Melbourne City FC vs Buriram United · AFC Champions League Elite
Melbourne City FC
1-0-2
2 – 1
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Buriram United
1-0-2
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
Melbourne City FC fought back to win 2-1 against Buriram United at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (crowd 2,018). Goran Causic scored first for Buriram at the 72-minute mark and Melbourne C were back level through Elbasan Rashani after 84 minutes; the goal that settled it came from Max Caputo late on, at 90 minutes. On 58% of the ball Melbourne C shot 13 times to 5 for Buriram. From 13 shots, Melbourne C found the target 4 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- AFC Champions League Elite AFC
- Campaign
- 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite, League Stage
- Ground
- Melbourne Rectangular Stadium · Melbourne · Australia
- Crowd
- 2,018
- Referee
- Yoshimi Yamashita
- Melbourne C form
- WLLLD
- Buriram form
- LDDLD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Buriram | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
17Fouls15
0Yellow Cards4
0Red Cards0
4Offsides3
4Corner Kicks2
3Saves2
58.3%Possession41.7%
13Shots5
4On Goal4
30%On Target %80%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
443Accurate Passes287
535Passes390
80%Pass Completion %70%
3Accurate Crosses1
17Crosses7
20%Cross %10%
48Long Balls76
14Accurate Long Balls30
30%Long Balls %40%
2Blocked Shots0
5Effective Tackles8
8Tackles16
60%Tackle %50%
10Interceptions16
14Effective Clearances25
14Clearances25
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+10'
🔁Theerathon Bunmathanreplacing Goran Causic
⚽Max CaputoAssist: Nathaniel Atkinson
90'+7'2 - 1
90'+2'
🟨Goran Causic
⚽Elbasan RashaniAssist: Aziz Behich
84'1 - 1
81'
🔁Ilhan Fandireplacing Supachai Chaided
80'
🔁Sandy Walshreplacing Filip Stojkovic
🔁Zane Schreiberreplacing Andreas Kuen
80'
🔁Emin Durakovicreplacing Takeshi Kanamori
80'
72'0 - 1
⚽Goran Causic
🔁Elbasan Rashanireplacing Kavian Rahmani
69'
66'
🔁Shayne Pattynamareplacing Kingsley Schindler
60'
🟨Supachai Chaided
🔁Benjamin Mazzeoreplacing Beckham Baker
58'
🔁Nathaniel Atkinsonreplacing Harrison Shillington
58'
🔁Liam Bonetigreplacing Samuel Souprayen
58'
Half-time
44'
🟨Kenneth Dougall
42'
🟨Peter Zulj
Kick-off
Teams
Melbourne City FC4-1-4-1
17⚽Caputo
30↓Kuen
47↓Rahmani
38↓Baker
10↓Kanamori
27Trewin
16Behich
26↓Souprayen
36↓Shillington
22Ferreyra
1Beach
Bench
- 53Angus Mackintosh
- 34Jayden Necovski
- 33Michael Olakigbe
- 13Nathaniel Atkinsonon for Harrison Shillington, 58'
- 39Emin Durakovicon for Takeshi Kanamori, 80'
- 11Elbasan Rashanion for Kavian Rahmani, 69' ⚽
- 20Benjamin Mazzeoon for Beckham Baker, 58'
- 19Zane Schreiberon for Andreas Kuen, 80'
- 44Besian Kutleshi
- 60Lachie Charles
- 37Peter Antoniou
- 4Liam Bonetigon for Samuel Souprayen, 58'
Buriram United5-4-1
7Bissoli
44🟨Zulj
9🟨↓Chaided
32Zulj
23⚽🟨↓Causic
30↓Stojkovic
6Good
16🟨Dougall
19↓Schindler
3Hemviboon
13Etheridge
Bench
- 14Sandy Walshon for Filip Stojkovic, 80'
- 34Chatchai Budprom
- 20Shayne Pattynamaon for Kingsley Schindler, 66'
- 4Robert Bauer
- 99Fejsal Mulic
- 27Phitiwat Sukjitthammakul
- 8Rattanakom Maikami
- 2Sasalak Haiprakhon
- 17Ilhan Fandion for Supachai Chaided, 81'
- 55Juan Fernandez
- 5Theerathon Bunmathanon for Goran Causic, 90'+10'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kashima Antlers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 9 |
| 2 |  Vissel Kobe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 9 |
| 3 |  Gamba Osaka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 4 |  Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 5 |  Beijing Guoan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Kyoto Sanga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 8 |  Shanghai Port FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Daejeon Hana Citizen FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Cong An Ha Noi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Buriram United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Ratchaburi FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 |  Pohang Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |
| 15 |  Port FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |
| 16 |  Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -11 | 0 |
Meetings
1Melbourne C wins
0Level
1Buriram wins
Last times they met
FT
Melbourne C
0–1
Buriram · 2023-24 AFC Champions League
FT
Buriram
0–2
Melbourne C · 2023-24 AFC Champions League
Form
Last games: Melbourne C
D1-1W1-0L2-0L1-0D1-1
Last games: Buriram
W2-1W2-1W4-1L3-0D2-2
