A-League (Australia) – 2023 | Matchweek 1 | Allianz Stadium | 21 Oct 2023-08:45 Sydney d d w w w 0 : 2 Show Score Full Time Melbourne Victory l d l w l B. Fornaroli 62' Z. Machach 86' 1st Half 45' 2nd Half 90' Sydney Melbourne Victory PredictionNo predictions availableWho Will Win 33% 33% 33% Team comparison 50% Head-to-Head 50% 44% Goals 56% 47.0% Total 53.0%CommentaryLine UpsStatsEventsVideos Sydney Melbourne Victory Yellow Card 35' N. BrattanFoul 48' Yellow Card Z. MachachFoul 62' 0:1 Goal B. FornaroliAssistant: N. Velupillay Substitute 66'In:J. KucharskiOut:R. Mak Substitute 66'In:P. WoodOut:Fábio Gomes 66' SubstituteIn:C. IkonomidisOut:D. Arzani 76' Yellow Card RaiFoul Yellow Card 78' R. GrantFoul 79' SubstituteIn:C. ChapmanOut:Rai 80' SubstituteIn:G. FolamiOut:N. Velupillay Substitute 83'In:M. GlassonOut:M. Burgess 86' 0:2 Goal Z. MachachAssistant: C. Chapman 90' SubstituteIn:S. NigroOut:J. Geria 90' SubstituteIn:J. BrimmerOut:Z. Machach 90' +3' Yellow Card C. IkonomidisFoul 7.31A. Redmayne 6.64J. Courtney-Perkins 7.615Gabriel Lacerda 78J. Girdwood-Reich 7.223R. Grant 7.511R. Mak 717A. Cáceres 7.526N. Brattan 7.510J. Lolley 7.622M. Burgess 6.99Fábio Gomes 8.620P. Izzo 7.23A. Traoré 7.721Roderick Miranda 7.35D. Da Silva 7.32J. Geria 6.617N. