AFC 3-0 Melbourne City (Jan 17, 2025) Lineups

Melbourne City FC

7-3-3, 24 PTS

Guillermo May - 32'
Nando Pijnaker - 40'
Max Mata - 45'+3'

12
Paulsen
15
DeVries
4
Pijnaker
5
Smith
17
Elliot
28
Gallegos
6
Verstraete
21
Randall
27
Rogerson
9
Mata
10
May

No.Name
12Alex Paulsen
4Nando Pijnaker
5Tommy Smith
15Francis DeVries
17Callan Elliot
28Felipe Gallegos 7Cameron Howieson
6Louis Verstraete 8Luis Toomey
9Max Mata 25Neyder Moreno
10Guillermo May 11Marlee Francois
21Jesse Randall 14William Gillion
27Logan Rogerson

Substitutes
34Codey Phoenix
1Michael Woud

33
Beach
16
Behich
26
Souprayen
27
Trewin
2
Talbot
19
Schreiber
13
Atkinson
38
Politidis
6
Ugarkovic
46
Mazzeo
35
Memeti

No.Name
33Patrick Beach
26Samuel Souprayen
27Kai Trewin
16Aziz Behich
2Callum Talbot 7Mathew Leckie
6Steven Ugarkovic
19Zane Schreiber 41Lawrence Wong
13Nathaniel Atkinson 22German Ferreyra
35Medin Memeti 50Michael Ghossaini
38Harry Politidis 47Kavian Rahmani
46Benjamin Mazzeo

Substitutes
20Arion Sulemani
1Jamie Young

Go Media Stadium

11:00 PM, January 17, 2025Coverage: ESPN3

Auckland, New Zealand

Line: AFC -0.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 14,132

Referees:
Ben Abraham

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Auckland FC	26	15	8	3	+22	53
Melbourne City FC	26	14	6	6	+16	48
Western United	26	14	5	7	+18	47
Western Sydney Wanderers	26	13	7	6	+18	46
Melbourne Victory	26	12	7	7	+8	43
Adelaide United	26	10	8	8	-2	38
Sydney FC	26	10	7	9	+7	37
Macarthur FC	26	9	6	11	+5	33
Newcastle Jets	26	8	6	12	-1	30
Central Coast Mariners	26	5	11	10	-22	26
Wellington Phoenix FC	26	6	6	14	-16	24
Brisbane Roar	26	5	6	15	-19	21
Perth Glory	26	4	5	17	-34	17

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