Australian A-League Men

Melbourne Victory

Elimination Finals
Ugh, no.
Melbourne Victory lost to Sydney FC
Sydney FC 1 – 0 Melbourne Victory
FT · Sat, May 2

Match Details

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne) · 15,258 fans · ESPN+

Commentary

  • 90'+5'Ahmet Arslan (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 95'
  • 89'Reno Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 89'
  • 85'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 85'
  • 84'Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
  • 84'Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
  • 84'Louis D'Arrigo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
  • 81'Rhys Youlley (Sydney FC) Substitution at 81'
  • 80'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Goal at 80'
  • 78'Wataru Kamijo (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 78'
  • 77'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Substitution at 77'
  • 71'Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 71'
  • 68'Paul Okon (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 68'

Line Score

12T
SYD 01 1
MVC 00 0

Match Leaders

Sydney FC
Melbourne Victory

League Table · 2026-27 Australian A-League Men
TeamGPWDLGDPtsForm
1 Adelaide Utd 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Auckland 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CC Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Macarthur 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Melbourne City 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Melbourne V 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Newcastle Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Perth Glory 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sydney FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wellington 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Western Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 0

Key Events

90'+5'Ahmet Arslan (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 95'
89'Reno Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 89'
85'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 85'
84'Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
84'Matthew Grimaldi (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
84'Louis D'Arrigo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 84'
81'Rhys Youlley (Sydney FC) Substitution at 81'
80'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Goal at 80'
78'Wataru Kamijo (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 78'
77'Patrick Wood (Sydney FC) Substitution at 77'
71'Keegan Jelacic (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 71'
68'Paul Okon (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 68'
61'Ahmet Arslan (Sydney FC) Substitution at 61'

Team Stats

Sydney FCMelbourne Victory
General
48.6 Possession % 51.4
6 Shots 16
2 On Target 6
0 Offsides 0
6 Corners 10
12 Fouls 7
Passing & Defense
0 Passes Completed 0
0 Crosses Won 0
0 Tackles Won 0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Clearances 0
Discipline
4 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
6 Saves 1

Recent Form

Melbourne Victory W L D D W
Sydney FC L D W D D

Starting Lineups

Sydney FC4-2-3-1
12 Devenish-Meares
23 Grant 41 Popovic 4 Courtney-Perkins 17 Garuccio
8 Kamijo 24 Okon-Engstler
44 Akon 20 Quintal 7 Quispe
80 Stamatelopoulos
44 Nduka
11 Santos Rodrigues 64 Mata 17 Velupillay
8 Valadon 10 Genreau
18 Lino 2 Davidson 21 Miranda 22 Rawlins
40 Warshawsky
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Melbourne Victory

  1. JW #40 Jack WarshawskyG
  2. JD #2 Jason DavidsonCD-L
  3. RM #21 Roderick MirandaCD-R
  4. FL #18 Franco LinoLB
  5. JR #22 Joshua RawlinsRB
  6. JM #64 Juan MataAM
  7. JV #8 Jordi ValadonLM
  8. DG #10 Denis GenreauRM
  9. CN #44 Charles NdukaF
  10. CR #11 Clarismario RodriguesAM-L
  11. NV #17 Nishan VelupillayAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Sydney FC

  1. HD #12 Harrison Devenish-MearesG
  2. JC #4 Jordan Courtney-PerkinsCD-L
  3. AP #41 Alexandar PopovicCD-R
  4. BG #17 Ben GaruccioLB
  5. RG #23 Rhyan GrantRB
  6. TQ #20 Tiago QuintalAM
  7. PO #24 Paul Okon-EngstlerLM
  8. WK #8 Wataru KamijoRM
  9. AS #80 Apostolos StamatelopoulosF
  10. PQ #7 Piero QuispeAM-L
  11. AA #44 Akol AkonAM-R
Substitutes · 3 used

Roster

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
Full-time: Melbourne City 1-0 Melbourne Victory Yonatan Cohen’s 10th minute strike seals title for City Here come the two sides along the AAMI Park race. Victory all in navy blue, City in sky blue shirts and white…
Melbourne City clinch championship with fiery A-League Men grand final win over Victory
· The Guardian
Melbourne City 1-0 Melbourne Victory Yonatan Cohen’s 10th minute strike seals title for City Jubilation for one side of Melbourne, despair for the other. Melbourne City are champions of the A-League Men after defeating…
Melbourne Victory break Auckland hearts to set up A-League Men grand final derby against City
· The Guardian
Auckland 0-2 Melbourne Victory (agg 1-2) in second leg of semi-final Zinedine Machach and Bruno Fornaroli goals seal place in decider Melbourne Victory denied Auckland a shot at an A-League Men fairytale after turning…
Central Coast Mariners complete fairytale after A-League Women grand final shootout
· The Guardian
Central Coast 1-1 (aet) Melbourne Victory; Mariners win 5-4 on pens Bianca Galic slots winning penalty to seal Mariners’ first championship The weight of the world was on Bianca Galic’s shoulders. After 120 minutes of…

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