A-League Men · AUS · Round 18

Melbourne City FC
1 - 3 Full time
Melbourne Victory

AAMI Park · Melbourne

Lineups

Melbourne City FC4-1-2-1-2
PB1Beach
NA13Atkinson
HD2Delbridge
GF22Ferreyra
AB16Behich
RT8Teague
MY28Younis
DA14↓70'Arzani
AL21↓58'Lopane
MC17⚽↓70'Caputo
MM35↓59'Memeti
JW40Warshawsky
JR22Rawlins
SE15Esposito
RM21Miranda
JD2Davidson
JV8Valadon
DG10Genreau
NV17↓81'Velupillay
JM64⚽×2↓90'Mata
KJ23↓62'Jelacic
CN44↓62'Nduka
Melbourne Victory4-2-3-1

Melbourne City FC substitutes

47 Kavian Rahmani 6.2 ↓78'↑58'
39 Emin Durakovic 6.5 ↑59'
30 Andreas Kuen 6.3 ↑70'
19 Zane Schreiber 5.8 ↑70'
26 Samuel Souprayen 6.2 ↑78'
40 James Nieuwenhuizen
44 Besian Kutleshi

Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Melbourne Victory substitutes

14 Matthew Grimaldi 7.4 ↑62'
9 Nikolaos Vergos 6.9 ↑62'
11 Clarismario Rodrigus ⚽↑81'
19 Jing Reec ↑90'
25 Jack Duncan
16 Joshua Inserra
34 Xavier Stella

Coach: Arthur Diles

Match events

20'Juan Mata 0 - 1⚽
32'Max Caputo assist: Marcus Younis 1 - 1⚽
Second half
58'↑ Kavian Rahmani ↓ Alessandro Lopane⇄
59'↑ Emin Durakovic ↓ Medin Memeti⇄
60'Aziz Behich
62'↑ Nikolaos Vergos ↓ Charles Nduka⇄
62'↑ Matthew Grimaldi ↓ Keegan Jelacic⇄
64'Juan Mata assist: Matthew Grimaldi 1 - 2⚽
70'↑ Andreas Kuen ↓ Max Caputo⇄
70'↑ Zane Schreiber ↓ Daniel Arzani⇄
78'↑ Samuel Souprayen ↓ Kavian Rahmani⇄
81'↑ Clarismario Rodrigus ↓ Nishan Velupillay⇄
87'Sebastian Esposito
89'Clarismario Rodrigus assist: Juan Mata 1 - 3⚽
90+2'↑ Jing Reec ↓ Juan Mata⇄

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, 21 February 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

17Melbourne City FC wins16Draws18Melbourne Victory wins

51 past meetings on record. Biggest Melbourne City FC win: Melbourne City FC 7–0 Melbourne Victory (2021). Biggest Melbourne Victory win: Melbourne Victory 0–6 Melbourne City FC (2021).

20 Dec 2025Melbourne City FC 0 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
8 Nov 2025Melbourne Victory 0 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
31 May 2025Melbourne City FC 1 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men Playoff
22 Feb 2025Melbourne Victory 2 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
21 Dec 2024Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
26 Oct 2024Melbourne City FC 1 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
5 May 2024Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men Playoff
6 Apr 2024Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
17 Feb 2024Melbourne City FC 0 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
23 Dec 2023Melbourne City FC 0 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
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5 Apr 2023Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
18 Feb 2023Melbourne Victory 3 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
22 Oct 2022Melbourne Victory 0 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
9 Apr 2022Melbourne Victory 3 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League Men
19 Mar 2022Melbourne City FC 1 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
18 Dec 2021Melbourne City FC 2 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League Men
6 Jun 2021Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
17 Apr 2021Melbourne City FC 7 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
6 Mar 2021Melbourne Victory 0 - 6 Melbourne City FCA-League
7 Feb 2020Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
21 Dec 2019Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
12 Oct 2019Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
23 Feb 2019Melbourne Victory 1 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
22 Dec 2018Melbourne City FC 1 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
20 Oct 2018Melbourne Victory 1 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
2 Mar 2018Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
23 Dec 2017Melbourne City FC 0 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
14 Oct 2017Melbourne Victory 1 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
4 Feb 2017Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
17 Dec 2016Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
25 Oct 2016Melbourne Victory 0 - 2 Melbourne City FCFFA Cup
15 Oct 2016Melbourne Victory 1 - 4 Melbourne City FCA-League
13 Feb 2016Melbourne City FC 2 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
19 Dec 2015Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League
17 Oct 2015Melbourne Victory 3 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
8 May 2015Melbourne Victory 3 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League Playoff
7 Feb 2015Melbourne Victory 3 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
20 Dec 2014Melbourne City FC 1 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
25 Oct 2014Melbourne Victory 5 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
1 Mar 2014Melbourne City FC 4 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
21 Dec 2013Melbourne City FC 1 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League
12 Oct 2013Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
2 Feb 2013Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 Melbourne City FCA-League
22 Dec 2012Melbourne City FC 1 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
5 Oct 2012Melbourne Victory 1 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
4 Feb 2012Melbourne City FC 0 - 0 Melbourne VictoryA-League
23 Dec 2011Melbourne City FC 3 - 2 Melbourne VictoryA-League
22 Oct 2011Melbourne Victory 0 - 0 Melbourne City FCA-League
22 Jan 2011Melbourne Victory 2 - 2 Melbourne City FCA-League
11 Dec 2010Melbourne City FC 1 - 3 Melbourne VictoryA-League
8 Oct 2010Melbourne City FC 2 - 1 Melbourne VictoryA-League