Melbourne VictoryAttacking momentumSydney FC
Preview
- In week 14 of the 2025-2026 A-League Men, Melbourne Victory face Sydney on 2026-01-26 (kick-off 06:40 GMT) at AAMI Park.
- Of the past 3 meetings, U. Talay leads 2-1 over A. Diles, with no draws.
- In the table Melbourne Victory are 9th (17 pts) and Sydney sit 4th with 22 pts.
- Melbourne Victory misses 4 players: B. Hamill (Knee Injury), J. Rawlins (International duty), Roderick (Leg Injury), J. Valadon (International duty) while Sydney misses 6 players: G. Hoefsloot (Inactive), J. Lolley (Inactive), M. Macallister (International duty), A. Toure (Inactive), A. Walatee (Inactive), R. Youlley (Red Card).
- Our forecast has Melbourne Victory in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Sydney set to counter in 4-4-2.
- In their last outing, Melbourne Victory's highest-rated performer was S. Esposito (7.3), while Sydney's standout was P. Okon (6.5).
- Melbourne Victory lost 1-2 to Adelaide United, and Sydney were defeated 0-2 by Wellington Phoenix.
- Melbourne Victory look strong (3-0-2) over the last 5 matches, whereas Sydney have 2-1-2 in the same span.
- Sydney lead this rivalry - 25 wins from 67 matches versus Melbourne Victory (who've won just 21 games), alongside 21 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Melbourne Victory's 1.67 goals/game at home balance out Sydney's 1.75 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Melbourne Victory
Sydney FC
Events
| 17' | VAR- Jason Davidson | Goal cancelled | |
| 31' | J. King | ||
| 32' | M. Tisserand | ||
| 39' | D. Genreau | ||
| 45+2' | N. Vergos | ||
| 45+5' | |||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 50' | VAR- Jason Davidson | Goal cancelled | |
| 53' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 54' | Clarismario | ||
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| 57' | J. Davidson | ||
| 64' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 68' | Goal cancelled | Piero Quispe-VAR | |
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| 70' | W. Kamijo | ||
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| 79' | 3 - 0 | ||
| 82' | 4 - 0 | ||
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| 90+1' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
TV Channels
Melbourne Victory is going head to head with Sydney FC on 26/1/2026 06:40 GMT at AAMI Park 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 Victory v Sydney FC H2H statistics!