Melbourne City FC vs Sydney FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Melbourne City FC vs Sydney FC — A League .
- Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)
- Sydney FC 26 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Shaun Evans
18 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# 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 03 Jan Sydney FC H 0–0 D 28 Dec Perth Glory FC H 1–3 L 23 Dec Macarthur FC H 1–1 D 20 Dec Melbourne Victory FC H 0–1 L 06 Dec Newcastle United Jets FC A 1–0 W 29 Nov Central Coast Mariners FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 Jan Melbourne City FC A 0–0 D 20 Dec Newcastle United Jets FC A 0–2 L 13 Dec Perth Glory FC A 1–0 W 06 Dec Central Coast Mariners FC A 2–1 W 29 Nov Western Sydney Wanderers FC A 0–1 L 22 Nov Melbourne Victory FC H 3–0 W Season Stats
Melbourne City FC Sydney FC #6 Position #5 38 Points 39 26 Played 26 10 / 8 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 6 / 9 33 Scored 33 33 Conceded 25 +0 GD +8 1.46 PPG 1.50 38% Win % 42% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season38% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this seasonMelbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts). Sydney FC are 5th (39 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Melbourne City FC0-15–/–16-304/–31-451/146-601/–61-753/–76+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededSydney FC0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/–46-602/261-751/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Melbourne City FCMax Caputo 8 G 1 A Marcus Younis 7 G 3 A Medin Memeti 5 G 1 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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Melbourne City FC is hosting Sydney FC for another epic battle.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Melbourne City FC Lineups
Sydney FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jamie MacLaren 11 Mathew Leckie 6 Adam Le Fondre 6 Marco Tilio 4 Jordan Courtney-Perkins 2 Kosta Barbarouses 2 Joe Lolley 2 Max Caputo 2 Head to Head
Melbourne City FC Form
2026-01-03 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Sydney FC D 2025-12-28 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Perth Glory FC L 2025-12-23 Melbourne City FC 1–1 Macarthur FC D 2025-12-20 Melbourne City FC 0–1 Melbourne Victory FC L 2025-12-06 Newcastle United Jets FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2025-11-29 Central Coast Mariners FC 0–0 Melbourne City FC DSydney FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.13 Melbourne City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.98 Sydney FC xGI would bet for: Melbourne City FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.11Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 35% 65% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Melbourne City FC or Draw 71%Draw or Sydney FC 60%Melbourne City FC or Sydney FC 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 12.4%0 – 1 10.5%2 – 0 7.4%2 – 1 7.4%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 2 5.5%2 – 2 3.8%3 – 1 2.8%3 – 0 2.8%1 – 3 2.1%Asian Handicap — Melbourne City FC
Handicap Melbourne City FC covers Push Sydney FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 21% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 18% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✗Sydney FC keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.