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Melbourne City 1-2 Sydney FC - September 24, 2023 / Australia Cup 2023

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Australia Cup 2023 - Semi-finals

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

September 24, 2023

Melbourne City

1 - 2

Sydney FC

Jamie MacLaren

89'

38'

Patrick WoodAssist by Robert Mak

73'

Joe LolleyAssist by Luke Brattan

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16' - Yellow card Anthony Caceres

38' - Goal Patrick Wood

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46' - Substitution Corey Hollmanis substituted by Rhyan Grant photo Max Burgess

46' - Substitution Kealey Adamsonis substituted by Max Burgess

64' - Substitution Joel Kingis substituted by Jordan Courtney-Perkins

65' - Substitution Tolgay Arslanis substituted by Terry Antonis photo Max Caputo

65' - Substitution Alessandro Lopaneis substituted by Max Caputo65

69' - Substitution Jack Rodwellis substituted by Gabriel Lacerda

73' - Goal Joe Lolley

78' - Substitution Aziz Behichis substituted by Harry Politidis photo Scott Galloway

78' - Substitution Callum Talbotis substituted by Scott Galloway78

82' - Substitution Robert Makis substituted by Fábio Gomes

86' - Substitution Steven Ugarkovicis substituted by Zane Schreiber86

89' - Goal Jamie MacLaren89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Melbourne City

1 - 2

Sydney FC

Melbourne City Sydney FC

Team line-ups

Melbourne City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9MacLaren89

Jamie MacLaren

Australia

B.date29/07/1993

Age30 years

H1m79

positionStriker

21Lopane65

Alessandro Lopane

Australia

B.date09/04/2004

Age19 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

44Jakolis

Marin Jakolis

Croatia

B.date26/12/1996

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

10Arslan65

Tolgay Arslan

Germany

B.date16/08/1990

Age33 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

8Sakhi

Hamza Sakhi

Morocco

B.date07/06/1996

Age27 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

6Ugarkovic86

Steven Ugarkovic

Australia

B.date19/08/1994

Age29 years

H1m79

positionMidfield

16Behich78

Aziz Behich

Australia

B.date16/12/1990

Age32 years

H1m70

positionDefender

26Souprayen

Samuel Souprayen

France

B.date18/02/1989

Age34 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

4Nuno Reis

Nuno Reis

Portugal

B.date31/01/1991

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

25Talbot78

Callum Talbot

Australia

B.date26/02/2001

Age22 years

H1m75

positionFull-back

1Young

Jamie Young

England

B.date25/08/1985

Age38 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jamie Young		38	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Aziz Behich	78	32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nuno Reis		32	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Samuel Souprayen		34	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Callum Talbot	78	22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Tolgay Arslan	65	33	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Steven Ugarkovic	86	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Alessandro Lopane	65	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Hamza Sakhi		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jamie MacLaren	89	30	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	M	Marin Jakolis		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sydney FC

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

13Wood38

Patrick Wood

Australia

B.date16/09/2002

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

11Mak82

Robert Mak

Slovakia

B.date08/03/1991

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17Caceres16

Anthony Caceres

Australia

B.date29/09/1992

Age30 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

10Lolley73

Joe Lolley

England

B.date25/08/1992

Age31 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

12Hollman46

Corey Hollman

Australia

B.date25/09/2003

Age19 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

26Brattan

Luke Brattan

Australia

B.date08/03/1990

Age33 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

16King64

Joel King

Australia

B.date30/10/2000

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

6Rodwell69

Jack Rodwell

England

B.date11/03/1991

Age32 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

8Girdwood-Reich

Jake Girdwood-Reich

Australia

B.date26/05/2004

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

27Adamson46

Kealey Adamson

Australia

B.date17/02/2003

Age20 years

positionMidfield

1Redmayne

Andrew Redmayne

Australia

B.date13/01/1989

Age34 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andrew Redmayne		34	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Jake Girdwood-Reich		19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Joel King	64	22	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Corey Hollman	46	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Kealey Adamson	46	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jack Rodwell	69	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luke Brattan		33	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Anthony Caceres	16	30	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Robert Mak	82	32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Lolley	73	31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Patrick Wood	38	21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	James Nieuwenhuizen		19
2	D	Scott Galloway	78	28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordon Hall		25
38	D	Harry Politidis	78	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Terry Antonis	65	29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Zane Schreiber	86	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Max Caputo	65	18	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Adam Pavlesic		21
15	D	Gabriel Lacerda	69	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jordan Courtney-Perkins	64	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rhyan Grant	46	32	309	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Max Burgess	46	28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fábio Gomes	82	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Jaiden Kucharski		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Samuel Souprayen

Curtis Good

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Rado Vidosic

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Vidosic vs Sydney FC

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 2023

Vidosic vs Corica

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Corica

176

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Corica vs Melbourne City

6 victories

2 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 2023

Corica vs Vidosic

2 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 24, 2023

Referee

Jack Morgan

2 victories	2 draws	2 losses	Melbourne City6 matches	General total	Sydney FC6 matches	2 victories	2 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Melbourne City1 match	Season total	Sydney FC1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 12, 2024					Latest figure on April 07, 2024

