallister

Substitution 4

63'

Sydney

T. Quintal

Substitution: A. Walatee

Substitution 3

63'

Sydney

M. Tisserand

Substitution: A. Grant

Substitution 2

62'

Melbourne City

A. Kuen

Yellow Card

53'

Melbourne City

M. Caputo

Substitution: D. Arzani

Normal Goal

46'

Sydney

V. Campuzano

Substitution: A. Toure

Substitution 1

86'

P. A. Quispe Cordova

Sydney

Substitution 5 • Assist: R. Youlley

86'

M. Younis

Melbourne City

Substitution 5 • Assist: H. Shillington

76'

P. Okon-Engstler

Sydney

Yellow Card

69'

A. Kuen

Melbourne City

Substitution 4 • Assist: E. Durakovic

69'

K. Rahmani

Melbourne City

Substitution 3 • Assist: Z. Schreiber

69'

M. Caputo

Melbourne City

Substitution 2 • Assist: M. Memeti

63'

D. Arzani

Melbourne City

Substitution 1 • Assist: E. Rashani

63'

A. Stamatelopoulos

Sydney

Substitution 4 • Assist: M. Macallister

63'

T. Quintal

Sydney

Substitution 3 • Assist: A. Walatee

63'

M. Tisserand

Sydney

Substitution 2 • Assist: A. Grant

62'

A. Kuen

Melbourne City

Yellow Card

53'

M. Caputo

Melbourne City

Normal Goal • Assist: D. Arzani

46'

V. Campuzano

Sydney

Substitution 1 • Assist: A. Toure

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Shots off Goal

Total Shots

Blocked Shots

Shots insidebox

Shots outsidebox

Fouls

Corner Kicks

Offsides

55%

Ball Possession

45%

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

506

Total passes

400

434

Passes accurate

332

86%

Passes %

83%

Last 5 Results

Sydney

vs Brisbane Roar 0-0

vs Newcastle Jets 1-2

vs Melbourne City 0-1

vs Melbourne Victory 2-2

vs Wellington Phoenix 1-0

Melbourne City

vs Western Sydney Wanderers 3-0

vs Perth Glory 1-1

vs Sydney 1-0

vs Buriram United 0-0

vs Buriram United 1-1

Player Stats

Sydney Formation

6.2

Víctor Campuzano

6.5

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos

7.2

Tiago Quintal

8.2

Paul Okon-Engstler

7.6

Piero Quispe

7.0

Ahmet Arslan

6.9

Rhyan Grant

7.9

Marcel Tisserand

6.7

Alexandar Popovic

7.2

Ben Garuccio

7.2

Harrison Devenish-Meares

Starting XI

Player	Pos	Rating	Mins	SHOTS	PASS ACC	DUELS (W)
Harrison Devenish-MearesG	G	7.2	90'	0	79%	0 / 0
Rhyan GrantD	D	6.9	90'	2	90%	3 / 6
Marcel TisserandD	D	7.9	63'	0	94%	1 / 1
Alexandar PopovicD	D	6.7	90'	0	91%	4 / 8
Ben GaruccioD	D	7.2	90'	0	82%	8 / 15
Tiago QuintalM	M	7.2	63'	2	70%	7 / 10
Paul Okon-EngstlerM	M	8.2	90'	0	89%	13 / 19
Piero QuispeM	M	7.6	86'	0	84%	10 / 16
Ahmet ArslanM	M	7.0	90'	4	87%	5 / 10
Víctor CampuzanoF	F	6.2	45'	1	86%	2 / 7
Apostolos StamatelopoulosF	F	6.5	63'	1	73%	4 / 10

Substitutes

Player	Pos	Rating	Mins	PASS ACC	DUELS (W)
Al Hassan ToureF	F	6.2	45'	33%	0 / 3
Alex GrantD	D	7.2	27'	78%	2 / 4
Abel WalateeM	M	6.3	27'	94%	0 / 2
Mathias MacallisterF	F	6.3	27'	0%	1 / 2
Rhys YoulleyM	M	6.3	10'	79%	0 / 1
Gus HoefslootG	G	-	0'	-	0 / 0
Joel KingD	D	-	0'	-	0 / 0

Melbourne City Formation

7.2

Patrick Beach

7.2

Nathaniel Atkinson

8.0

Germán Ferreyra

7.7

Samuel Souprayen

6.9

Aziz Behich

6.9

Kavian Rahmani

7.2

Ryan Teague

6.3

Andreas Kuen

7.2

Marcus Younis

7.2

Max Caputo

7.2

Daniel Arzani

Starting XI

Player	Pos	Rating	Mins	G	A	SHOTS	PASS ACC	DUELS (W)
Patrick BeachG	G	7.2	90'	0	0	0	56%	0 / 0
Nathaniel AtkinsonD	D	7.2	90'	0	0	0	79%	10 / 17
Germán FerreyraD	D	8.0	90'	0	0	0	92%	2 / 4
Samuel SouprayenD	D	7.7	90'	0	0	0	90%	6 / 8
Aziz BehichD	D	6.9	90'	0	0	1	94%	3 / 8
Kavian RahmaniM	M	6.9	69'	0	0	1	81%	4 / 7
Ryan TeagueM	M	7.2	90'	0	0	0	92%	3 / 7
Andreas KuenM	M	6.3	69'	0	0	2	75%	2 / 10
Marcus YounisF	F	7.2	86'	0	0	2	59%	12 / 22
Max CaputoF	F	7.2	69'	1	0	3	50%	3 / 8
Daniel ArzaniF	F	7.2	63'	0	1	2	88%	3 / 11

Substitutes

Player	Pos	Rating	Mins	SHOTS	PASS ACC	DUELS (W)
Elbasan RashaniF	F	7.0	27'	1	56%	2 / 3
Zane SchreiberM	M	6.9	21'	0	80%	2 / 2
Emin DurakovicM	M	6.9	21'	1	88%	1 / 1
Medin MemetiF	F	6.3	21'	0	100%	1 / 6
Harrison ShillingtonD	D	6.7	10'	0	-	0 / 0
James NieuwenhuizenG	G	-	0'	0	-	0 / 0
Harrison DelbridgeD	D	-	0'	0	-	0 / 0

Head to Head

Season Statistics

Sydney

Matches (H): 9 (A): 11

Attack: 38%
Defense: 69%

Melbourne City

Matches (H): 9 (A): 10

Attack: 38%
Defense: 6%

	Sydney	Melbourne City
Goals For	1.8	1.0
Goals Against	0.9	1.7
Clean Sheets	4	4
Failed To Score	1	3
Attack Strength (%)	38	38
Defense Strength (%)	69	6

Table

A-League Australia 2025

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Newcastle Jets	24	14	2	8	49	37	12	44	DLWLW
2	Auckland	24	11	8	5	40	26	14	41	DDLWD
3	Sydney	24	11	4	9	31	23	8	37	WDLLD
4	Adelaide United	24	10	7	7	41	34	7	37	DDWDD
5	Melbourne Victory	24	10	6	8	40	31	9	36	DLWWD
6	Melbourne City	24	9	8	7	29	29	0	35	WWWDW
7	Macarthur	24	8	7	9	32	41	-9	31	LWWLL
8	Wellington Phoenix	24	8	6	10	34	43	-9	30	LWWWD
9	Central Coast Mariners	24	7	8	9	34	38	-4	29	DLDLD
10	Perth Glory	24	7	6	11	30	38	-8	27	WDDLD
11	Brisbane Roar	24	6	8	10	24	31	-7	26	DDLDD
12	Western Sydney Wanderers	24	5	6	13	26	39	-13	21	LLLDL

KICKOFFEDGE Prediction

Best Bet:

Over 1.5 Goals (76.9% Confidence)

All Predictions

Fulltime Result

Sydney 74.2%

Draw 5.8%

Melbourne City 20.0%

Double Chance

Sydney or
Draw 80.0%

Melbourne City or
Draw 25.8%

Sydney or
Melbourne City 94.2%

Match Goals

Line	Over	Under
0.5	93.9%	6.1%
1.5	76.9%	23.1%
2.5	53.1%	46.9%
3.5	30.8%	69.2%
4.5	15.2%	84.8%

Both Teams To Score

Yes 50.7%

No 49.3%

No Clean Sheet

Sydney
To Concede 61.3%

Melbourne City
To Concede 82.6%

Sydney vs Melbourne City

Sydney

Final Score

Melbourne City