Timeline
- 17' Marcus Younis
- 40' Harrison Delbridge for Samuel Souprayen
- 63' Luka Jovanovic for Yaya Dukuly
- 63' Besian Kutleshi for Emin Durakovic
- 63' Juan Muñiz for Luke Duzel
- 63' Mathew Leckie for Zane Schreiber
- 70' Max Caputo Yellow Card
- 75' Medin Memeti for Max Caputo
- 75' Lawrence Wong for Andreas Kuen
- 78' Craig Goodwin for Anselmo
- 79' Luka Jovanovic
- 85' Besian Kutleshi Yellow Card
- 86' Yaya Dukuly Yellow Card
- 89' Harrison Delbridge Yellow Card
- 89' Austin Ayoubi for Harry Crawford
- 90'+2' Jay Barnett Yellow Card
- 90'+6' Anselmo Yellow Card
- 90'+6' German Ferreyra Yellow Card
- 90'+6' Luka Jovanovic Yellow Card
- 90'+6' Aziz Behich Yellow Card
- 90'+8' Luka Jovanovic
- 90'+9' Luka Jovanovic Red Card
Match stats
42.5%
Possession
57.5%
9
Shots
17
2
On target
5
11
Fouls
13
5
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
1
0
Offsides
0
2
Saves
1
0
Accurate passes
0
Lineups
Melbourne City
4-1-4-1
1
Beach
16
Behich
26
Souprayen
22
Ferreyra
36
Shillington
19
Schreiber
11
Rashani
39
Durakovic
30
Kuen
28
Younis
17
Caputo
Adelaide United
4-3-3
22
Smits
19
Dukuly
3
Vriends
4
Kikianis
14
Barnett
55
Alagich
23
Duzel
44
White
12
Yull
87
Anselmo
58
Crawford
Melbourne City
4-1-4-1
- 1 Patrick Beach G
- 26 Samuel Souprayen ▼ CD-L
- 22 German Ferreyra CD-R
- 19 Zane Schreiber ▼ DM
- 16 Aziz Behich LB
- 36 Harrison Shillington RB
- 39 Emin Durakovic ▼ CM-L
- 30 Andreas Kuen ▼ CM-R
- 11 Elbasan Rashani LM
- 28 Marcus Younis RM
- 17 Max Caputo ▼ F
Came on
- 44 Besian Kutleshi ▲ SUB
- 35 Medin Memeti ▲ SUB
- 2 Harrison Delbridge ▲ SUB
- 7 Mathew Leckie ▲ SUB
- 41 Lawrence Wong ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
- 10 Takeshi Kanamori SUB
- 40 James Nieuwenhuizen SUB
Adelaide United
4-3-3
- 22 Joshua Smits G
- 3 Bart Vriends CD-L
- 4 Panagiotis Kikianis CD-R
- 19 Yaya Dukuly ▼ LB
- 14 Jay Barnett RB
- 23 Luke Duzel ▼ CM
- 55 Ethan Alagich LM
- 44 Ryan White RM
- 87 Anselmo ▼ F
- 12 Jonny Yull LF
- 58 Harry Crawford ▼ RF
Came on
- 10 Juan Muñiz ▲ SUB
- 42 Austin Ayoubi ▲ SUB
- 9 Luka Jovanovic ▲ SUB
- 11 Craig Goodwin ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
- 40 Ethan Cox SUB
- 62 Fabian Talladira SUB
- 52 Sotiri Phillis SUB
Commentary
- 90'+9' Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Red Card at 99'
- 90'+8' Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Goal at 98'
- 90'+6' Aziz Behich (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 96'
- 90'+6' Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 96'
- 90'+6' German Ferreyra (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 96'
- 90'+6' Anselmo (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 96'
- 90'+2' Jay Barnett (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 92'
- 89' Austin Ayoubi (Adelaide United) Substitution at 89'
- 89' Harrison Delbridge (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 89'
- 86' Yaya Dukuly (Adelaide United) Yellow Card at 86'
- 85' Besian Kutleshi (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 85'
- 79' Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) Goal at 79'
Recent form
Melbourne City
W
W
W
W
D
- D at Perth Glory 1-1 A-League Men
- W Western Sydney Wanderers 3-0 A-League Men
- W Central Coast Mariners 2-1 A-League Men
- W Wellington Phoenix 2-0 A-League Men
- W at Brisbane Roar 3-2 A-League Men
Adelaide United
W
D
D
W
D
- D at Central Coast Mariners 1-1 A-League Men
- W at Western Sydney Wanderers 4-2 A-League Men
- D Auckland 1-1 A-League Men
- D at Newcastle Jets 1-1 A-League Men
- W Macarthur 3-1 A-League Men
Head to head
ADE leads series 3-1-1
- 21 Nov 2025 Adelaide United 4–1 Melbourne City 2025-26 Australian A-League Men
- 26 Apr 2025 Melbourne City 0–0 Adelaide United 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
- 7 Feb 2025 Adelaide United 1–0 Melbourne City 2024-25 Australian A-League Men
- 25 Jan 2024 Melbourne City 1–0 Adelaide United 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
- 29 Oct 2023 Adelaide United 6–0 Melbourne City 2023-24 Australian A-League Men
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