Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory · A-League
Melbourne City FC
3-3-2
0 – 1
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Melbourne Victory
3-2-4
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
Melbourne City FC lost 1-0 to Melbourne Victory at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (crowd 17,619); Melbourne C had not lost in 4 until now. The first goal went to Matthew Grimaldi late on, at 90 minutes. Melbourne C kept the ball 58% of the time and shot 12 times, Melbourne V 14. From 12 shots, Melbourne C found the target 4 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
- Crowd
- 17,619
- Referee
- Alireza Faghani
- Melbourne C form
- WLLLD
- Melbourne V form
- LDWLD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne V | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
7Fouls10
1Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks8
3Saves4
58.4%Possession41.6%
12Shots14
4On Goal4
30%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty 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 Shots7
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 0-1
90'+1'0 - 1
⚽Matthew Grimaldi
85'
🔁Matthew Grimaldireplacing Clarismario Rodrigues
🔁Beckham Bakerreplacing Takeshi Kanamori
81'
🔁Medin Memetireplacing Elbasan Rashani
77'
73'
🔁Keegan Jelacicreplacing Nishan Velupillay
73'
🔁Jing Lualreplacing Nikolaos Vergos
72'
🟨Jordi Valadon
🔁Peter Antonioureplacing Nathaniel Atkinson
68'
🔁Liam Bonetigreplacing Zane Schreiber
68'
🔁Andrew Nabboutreplacing Max Caputo
68'
67'
🔁Denis Genreaureplacing Louis D'Arrigo
🟨German Ferreyra
63'
50'
🟨Louis D'Arrigo
Half-time
17'
🟨Jason Davidson
Kick-off
Teams
Melbourne City FC4-2-3-1
17↓Caputo
11↓Rashani
30Kuen
10↓Kanamori
39Durakovic
19↓Schreiber
16Behich
27Trewin
13↓Atkinson
22🟨Ferreyra
1Beach
Bench
- 37Peter Antoniouon for Nathaniel Atkinson, 68'
- 38Beckham Bakeron for Takeshi Kanamori, 81'
- 33Michael Olakigbe
- 35Medin Memetion for Elbasan Rashani, 77'
- 15Andrew Nabbouton for Max Caputo, 68'
- 4Liam Bonetigon for Zane Schreiber, 68'
- 44Besian Kutleshi
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1
9↓Vergos
11↓Santos Rodrigues
64Mata
17↓Velupillay
8🟨Valadon
27🟨↓D'Arrigo
2🟨Davidson
21Miranda
22Rawlins
15Esposito
25Duncan
Bench
- 10Denis Genreauon for Louis D'Arrigo, 67'
- 16Joshua Inserra
- 19Jing Lualon for Nikolaos Vergos, 73'
- 23Keegan Jelacicon for Nishan Velupillay, 73'
- 14Matthew Grimaldion for Clarismario Rodrigues, 85' ⚽
- 4Lachlan Jackson
- 40Jack Warshawsky
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
2Melbourne C wins
2Level
1Melbourne V wins
Last times they met
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Melbourne V
0–2
Melbourne C · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
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Melbourne C
1–0
Melbourne V · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
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Melbourne V
2–2
Melbourne C · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
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Melbourne V
1–1
Melbourne C · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
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Melbourne C
1–3
Melbourne V · 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
Form
Last games: Melbourne C
L4-1W2-0D0-0W1-0D1-1
Last games: Melbourne V
L2-0L3-0L1-0D0-0W2-1
