Melbourne City FC vs Adelaide United, 2025-26 Australian A-League Men, Regular Season

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City FC

17': Marcus Younis

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1 - 2

Adelaide United

79': Luka Jovanovic
90'+8': Luka Jovanovic
90'+9': Luka Jovanovic

About

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

Match Commentary

17': Marcus Younis (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 17'
40': Harrison Delbridge (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 40'
63': Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Substitution at 63'
63': Besian Kutleshi (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 63'
63': Juan Muñiz (Adelaide United) Substitution at 63'
63': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 63'
70': Max Caputo (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 70'
75': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 75'
75': Lawrence Wong (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 75'
78': Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) Substitution at 78'
79': Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Goal at 79'
85': Besian Kutleshi (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 85'
86': Yaya Dukuly (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 86'
89': Harrison Delbridge (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 89'
89': Austin Ayoubi (Adelaide United) Substitution at 89'
90'+2': Jay Barnett (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 92'
90'+6': Anselmo (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 96'
90'+6': German Ferreyra (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 96'
90'+6': Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 96'
90'+6': Aziz Behich (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 96'
90'+8': Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Goal at 98'
90'+9': Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Red Card at 99'

Statistics

ADE		MCY
13	Fouls	11
3	Yellow Cards	5
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
10	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	2
57.5	Possession	42.5
17	SHOTS	9
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.2
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
6	Blocked Shots	2
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: 6,497

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 (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Patrick Beach (GK)
26	Samuel Souprayen
22	German Ferreyra
19	Zane Schreiber
16	Aziz Behich
36	Harrison Shillington
39	Emin Durakovic
30	Andreas Kuen
11	Elbasan Rashani
28	Marcus Younis
17	Max Caputo

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Besian Kutleshi, Medin Memeti, Harrison Delbridge, Mathew Leckie, Lawrence Wong, Takeshi Kanamori, James Nieuwenhuizen.

Adelaide United (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Joshua Smits (GK)
3	Bart Vriends
4	Panagiotis Kikianis
19	Yaya Dukuly
14	Jay Barnett
23	Luke Duzel
55	Ethan Alagich
44	Ryan White
87	Anselmo
12	Jonny Yull
58	Harry Crawford

Adelaide United Substitutes:

Juan Muñiz, Austin Ayoubi, Ethan Cox, Luka Jovanovic, Fabian Talladira, Craig Goodwin, Sotiri Phillis.

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