A-League Men · AUS · Round 21

Melbourne City FC
0 - 0 Full time
Sydney FC

AAMI Park · Melbourne

Lineups

Melbourne City FC4-1-4-1
PB1Beach
NA13Atkinson
GF22↓86'Ferreyra
SS26Souprayen
AB16Behich
KT27Trewin
KR47Rahmani
AK30↓81'Kuen
ED39Durakovic
AN15↓77'Nabbout
MM35↓77'Memeti
HD12Devenish-Meares
RG23Grant
MT32Tisserand
AG5Grant
BG17Garuccio
RY36↓59'Youlley
PO24Okon-Engstler
AW11↓71'Walatee
PQ7Quispe
AT35↓86'Toure
VC9↓86'Campuzano
Sydney FC4-2-3-1

Melbourne City FC substitutes

17 Max Caputo 5.9 ↑77'
10 Takeshi Kanamori 6.4 ↑77'
38 Beckham Baker ↑81'
44 Besian Kutleshi ↑86'
40 James Nieuwenhuizen
4 Liam Bonetig
19 Zane Schreiber

Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Sydney FC substitutes

6 Corey Hollman 6.1 ↑59'
44 Akol Akon 6.4 ↑71'
20 Tiago Quintal ↑86'
13 Patrick Wood ↑86'
30 Alexander Zaverdinos
41 Alexandar Popovic
8 Wataru Kamijo

Coach: Ufuk Talay

Match events

14'German Ferreyra
Second half
49'Andreas Kuen
59'↑ Corey Hollman ↓ Rhys Youlley⇄
71'↑ Akol Akon ↓ Abel Walatee⇄
77'↑ Takeshi Kanamori ↓ Medin Memeti⇄
77'↑ Max Caputo ↓ Andrew Nabbout⇄
80'Samuel Souprayen
81'↑ Beckham Baker ↓ Andreas Kuen⇄
86'↑ Tiago Quintal ↓ Alhassan Toure⇄
86'↑ Patrick Wood ↓ Victor Campuzano⇄
86'↑ Besian Kutleshi ↓ German Ferreyra⇄

Where to watch

We have not verified an official broadcaster listing for the A-League Men 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
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 3 January 2026, 08:35 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

18Melbourne City FC wins12Draws17Sydney FC wins

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

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
12 May 2023Sydney FC 1 - 1 Melbourne City 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
6 Apr 2022Melbourne City FC 4 - 0 Sydney FCA-League Men
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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