Melbourne City FC vs Perth Glory, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City FC

90'+3': Andrew Nabbout

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Perth Glory

10': Tom Lawrence
22': Tom Lawrence
80': Tom Lawrence

About

Melbourne City FC are hosting Perth Glory at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia, starting on . The match is a part of the Australian A-League Men.

Match Commentary

10': Tom Lawrence (Perth Glory) Goal at 10'
22': Tom Lawrence (Perth Glory) Goal at 22'
45': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 45'
45': Samuel Souprayen (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 45'
55': Giovanni De Abreu (Perth Glory) Substitution at 55'
61': Emin Durakovic (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 61'
61': Adam Taggart (Perth Glory) Substitution at 61'
61': Khoa Ngo (Perth Glory) Substitution at 61'
68': Giovanni De Abreu (Perth Glory) Yellow Card at 68'
74': German Ferreyra (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 74'
76': Beckham Baker (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 76'
80': Tom Lawrence (Perth Glory) Goal at 80'
82': Peter Antoniou (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 82'
84': Andriano Lebib (Perth Glory) Substitution at 84'
84': Riley Foxe (Perth Glory) Substitution at 84'
85': Aziz Behich (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 85'
90'+3': Andrew Nabbout (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 93'

Statistics

PER		MCY
6	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	5
36.5	Possession	63.5
12	SHOTS	16
8	ON GOAL	4
0.7	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 7,035

A-League Men Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Auckland FC	1	+2	3
2	Wellington Phoenix FC	1	+1	3
3	Macarthur FC	1	+1	3
4	Newcastle Jets	1	0	1

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Melbourne City FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Patrick Beach (GK)
4	Liam Bonetig
22	German Ferreyra
16	Aziz Behich
13	Nathaniel Atkinson
30	Andreas Kuen
27	Kai Trewin
10	Takeshi Kanamori
17	Max Caputo
47	Kavian Rahmani
15	Andrew Nabbout

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Michael Olakigbe, Samuel Souprayen, Emin Durakovic, Peter Antoniou, Medin Memeti, Beckham Baker, Zane Schreiber.

Perth Glory (4-4-2)

No.	Name
29	Matthew Sutton (GK)
4	Scott Wootton
45	Brian Kaltack
3	Sam Sutton
2	Charbel Shamoon
27	William Freney
18	Rhys Bozinovski
7	Nicholas Pennington
20	Trent Ostler
34	Tom Lawrence
17	Arion Sulemani

Perth Glory Substitutes:

Ryan Warner, Adam Bugarija, Adam Taggart, Andriano Lebib, Khoa Ngo, Giovanni De Abreu, Riley Foxe.

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