In the Knockout of the 2025-2026 A-League Men, Auckland and Melbourne City lock horns on 2026-05-02 at 06:00 GMT.
In their most recent 7 matchups, A. Vidmar has 4 victories, while S. Corica have 2 victories, and 1 draw.
Auckland misses 4 players: J. Brimmer (Inactive), F. De Vries (Calf Injury), O. Sail (Knee Injury), L. F. Gallegos (Injury) and Melbourne City misses 4 players: D. Arzani (Inactive), A. Lopane (Muscle Injury), R. Teague (Inactive), S. Souprayen (Injury).
We're predicting Auckland to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Melbourne City are expected to line up in 4-1-4-1.
The previous match saw L. Brook lead Auckland with a 8.2 TheyScored rating, and S. Souprayen top-rating for Melbourne City at 7.6.
Auckland were held to a 2-2 draw with Sydney, and Melbourne City then lost 1-2 to Adelaide United.
Auckland's form is 0-3-2 recently, but Melbourne City are on a roll with 4-0-1 in their last 5 matches.
Auckland have clearly got the edge H2H: in 4 meetings, they've beaten Melbourne City 2 times, with 1 draw and only 1 loss.
Our model forecasts 2-1 for Auckland, bolstered by their 5-4-4 home record and an average of 1.54 goals per game.
Auckland FC is going head to head with Melbourne City on 2/5/2026 05:00 GMT 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!