A-League · Grand Final
Sunday, 27 June 2021 · 15:05 · Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne · Referee: Chris Beath, Australia
Melbourne City3 : 1
Full-time
SydneyHalf-time: 2-1
Match Events
- 21'K. Barbarouses (assist: A. Baumjohann)Normal Goal
- 23'N. AtkinsonNormal Goal
- 25'L. BrattanYellow Card
- 35'L. BrattanYellow Card
- 35'L. BrattanRed Card
- 38'H. Van Der Saag (assist: Bobo)Substitution 1
- 45+1'S. JamiesonPenalty
- 54'M. TilioYellow Card
- 72'M. Ninkovic (assist: A. Baumjohann)Substitution 2
- 73'S. ColakovskiYellow Card
- 74'A. NabboutSubstitution 1
- 86'P. Wood (assist: A. Caceres)Substitution 3
- 90+3'S. Galloway (assist: A. O'Neill)Normal Goal
Statistics
8Shots on Goal1
4Shots off Goal1
25Total Shots3
13Blocked Shots1
11Shots insidebox2
14Shots outsidebox1
15Fouls13
10Corner Kicks1
2Offsides0
70%Ball Possession30%
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards1
0Goalkeeper Saves5
689Total passes300
618Passes accurate214
90%Passes %71%
Melbourne City4-3-3
Starting XI
- 1Tom Glover(G)
- 2Scott Galloway(D)
- 4Nuno Reis(D)
- 7Rostyn Griffiths(D)
- 3Scott Jamieson(D)
- 10Florin Berenguer(M)
- 8Aiden O'Neill(M)
- 20Adrian Luna(M)
- 13Nathaniel Atkinson(F)
- 17Stefan Colakovski(F)
- 23Marco Tilio(F)
Substitutes
- 33Matthew Sutton(G)
- 19Ben Garuccio(D)
- 36Kerrin Stokes(D)
- 16Taras Gomulka(M)
- 35Raphael Borges Rodrigues(F)
- 11Craig Noone(F)
- 15Andrew Nabbout(F)
Sydney4-2-2-2
Starting XI
- 20Tom Heward-Belle(G)
- 8Paulo Retre(D)
- 4Alex Wilkinson(D)
- 3Ben Warland(D)
- 16Joel King(D)
- 17Anthony Caceres(M)
- 26Luke Brattan(M)
- 11Kosta Barbarouses(M)
- 5Alexander Baumjohann(M)
- 9Bobô(F)
- 99Adam Le Fondre(F)
Substitutes
- 30Adam Pavlesic(G)
- 25Callum Talbot(D)
- 21Harry Van der Saag(D)
- 2Patrick Flottmann(D)
- 10Miloš Ninković(M)
- 18Luke Ivanovic(F)
- 33Patrick Wood(F)
Head-to-Head
- Sydney 0 - 1 Melbourne CityTuesday, 17 March 2026
- Melbourne City 0 - 0 SydneySaturday, 3 January 2026
- Melbourne City 5 - 1 SydneySaturday, 3 May 2025
- Sydney 2 - 3 Melbourne CitySaturday, 29 March 2025
- Sydney 1 - 1 Melbourne CitySaturday, 24 February 2024
Melbourne City — recent form
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Sydney — recent form
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League Standings Context
| Rank | Team | Pld | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne City | 26 | 25 | 49 |
| 2 | Sydney | 26 | 16 | 47 |