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'

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Sydney FC vs Melbourne City FC — A League .

Sydney FC 26 games · 39 pts (2025/26)
Melbourne City FC 26 games · 38 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Daniel Elder
Referee Jake Rose (Australia)

24 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.3 goals/game

Standings

#	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

Sydney FC 20 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
#5	Position	#6
39	Points	38
26	Played	26
11 / 6 / 9	W / D / L	10 / 8 / 8
33	Scored	33
25	Conceded	33
+8	GD	+0
1.50	PPG	1.46
42%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Sydney FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Melbourne City FC this season

Sydney FC are 5th (39 pts). Melbourne City FC are 6th (38 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sydney FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

1/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Melbourne City FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sydney FC

Tiago 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

Melbourne City FC

Max Caputo	8 G	1 A
Marcus Younis	7 G	3 A
Medin Memeti	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
The final score is 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
Joe Lolley	2
Max Caputo	2
Medin Memeti	2
Rhyan Grant	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

2 / 4

1.29 Sydney FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.17 Melbourne City FC xG

I would bet for: Sydney FC or Melbourne City FC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sydney FC36% Draw30% Melbourne City FC34%

Actual: Melbourne City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.46

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Sydney FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Melbourne City FC

64%

Sydney FC or Melbourne City FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sydney FC27% Draw49% Melbourne City FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

10.7%

1 – 0

9.9%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 2

5.7%

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

3.5%

3 – 0

2.9%

1 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sydney FC

Handicap	Sydney FC covers	Push	Melbourne City FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	20%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sydney FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Melbourne City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

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