Auckland FC vs Sydney FC, A League 2025-26 FINAL
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Overview
Match Preview
Auckland FC vs Sydney FC — A League at Mt Smart Stadium.
- Auckland FC 26 games · 42 pts (2025/26)
- Sydney FC 26 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- VIDEO_ASSISTANT_REFEREE_N1 Shaun Evans
- Referee Alex King
- Referee Kate Jacewicz
- Assistant 1 Kearney Robinson
- Assistant 2 Daniel Ilievski (Australia)
- 4th Official Daniel Elder
19 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Newcastle United Jets FC 26 48 2 Adelaide United FC 26 43 3 Auckland FC 26 42 4 Melbourne Victory FC 26 40 5 Sydney FC 26 39 6 Melbourne City FC 26 38 7 Macarthur FC 26 34 8 Wellington Phoenix FC 26 33 9 Central Coast Mariners FC 26 32 10 Perth Glory FC 26 31 11 Brisbane Roar FC 26 26 12 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 26 21 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Sydney FC H 1–0 W 15 May Adelaide United FC A 3–0 W 09 May Adelaide United FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Sydney FC A 2–2 D 19 Apr Central Coast Mariners FC H 0–1 L 11 Apr Melbourne Victory FC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Auckland FC A 0–1 L 16 May Newcastle United Jets FC A 5–3 W 09 May Newcastle United Jets FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Auckland FC H 2–2 D 18 Apr Perth Glory FC H 0–0 D 11 Apr Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 2–0 W Season Stats
Auckland FC Sydney FC #3 Position #5 42 Points 39 26 Played 26 11 / 9 / 6 W / D / L 11 / 6 / 9 42 Scored 33 29 Conceded 25 +13 GD +8 1.62 PPG 1.50 42% Win % 42% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history31% Clean Sheets
Auckland FC this season38% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this seasonAuckland FC are 3rd (42 pts). Sydney FC are 5th (39 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Auckland FC0-15–/–16-301/331-452/–46-603/261-751/176+3/1■ Scored ■ ConcededSydney FC0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/–46-602/261-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Auckland FCSam Cosgrove 12 G 4 A Jesse Randall 9 G 8 A Lachlan Brook 9 G 2 A Guillermo May Bartesaghi 6 G 4 A Sydney FCTiago Quintal 5 G 3 A Al Hassan Toure 5 G 1 A Campuzano 4 G 3 A Joe Lolley 4 G 2 A Patrick Wood 4 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Mt Smart Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Sydney FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' It’s high time Patrick Kisnorbo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nando Pijnaker made 324 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jake Girdwood-Reich, as he is very good at scoring at Mt Smart Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' Auckland FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 3 matches with its main striker Guillermo May Bartesaghi scoring 2 goals.
- 31' That looks like a foul for a card for Nando Pijnaker.
- 36' It looks like no one’s ball. Auckland FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 41' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 46' Sydney FC is showing some good football. However, Sydney FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 53' It’s a booking for Auckland FC player. Louis Verstraete gets a card.
- 54' The referee calls foul for Louis Verstraete. He receives a card.
- 56' It’s gonna be a card for Daniel Hall.
- 57' The referee shows Auckland FC player a card on 57.
- 58' Auckland FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 60' GOAL! Cameron Howieson scores on 60.
- 65' Ben Garuccio has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 70' It looks surprising Auckland FC does not make any changes. Sam Cosgrove has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 75' The travelling Sydney FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 76' Campuzano was booked on 76.
- 81' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sydney FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Auckland FC that had 55 games and scored 58 goals.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.
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Lineups
Auckland FC Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
- 1
- 2
- 77
- 9
- 6
- 17
- 4
- 23
- 3
- 7
- 21
Bench
- 27
- 15
- 8
- 14
- 12
- 52
- 57
Coach Steve CoricaSydney FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 23
- 17
- 4
- 41
- 8
- 80
- 12
- 24
- 20
- 44
- 7
Bench
- 10
- 70
- 9
- 16
- 13
- 36
- 1
Coach Patrick Kisnorbo -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Guillermo May Bartesaghi 2 Adrian Segecic 2 Logan Rogerson 1 Francis De Vries 1 Cameron Howieson 1 Ben Garuccio 1 Alexandar Popovic 1 Nando Pijnaker 1 Head to Head
Auckland FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.31 Auckland FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.16 Sydney FC xGI would bet for: Auckland FC or Sydney FC 72% + Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Auckland FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.47Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Auckland FC or Draw 72%Draw or Sydney FC 56%Auckland FC or Sydney FC 72%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.8%0 – 0 10.6%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 8.7%2 – 1 8.1%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 0 7%0 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 3.6%3 – 0 3%1 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Auckland FC
Handicap Auckland FC covers Push Sydney FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 21% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 18% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Auckland FC keeps clean sheet 32% ✗Sydney FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.