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Preston Lions

1 — 2 Aug 26, 2026 · 03:00 PM IST

South Melbourne

Australia Cup · Round 1/4

Venue Genis Steel Stadium, Melbourne

Referee Tom Fell

Attendance 6,673

Player of the Match Arran Cocks 8.9 89' played

Match Events

HT

49' Home ⚽ Cian Cuba ↗ — 1-0

61' Away ⚽ Jack Painter-Andrews — 1-1

86' Away ⚽ Arran Cocks — 1-2

FT

Match Stats

39 61

Ball possession

1.00 2.18

Expected goals (xG)

12 28

Total shots

4 8

Shots on target

28 41

Touches in opposition box

2 3

Big chances

2 3

Big chances missed

252 (79%) 430 (85%)

Accurate passes

2 1

Yellow cards

5 8

Corners

Lineups

Preston Lions (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

1 Ryan Scott ↗ 6

4 Jamal Ali ↗ 5.8

2 Domenic Folino ↗ 6.8

5 Ayden Brice ↗ 6.9

32 Stefan Nigro ↗ 6.5

19 Oliver Kubilay ↗ 7.1

27 Luca Tevere 6.5

7 Lleyton Brooks ↗ 6.5

80 Cian Cuba ↗ 8.4

20 Zachary Cianci ↗ 7.2

24 Nahuel Bonada ↗ 6.2

Substitutes

15 Matthew Bozinovski ↗

17 Naoki Suto ↗

77 Gian Albano ↗ 6.3

21 Daniel Lazarevski ↗

9 Jason Romero ↗

99 Mayen Mayen ↗

13 George Mihailidis ↗

South Melbourne (3-4-2-1)

Starting XI

1 Javier López 6.9

17 Thomas Giannakopoulos 7.3

4 Marco Janković 7.3

5 Hassan Ramazani 7.3

27 Jack Painter-Andrews 8.9

21 Sebastian Pasquali 7.3

8 Paulo Retre 7.2

16 Arran Cocks 8.9

7 David Yoo 8.3

11 Yuki Uchida 8.3

10 Bul Juach ↗ 6.4

Substitutes

20 Jake Charlston

3 Jordon Lampard

22 Max Mikkola

14 Alexander Menelaou

9 Jordi Swibel

19 Andrico Mesourouni

13 James Lackay ↗