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Auckland FC

3 — 1 Oct 17, 2026 · 09:30 AM IST

Melbourne City FC

Australian A-League Men · Round 1

Venue Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Referee Tim Danaskos

Attendance 20,635

Player of the Match Lachlan Bayliss 9.0 80' played

Match Events

32' Home Sam Cosgrove

32' Away Aziz Behich

35' Home ⚽ Lachlan Bayliss — 1-0

42' Away ⚽ Quinn Macnicol — 1-1

HT

53' Home ⚽ Lachlan Bayliss — 2-1

67' Away ↔ Max Caputo → Andrew Nabbout

75' Away ↔ Matthew Leckie → Besian Kutleshi

75' Away ↔ Lawrence Wong → Quinn Macnicol

80' Home ↔ Van Fitzharris → Lachlan Bayliss

85' Home ⚽ Lachlan Brook — 3-1

88' Home ↔ Daniel Normann → Jake Brimmer

88' Home ↔ Isa Prins → Lachlan Brook

88' Home Logan Rogerson

89' Home ↔ Callan Elliot → Sam Cosgrove

90 + 4' Away Awer Mabil

FT

Match Stats

42 58

Ball possession

0.81 0.69

Expected goals (xG)

11 14

Total shots

4 5

Shots on target

20 27

Touches in opposition box

1 1

Big chances

1 1

Big chances missed

229 (70%) 360 (79%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

3 6

Corners

Lineups

Auckland FC (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Pedro Moreira

Starting XI

1 Michael Woud 7.5

2 Hiroki Sakai 6.9

25 Luka Vicelich 7.2

4 Nando Pijnaker 7.4

15 Francis De Vries 7.9

8 Luis Gallegos 6.9

22 Jake Brimmer 7.4

77 Lachlan Brook 8

10 Lachlan Bayliss 9

27 Logan Rogerson 7.2

9 Sam Cosgrove 7.3

Substitutes

57 Van Fitzharris 6.4

21 Isa Prins

16 Daniel Normann

17 Callan Elliot

30 Joe Knowles

23 Ronan Wynne

35 Jonty Bidois

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

Coach: Aurelio Vidmar

Starting XI

1 Macklin Freke 4.6

13 Nathaniel Atkinson 6

4 Liam Bonetig 5.6

2 Harrison Delbridge 5.7

16 Aziz Behich 6.1

14 Besian Kutleshi 5.4

24 Kavian Rahmani 7.8

23 Medin Memeti 6.8

19 Quinn Macnicol 7.8

11 Awer Mabil 6.6

15 Andrew Nabbout 6.3

Substitutes

9 Max Caputo 6.2

41 Lawrence Wong 6.2

7 Matthew Leckie 6.1

40 James Nieuwenhuizen

22 Peter Antoniou

77 Takeshi Kanamori

39 Roland Ballah ↗