Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory · A-League
Melbourne City FC
5-7-6
1 – 3
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Melbourne Victory
8-3-7
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
Melbourne Victory won 3-1 against Melbourne City FC at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (crowd 21,439); Melbourne C had not lost in 4 until now. Juan Mata scored first for Melbourne V at the 20-minute mark and Max Caputo brought Melbourne C level after 32 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Juan Mata at the 64-minute mark and Clarismario Rodrigues added to the lead late on, at 89 minutes. With 56% of possession, Melbourne C had 8 attempts against 19 from Melbourne V. Melbourne V hit the target 7 times from 19 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- A-League Australia
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season
- Ground
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
- Crowd
- 21,439
- Referee
- Daniel Elder
- Melbourne C form
- WLLLD
- Melbourne V form
- LDWLD
On TV
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- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Melbourne V | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Side by side
12Fouls10
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
5Corner Kicks5
4Saves3
55.8%Possession44.2%
8Shots19
4On Goal7
50%On Target %40%
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%
2Blocked Shots2
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-3
90'+2'
🔁Jing Lualreplacing Juan Mata
89'1 - 3
⚽Clarismario Rodrigues
87'
🟨Sebastian Esposito
81'
🔁Clarismario Rodriguesreplacing Nishan Velupillay
🔁Samuel Souprayenreplacing Kavian Rahmani
78'
🔁Zane Schreiberreplacing Daniel Arzani
70'
🔁Andreas Kuenreplacing Max Caputo
70'
64'1 - 2
⚽Juan Mata
62'
🔁Nikolaos Vergosreplacing Charles Nduka
62'
🔁Matthew Grimaldireplacing Keegan Jelacic
🟨Aziz Behich
60'
🔁Emin Durakovicreplacing Medin Memeti
59'
🔁Kavian Rahmanireplacing Alessandro Lopane
58'
Half-time · 1-1
⚽Max Caputo
32'1 - 1
20'0 - 1
⚽Juan Mata
Kick-off
Teams
Melbourne City FC4-2-3-1
17⚽↓Caputo
35↓Memeti
14↓Arzani
28Younis
8Teague
21↓Lopane
16🟨Behich
2Delbridge
13Atkinson
22Ferreyra
1Beach
Bench
- 19Zane Schreiberon for Daniel Arzani, 70'
- 39Emin Durakovicon for Medin Memeti, 59'
- 40James Nieuwenhuizen
- 44Besian Kutleshi
- 47Kavian Rahmanion for Alessandro Lopane, 58' ↓
- 30Andreas Kuenon for Max Caputo, 70'
- 26Samuel Souprayenon for Kavian Rahmani, 78'
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1
44↓Nduka
17↓Velupillay
64⚽⚽↓Mata
23↓Jelacic
8Valadon
10Genreau
2Davidson
21Miranda
22Rawlins
15🟨Esposito
40Warshawsky
Bench
- 11Clarismario Rodrigueson for Nishan Velupillay, 81' ⚽
- 14Matthew Grimaldion for Keegan Jelacic, 62'
- 19Jing Lualon for Juan Mata, 90'+2'
- 34Xavier Stella
- 16Joshua Inserra
- 25Jack Duncan
- 9Nikolaos Vergoson for Charles Nduka, 62'
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 C
0–1
Melbourne V · 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
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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
Form
Last games: Melbourne C
L6-2D2-2D1-1W2-1D0-0
Last games: Melbourne V
L2-1W4-0L1-0W3-2D1-1
