Melbourne City FC vs Auckland FC · A-League
Melbourne City FC
5-5-4
2 – 1
FT
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Auckland FC
7-3-3
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
From one goals down, Melbourne City FC went on to beat Auckland FC 2-1 at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (crowd 5,578). Auckland went ahead through Lachlan Brook in added time before the break and Melbourne C were back level through Max Caputo after 70 minutes with a penalty; Medin Memeti scored the winner at the 81-minute mark. With 58% of possession, Melbourne C had 6 attempts against 9 from Auckland. 3 of the 9 shots by Auckland were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
- Crowd
- 5,578
- Referee
- Shane Skinner
- Melbourne C form
- WLLLD
- Auckland form
- WWLWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Auckland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
7Fouls12
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks5
2Saves0
58.2%Possession41.8%
6Shots9
2On Goal3
30%On Target %30%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
3Blocked Shots3
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+1'
🔁Marlee Francoisreplacing Francis de Vries
⚽Medin Memeti
81'2 - 1
🟨Aziz Behich
77'
77'
🟨Jake Girdwood-Reich
🔁Alessandro Lopanereplacing Ryan Teague
73'
🔁Lawrence Wongreplacing Max Caputo
73'
71'
🔁Jake Brimmerreplacing Felipe Gallegos
71'
🔁Guillermo Mayreplacing Sam Cosgrove
71'
🔁Jake Girdwood-Reichreplacing Logan Rogerson
⚽Max CaputoPenalty
70'1 - 1
🔁Benjamin Mazzeoreplacing Andrew Nabbout
58'
🔁Andreas Kuenreplacing Emin Durakovic
57'
Half-time · 0-1
45'+2'0 - 1
⚽Lachlan Brook
44'
🔁Callan Elliotreplacing Hiroki Sakai
🔁Zane Schreiberreplacing Kai Trewin
24'
5'
🟨Felipe Gallegos
Kick-off
Teams
Melbourne City FC4-3-3
8↓Teague
15↓Nabbout
17⚽↓Caputo
39↓Durakovic
35⚽Memeti
27↓Trewin
16🟨Behich
4Bonetig
13Atkinson
22Ferreyra
1Beach
Bench
- 21Alessandro Lopaneon for Ryan Teague, 73'
- 30Andreas Kuenon for Emin Durakovic, 57'
- 36Harrison Shillington
- 20Benjamin Mazzeoon for Andrew Nabbout, 58'
- 41Lawrence Wongon for Max Caputo, 73'
- 19Zane Schreiberon for Kai Trewin, 24'
- 40James Nieuwenhuizen
Auckland FC4-4-2
9↓Cosgrove
77⚽Brook
8🟨↓Gallegos
21Randall
6Verstraete
27↓Rogerson
15↓de Vries
4Pijnaker
2↓Sakai
23Hall
1Woud
Bench
- 3Jake Girdwood-Reichon for Logan Rogerson, 71' 🟨
- 20Oliver Sail
- 11Marlee Francoison for Francis de Vries, 90'+1'
- 10Guillermo Mayon for Sam Cosgrove, 71'
- 7Cameron Howieson
- 17Callan Ellioton for Hiroki Sakai, 44'
- 22Jake Brimmeron for Felipe Gallegos, 71'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wellington Phoenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 |  Western Sydney Wanderers FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Macarthur FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sydney FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Roar FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Auckland FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Newcastle Jets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Melbourne Victory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 |  Melbourne City FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 |  Central Coast Mariners FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 |  Adelaide United FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Perth Glory FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Meetings
0Melbourne C wins
1Level
1Auckland wins
Last times they met
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Auckland
3–0
Melbourne C · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
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Melbourne C
2–2
Auckland · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Melbourne C
D1-1L3-1D0-0W1-0L1-0
Last games: Auckland
W2-1W2-0L3-1D1-1W2-0
