A-League Men Playoff · AUS · Round 1/2
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Melbourne City FC
AAMI Park · Melbourne
Lineups
MS
33Sutton
33SuttonTR
13Russell
13RussellTI
6Imai
DL
30Leonard
30LeonardBG
17Garuccio
17GaruccioMG
10↓65'Grimaldi
10↓65'GrimaldiRB
23Bozinovski
23BozinovskiAT
32Thurgate
32ThurgateRD
77↓72'Danzaki
HI
9↓65'Ibusuki
MR
24↓72'Ruhs
24↓72'RuhsPB
33Beach
33BeachCT
2Talbot
2TalbotGF
22⚽Ferreyra
22⚽FerreyraKT
27Trewin
27TrewinAB
16Behich
16BehichAL
21↓60'Lopane
21↓60'LopaneZS
19↓84'Schreiber
19↓84'SchreiberYC
10⚽↓84'Cohen
10⚽↓84'CohenAK
30↓67'Kuen
30↓67'KuenMT
23Tilio
23TilioMC
17↓67'Caputo
17↓67'Caputo Melbourne City FC4-2-3-1Western United FC substitutes
20 Abel Walatee ↑65'
5 Oli Lavale ↑65'
19 Noah Botic ↑72'
7 Ramy Najjarine ↑72'
70 Michael Vonja
22 Kane Vidmar
44 Jordan Lauton
Coach: John Aloisi
Melbourne City FC substitutes
7 Matthew Leckie ⚽↑60'
6 Steven Peter Ugarkovic ↑67'
35 Medin Memeti ↑67'
41 Lawrence Wong ↑84'
47 Kavian Rahmani ↑84'
18 Dakota Ochsenham
36 Harrison Shillington
Coach: Aurelio Vidmar
Match events
12'Michael Ruhs
16'German Ferreyra assist: Marco Tilio 0 - 1⚽
28'Rhys Bozinovski
Second half
54'Yonatan Cohen assist: Alessandro Lopane 0 - 2⚽
58'Zane Schreiber
60'↑ Matthew Leckie ↓ Alessandro Lopane⇄
65'↑ Abel Walatee ↓ Matthew Grimaldi⇄
65'↑ Oli Lavale ↓ Hiroshi Ibusuki⇄
67'↑ Steven Peter Ugarkovic ↓ Andreas Kuen⇄
67'↑ Medin Memeti ↓ Max Caputo⇄
72'↑ Ramy Najjarine ↓ Riku Danzaki⇄
72'↑ Noah Botic ↓ Michael Ruhs⇄
72'Matthew Leckie assist: Yonatan Cohen 0 - 3⚽
82'German Ferreyra
84'↑ Kavian Rahmani ↓ Yonatan Cohen⇄
84'↑ Lawrence Wong ↓ Zane Schreiber⇄
86'Angus Thurgate
89'Steven Peter Ugarkovic
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
| Competition | A-League Men Playoff |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Friday, 16 May 2025, 09:35 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
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
12Melbourne City FC wins19 past meetings on record. Biggest Western United FC win: Melbourne City FC 4–0 Western United FC (2023). Biggest Melbourne City FC win: Western United FC 1–3 Melbourne City FC (2023).
24 May 2025Melbourne City FC 1 - 1 Western United FCA-League Men Playoff
7 Jan 2025Melbourne City FC 2 - 0 Western United FCA-League Men
4 Nov 2024Western United FC 0 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
28 Apr 2024Melbourne City FC 1 - 0 Western United FCA-League Men
7 Jan 2024Western United FC 1 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
21 Oct 2023Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Western United FCA-League Men
22 Apr 2023Western United FC 1 - 3 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
7 Jan 2023Melbourne City FC 4 - 0 Western United FCA-League Men
7 Oct 2022Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Western United FCA-League Men
28 May 2022Melbourne City FC 0 - 2 Western United FCA-League Men Playoff
Show all 19 past meetings
12 Mar 2022Western United FC 2 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
29 Jan 2022Western United FC 1 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
4 Dec 2021Melbourne City FC 0 - 1 Western United FCA-League Men
1 Apr 2021Western United FC 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
16 Jan 2021Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Western United FCA-League
26 Aug 2020Melbourne City FC 2 - 0 Western United FCA-League Playoff
19 Aug 2020Western United FC 1 - 3 Melbourne City FCA-League
3 Jan 2020Melbourne City FC 3 - 2 Western United FCA-League
27 Oct 2019Western United FC 1 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
