Melbourne City FC vs Melbourne Victory, 2024-25 Australian A-League Men, Grand Final

· Australian A-League Men

Melbourne City FC

10': Yonatan Cohen

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1 - 0

Melbourne Victory

City beat Victory in A-League Men derby Grand Final

Melbourne City have out-scrapped fierce rivals Melbourne Victory to claim a 1-0 triumph in the A-League Men Grand Final on Saturday.

Match Commentary

10': Yonatan Cohen (Melbourne City FC) Goal at 10'
33': Yonatan Cohen (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 33'
60': Alexander Badolato (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 60'
63': German Ferreyra (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 63'
66': Medin Memeti (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 66'
73': Joshua Rawlins (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 73'
74': Joshua Inserra (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 74'
74': Nikolaos Vergos (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 74'
78': Joshua Inserra (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 78'
79': Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 79'
79': Alessandro Lopane (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 79'
86': Ryan Teague (Melbourne Victory) Yellow Card at 86'
89': Reno Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 89'
89': Jing Lual (Melbourne Victory) Substitution at 89'
90'+6': Marco Tilio (Melbourne City FC) Yellow Card at 96'
90'+7': Callum Talbot (Melbourne City FC) Substitution at 97'

Statistics

MVC		MCY
15	Fouls	19
3	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	3
52.9	Possession	47.1
14	SHOTS	8
3	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
8	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Australian A-League Men

Venue: AAMI Park
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Attendance: 29,202

Line-Ups

Melbourne City FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
33	Patrick Beach (GK)
27	Kai Trewin
22	German Ferreyra
16	Aziz Behich
13	Nathaniel Atkinson
30	Andreas Kuen
7	Mathew Leckie
6	Steven Ugarkovic
17	Max Caputo
23	Marco Tilio
10	Yonatan Cohen

Melbourne City FC Substitutes:

Kavian Rahmani, Zane Schreiber, Alessandro Lopane, Michael Olakigbe, Lawrence Wong, Medin Memeti, Callum Talbot.

Melbourne Victory (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Jack Duncan (GK)
4	Lachlan Jackson
21	Roderick Miranda
28	Kasey Bos
22	Joshua Rawlins
8	Zinédine Machach
14	Jordi Valadon
6	Ryan Teague
10	Bruno Fornaroli
7	Daniel Arzani
11	Clarismario Rodrigues

Melbourne Victory Substitutes:

Joshua Inserra, Alexander Badolato, Adama Traoré, Jing Lual, Mitch Langerak, Reno Piscopo, Nikolaos Vergos.

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