A-League Men Playoff · AUS · Round 1/2

Sydney FC
1 - 1 Full time
Melbourne City FC

Allianz Stadium · Sydney

Lineups

Sydney FC4-2-3-1
AR1Redmayne
RG23Grant
JR6Rodwell
AW4Wilkinson
JK3King
LB26Brattan
PR8↓84'Retre
AC17Cáceres
MB22↓90'Burgess
RM11↓54'Mak
AL9⚽↓84'Le Fondre
TG1Glover
CT25↓85'Talbot
NR4Reis
CG22Good
JB38Bos
VB14Berisha
FB10↓84'Bérenguer
MT23Tilio
RV8↓76'van der Venne
ML7âš½Leckie
JM9Maclaren
Melbourne City FC4-2-3-1

Sydney FC substitutes

10 Joe Lolley 6.2 ↑54'
28 Jake Girdwood-Reich ↑84'
12 Patrick Wood ↑84'
18 Diego Caballo ↑90'
20 Thomas Heward-Belle
2 James Donachie
19 Adrian Segecic

Coach: Steve Corica

Melbourne City FC substitutes

15 Andrew Nabbout 6.1 ↑76'
3 Scott Jamieson ↑84'
6 Thomas Lam ↑85'
33 Matthew Sutton
2 Scott Galloway
35 Raphael Borges Rodrigues
37 Max Caputo

Coach: Rado Vidosic

Match events

18'Matthew Leckie assist: Valon Berisha 0 - 1âš½
Second half
54'↑ Joe Lolley ↓ Róbert Mak⇄
64'Adam Le Fondre (penalty) 1 - 1âš½
70'Joel King
76'↑ Andrew Nabbout ↓ Richard van der Venne⇄
77'Rhyan Grant
84'↑ Patrick Wood ↓ Adam Le Fondre⇄
84'↑ Jake Girdwood-Reich ↓ Paulo Retre⇄
84'↑ Scott Jamieson ↓ Florin Bérenguer⇄
85'↑ Thomas Lam ↓ Callum Talbot⇄
88'Curtis Good
90+2'↑ Diego Caballo ↓ Max Burgess⇄

Where to watch

We have not verified an official broadcaster listing for the A-League Men Playoff yet, so rather than guess we leave this blank. Verified listings for the top competitions are collected in our TV Guide.

Match details

CompetitionA-League Men Playoff
Kick-off (UTC)Friday, 12 May 2023, 09:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

17Sydney FC wins12Draws19Melbourne City FC wins

48 past meetings on record. Biggest Sydney FC win: Melbourne City FC 5–1 Sydney FC (2025). Biggest Melbourne City FC win: Melbourne City FC 0–4 Sydney FC (2018).

17 Mar 2026Sydney FC 0 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
3 Jan 2026Melbourne City FC 0 - 0 Sydney FCA-League Men
3 May 2025Melbourne City FC 5 - 1 Sydney FCA-League Men
29 Mar 2025Sydney FC 2 - 3 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
24 Feb 2024Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
3 Nov 2023Melbourne City FC 2 - 0 Sydney FCA-League Men
24 Sep 2023Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Sydney FCAustralia Cup
19 May 2023Melbourne City FC 4 - 0 Sydney FCA-League Men Playoff
25 Feb 2023Melbourne City FC 3 - 2 Sydney FCA-League Men
10 Dec 2022Sydney FC 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
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6 Apr 2022Melbourne City FC 4 - 0 Sydney FCA-League Men
26 Feb 2022Sydney FC 0 - 3 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
27 Jun 2021Melbourne City FC 3 - 1 Sydney FCA-League Playoff
10 Apr 2021Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
23 Feb 2021Melbourne City FC 3 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
30 Aug 2020Sydney FC 1 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League Playoff
1 Aug 2020Melbourne City FC 2 - 0 Sydney FCA-League
29 Dec 2019Sydney FC 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
17 Mar 2019Sydney FC 0 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
3 Feb 2019Sydney FC 2 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
2 Nov 2018Melbourne City FC 0 - 3 Sydney FCA-League
10 Feb 2018Melbourne City FC 0 - 4 Sydney FCA-League
15 Dec 2017Sydney FC 3 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
3 Nov 2017Melbourne City FC 0 - 1 Sydney FCA-League
13 Sep 2017Sydney FC 2 - 0 Melbourne City FCFFA Cup
1 Apr 2017Sydney FC 3 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
24 Feb 2017Melbourne City FC 1 - 3 Sydney FCA-League
9 Dec 2016Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
30 Nov 2016Melbourne City FC 1 - 0 Sydney FCFFA Cup
5 Mar 2016Melbourne City FC 3 - 0 Sydney FCA-League
2 Jan 2016Melbourne City FC 2 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
10 Oct 2015Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
20 Mar 2015Sydney FC 0 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
22 Nov 2014Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
11 Oct 2014Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
12 Aug 2014Melbourne City FC 1 - 3 Sydney FCFFA Cup
31 Jan 2014Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Sydney FCA-League
15 Dec 2013Sydney FC 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
15 Nov 2013Melbourne City FC 0 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
24 Feb 2013Melbourne City FC 3 - 1 Sydney FCA-League
13 Jan 2013Sydney FC 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
2 Dec 2012Sydney FC 0 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
17 Mar 2012Melbourne City FC 2 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
29 Dec 2011Sydney FC 0 - 4 Melbourne City FCA-League
29 Oct 2011Melbourne City FC 1 - 1 Sydney FCA-League
12 Feb 2011Melbourne City FC 2 - 2 Sydney FCA-League
23 Dec 2010Sydney FC 0 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
27 Nov 2010Melbourne City FC 0 - 0 Sydney FCA-League