Sydney FC vs Melbourne City FC, A League 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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A League · 2025-26

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Melbourne City FC

Tue 17 Mar 2026 · 08:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Sydney FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Sydney FC 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Melbourne City FC 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Daniel Elder
Referee Jake Rose (Australia)

3 games this season 🟨 5.3/game ⚽ 13.3 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Wellington Phoenix FC	4	10
2	Sydney FC	4	7
3	Brisbane Roar FC	3	7
4	Melbourne City FC	4	7
5	Perth Glory FC	4	6
6	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	4	5
7	Macarthur FC	4	5
8	Auckland FC	4	5
9	Melbourne Victory FC	4	3
10	Newcastle United Jets FC	4	2
11	Central Coast Mariners FC	4	2
12	Adelaide United FC	3	1

Head-to-Head

Sydney FC 21 games · Avg 2.9 goals Melbourne City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC 2026-01-03 Melbourne City FC 0–0 Sydney FC 2025-05-03 Melbourne City FC 5–1 Sydney FC 2025-03-29 Sydney FC 2–3 Melbourne City FC 2024-02-24 Sydney FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC

Recent Form

Sydney FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	Melbourne City FC	H	0–1	L
07 Mar	Melbourne Victory FC	H	2–2	D
01 Mar	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	1–0	W
21 Feb	Brisbane Roar FC	H	1–0	W
17 Feb	Auckland FC	H	1–1	D
14 Feb	Adelaide United FC	H	1–2	L

Melbourne City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	Sydney FC	A	1–0	W
28 Feb	Auckland FC	A	0–3	L
21 Feb	Melbourne Victory FC	H	1–3	L
07 Feb	Western Sydney Wanderers FC	A	1–1	D
30 Jan	Wellington Phoenix FC	A	2–2	D
24 Jan	Macarthur FC	A	2–6	L

Season Stats

Sydney FC		Melbourne City FC
#2	Position	#4
7	Points	7
4	Played	4
2 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 1
7	Scored	6
4	Conceded	6
+3	GD	+0
1.75	PPG	1.75
50%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Sydney FC are 2nd (7 pts). Melbourne City FC are 4th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sydney FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/1

31-45

3/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

2/1

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sydney FC

Aly Toure	4 G	1 A
Oriola Sunday	1 G	2 A
Gabriel Popovic	1 G
Rhys Youlley	1 G

Melbourne City FC

Andrew Nabbout	2 G
Emiliano Marcondes	1 G	2 A
Matheus Rossetto	1 G
Awer Mabil	1 G
Quinn MacNicol	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sydney FC and Melbourne City FC is underway.
It finishes all square. Sydney FC and Melbourne City FC share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

Sydney FC Lineups

Melbourne City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie MacLaren	11
Adam Le Fondre	6
Mathew Leckie	6
Marco Tilio	4
Kosta Barbarouses	2
Joe Lolley	2
Max Caputo	2
Medin Memeti	2

Head to Head

Sydney FC Form

2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC L 2026-03-07 Sydney FC 2–2 Melbourne Victory FC D 2026-03-01 Wellington Phoenix FC 0–1 Sydney FC W 2026-02-21 Sydney FC 1–0 Brisbane Roar FC W 2026-02-17 Sydney FC 1–1 Auckland FC D 2026-02-14 Sydney FC 1–2 Adelaide United FC L

Melbourne City FC Form

2026-03-17 Sydney FC 0–1 Melbourne City FC W 2026-02-28 Auckland FC 3–0 Melbourne City FC L 2026-02-21 Melbourne City FC 1–3 Melbourne Victory FC L 2026-02-07 Western Sydney Wanderers FC 1–1 Melbourne City FC D 2026-01-30 Wellington Phoenix FC 2–2 Melbourne City FC D 2026-01-24 Macarthur FC 6–2 Melbourne City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.71 Sydney FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.27 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Sydney FC or Melbourne City FC 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sydney FC43% Draw27% Melbourne City FC30%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Sydney FC or Draw

70%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

57%

Sydney FC or Melbourne City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sydney FC34% Draw44% Melbourne City FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

7.9%

2 – 0

7.3%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sydney FC

Handicap	Sydney FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sydney FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.