Home side Auckland meet Melbourne City at Go Media Stadium on 2026-02-28 (kick-off 04:00 GMT), contesting week 19 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men.
Over the past 3 outings, Referee B. Abraham has shown 2-3 yellows and 0 reds, and 21 fouls each fixture.
In the past 6 games, A. Vidmar recorded 4 victories against S. Corica, who recorded 1 victory, with 1 draw.
With 32 points, Auckland sit 2nd, while Melbourne City have 22 points to occupy 8th.
Auckland misses 1 player: O. Sail (Inactive) while Melbourne City misses 5 players: T. Kanamori (Knee Injury), M. Leckie (Hamstring Injury), A. Nabbout (Calf Injury), E. Rashani (Muscle Injury), K. Rahmani (Injury).
Our forecast has Auckland in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Melbourne City set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
Auckland won 5-0 against Wellington Phoenix, while Melbourne City lost their fixture 1-3 vs Melbourne Victory.
Auckland look strong (2-2-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Melbourne City have 1-3-1 in the same span.
This one's been tight: in 3 head-to-head games, Auckland have won 1 game, Melbourne City 1 game, and there've been 1 draw.
We predict Auckland to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (4-2-2) and 1.50 goals/game.
Auckland FC is going head to head with Melbourne City on 28/2/2026 04:00 GMT at Go Media Stadium for the Australia A-League Men. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Auckland FC v Melbourne City H2H statistics!