Melbourne City vs Sydney

Melbourne City

3 - 2

Sydney

🕒 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 06:00 Europe/London 📍 AAMI Park 🧑‍⚖️ Shaun Evans 🔁 Regular Season - 18 🏁 match finished

Season

2022-2023 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 18

Regular Season Table

Melbourne City 1 · Sydney 5

Referee Stats

Shaun Evans

17 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	47%
Draws	24%
Away wins	29%

Team Overview

Melbourne City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 11-3-1

Goals For / Against

42 / 21

Avg: 2.80 / 1.40

Points

Avg: 2.40

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sydney (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-2-6

Goals For / Against

22 / 22

Avg: 1.47 / 1.47

Points

Avg: 1.53

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this A-League fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.40

PPG

1.53

2.80

1.47

1.40

1.47

85%

O2.5

54%

77%

BTTS

62%

Score 1st

League-position context

Melbourne City rank1st

Sydney rank5th

Melbourne City points55

Sydney points38

Melbourne City: #1 · 55 pts · GD +29

Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 26 pts above the play-off edge. 26 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sydney: #5 · 38 pts · GD +1

6 pts off the top 2. 9 pts above the play-off edge. 9 pts clear of the relegation zone.

17-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Melbourne City last 5 home

W W W D W

Points13/15

Weighted index91

Goals12-6

Record4-1-0

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sydney last 5 away

W D L L W

Points7/15

Weighted index49

Goals6-5

Record2-1-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Melbourne City trend breakdown

Over 2.585%

BTTS77%

BTTS + O2.569%

1H Over 0.592%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 92% · Over 3.5 62% · 1H BTTS 15%

Sydney trend breakdown

Over 2.554%

BTTS62%

BTTS + O2.554%

1H Over 0.585%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 77% · Over 3.5 38% · 1H BTTS 46%

Scoring reliability

Melbourne City score at home100%

Melbourne City clean sheet at home23%

Sydney score away85%

Sydney clean sheet away23%

First-goal patterns

Melbourne City score first0%

Melbourne City win after scoring first0%

Sydney score first0%

Sydney win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Melbourne City 0% · Sydney 0%

Vs league average

Melbourne City score at home2.80 vs 1.72

Melbourne City concede at home1.40 vs 1.33

Sydney score away1.47 vs 1.33

Sydney concede away1.47 vs 1.72

Melbourne City score 62% above league average, while Sydney score 10% above league average.

Defensive side: Melbourne City are 5% above league average at home, and Sydney are 15% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.80

BTTS60%

Over 2.540%

At this venue setup: 3.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Melbourne City goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Sydney goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

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Total Shots

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Shots off Goal

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Inside Box

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Passes Accurate

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Passes %

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Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	27
Home Wins	12
Draws	7
Away Wins	8
Over 2.5 Goals	16 (59.3%)
BTTS	15 (55.6%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	14
Home Wins	8
Draws	2
Away Wins	4
Over 2.5 Goals	11 (78.6%)
BTTS	6 (42.9%)

Melbourne City vs Sydney Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

17 Mar 2026 Sydney vs Melbourne City 0 - 1 03 Jan 2026 Melbourne City vs Sydney 0 - 0

2024-2025 Season

03 May 2025 Melbourne City vs Sydney 5 - 1 29 Mar 2025 Sydney vs Melbourne City 2 - 3

2023-2024 Season

24 Feb 2024 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 1 03 Nov 2023 Melbourne City vs Sydney 2 - 0

2022-2023 Season

19 May 2023 Melbourne City vs Sydney 4 - 0 12 May 2023 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 1 25 Feb 2023 Melbourne City vs Sydney 3 - 2 10 Dec 2022 Sydney vs Melbourne City 2 - 1

2021-2022 Season

06 Apr 2022 Melbourne City vs Sydney 4 - 0 26 Feb 2022 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 2

2020-2021 Season

27 Jun 2021 Melbourne City vs Sydney 3 - 1 10 Apr 2021 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 1 23 Feb 2021 Melbourne City vs Sydney 3 - 2

2018-2019 Season

17 Mar 2019 Sydney vs Melbourne City 0 - 2 03 Feb 2019 Sydney vs Melbourne City 2 - 0 02 Nov 2018 Melbourne City vs Sydney 0 - 3

2017-2018 Season

10 Feb 2018 Melbourne City vs Sydney 0 - 4 15 Dec 2017 Sydney vs Melbourne City 3 - 1 03 Nov 2017 Melbourne City vs Sydney 0 - 1

2016-2017 Season

01 Apr 2017 Sydney vs Melbourne City 3 - 0 24 Feb 2017 Melbourne City vs Sydney 1 - 3 09 Dec 2016 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 1

2015-2016 Season

05 Mar 2016 Melbourne City vs Sydney 3 - 0 02 Jan 2016 Melbourne City vs Sydney 2 - 2 10 Oct 2015 Sydney vs Melbourne City 1 - 1