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- In week 11 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men, Melbourne City face Sydney on 2026-01-03 (kick-off 08:35 GMT) at Allianz Stadium.
- A. Vidmar versus U. Talay across 3 meetings, record stands at 2-0 with 1 draw.
- Current league positions have Melbourne City 9th on 13 points and Sydney 2nd on 18 points.
- Melbourne City misses 7 players: M. Leckie (Hamstring Injury), A. Lopane (Ankle Injury), B. Mazzeo (Muscle Injury), J. Nieuwenhuizen (Knee Injury), E. Rashani (Muscle Injury), H. Shillington (Concussion), L. Wong (Knee Injury) whereas Sydney misses 1 player: P. Okon-Engstler (Muscle Injury).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-5-1, Melbourne City should be met by Sydney's expected 4-4-2.
- The previous match saw K. Trewin lead Melbourne City with a 6.2 TheyScored rating, and P. Okon top-rating for Sydney at 6.5.
- Melbourne City lost 1-3 to Perth Glory, and Sydney were defeated 0-2 by Newcastle Jets.
- Momentum favors Sydney (3-0-2) after Melbourne City managed only 1-2-2 from 5 matches.
- Dominance for Melbourne City: across 44 clashes, they've won 17 games and only lost 15 games to Sydney, with 12 stalemates.
- We predict Melbourne City to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (1-1-2) and 1.50 goals/game.
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Melbourne City is going head to head with Sydney FC on 3/1/2026 08:35 GMT at Allianz 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 Melbourne City v Sydney FC H2H statistics!