4th official

Jonathon Barreiro

2 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Melbourne City5 matches	General total	Sydney FC4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Melbourne City1 match	Season total	Sydney FC1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2024					Latest figure on May 18, 2024

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Key figures

It's the first time Joe Lolley scores a goal vs Melbourne City in his professional career since the 10/12/2022 (with Sydney FC vs Melbourne City )

It's the first time Jamie MacLaren scores 1 goal vs Sydney FC in Australia Cup

End of streak for Melbourne City after 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Sydney FC at home (since 01/08/2020). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/03/2016 (2 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMelbourne City 4-1 Wellington Phoenix10/04/2023

VMelbourne City 3-2 Western Sydney28/04/2023

VMelbourne City 4-0 Sydney FC19/05/2023

LMelbourne City 1-6 Central Coast Mariners03/06/2023

VMelbourne City 3-0 Wellington Phoenix27/08/2023

DMelbourne City 0-0 Ventforet Kofu20/09/2023

Overall

VMelbourne City 4-0 Sydney FC19/05/2023

LMelbourne City 1-6 Central Coast Mariners03/06/2023

VOakleigh Cannons 2-3 Melbourne City13/08/2023

VMelbourne City 3-0 Wellington Phoenix27/08/2023

VNorth Eastern MetroStars 1-2 Melbourne City14/09/2023

DMelbourne City 0-0 Ventforet Kofu20/09/2023

Current form

Away

LWellington Phoenix 1-0 Sydney FC12/03/2023

DAdelaide United 1-1 Sydney FC07/04/2023

VBrisbane Roar 0-2 Sydney FC24/04/2023

VWestern Sydney 1-2 Sydney FC06/05/2023

LMelbourne City 4-0 Sydney FC19/05/2023

VAPIA Leichhardt 0-2 Sydney FC30/08/2023

Overall

VWestern Sydney 1-2 Sydney FC06/05/2023

DSydney FC 1-1 Melbourne City12/05/2023

LMelbourne City 4-0 Sydney FC19/05/2023

DSydney FC 3-3 Central Coast Mariners13/08/2023

VAPIA Leichhardt 0-2 Sydney FC30/08/2023

VSydney FC 3-0 Western United Melbourne17/09/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

862	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1085
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Tolgay Arslan	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Patrick Wood
Jamie MacLaren	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Anthony Caceres
Tolgay Arslan	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Terry Antonis	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Joe Lolley
Matthew Leckie	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Joe Lolley
Tolgay Arslan	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	5 assists during the last 3 matches	Joe Lolley

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

10 v

5 d

7 l

38 gf

32 ga

Away

20 matches

5 v

6 d

9 l

20 gf

25 ga

Total

42 matches

15 v

11 d

16 l

58 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

9 v

6 d

5 l

25 gf

20 ga

Away

22 matches

7 v

5 d

10 l

32 gf

38 ga

Total

42 matches

16 v

11 d

15 l

57 gf

58 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 19, 2023
Home	4 - 0	May 19, 2023

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	February 10, 2018
Away	4 - 0	February 10, 2018

Latest head to head

May 19, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Melbourne City

4 - 0

Sydney FC

May 12, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Sydney FC

1 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

February 25, 2023 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Melbourne City

3 - 2

Sydney FC

December 10, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League 2022/2023

Sydney FC

2 - 1

Melbourne City logo Melbourne City

April 06, 2022 - Isuzu UTE A-League Men 2021/2022

Melbourne City

4 - 0

Sydney FC

Best historical scorers against Sydney FC

Jamie MacLaren	8 goals	2020 - 2023
Bruno Fornaroli	4 goals	2016 - 2016
Matthew Leckie	4 goals	2022 - 2023
David Williams	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Eli Babalj	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Marco Tilio	2 goals	2023 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Melbourne City

Bobô	8 goals	2016 - 2018
Adam Le Fondre	6 goals	2018 - 2023
Milos Ninkovic	5 goals	2016 - 2022
Nick Carle	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Alex Brosque	3 goals	2017 - 2017
Kosta Barbarouses	3 goals	2019 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/12/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sydney FC

Curtis Good	14 matches	2011 - 2023
Scott Jamieson	14 matches	2017 - 2023
Jamie MacLaren	12 matches	2019 - 2023
Florin Bérenguer	12 matches	2018 - 2023
Tommy Glover	12 matches	2019 - 2023
Luke Brattan	11 matches	2016 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/11/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Melbourne City

Rhyan Grant	25 matches	2011 - 2023
Milos Ninkovic	22 matches	2015 - 2022
Alex Wilkinson	21 matches	2016 - 2023
Andrew Redmayne	17 matches	2017 - 2023
Sebastian Ryall	17 matches	2010 - 2017
Paulo Retre	17 matches	2017 - 2023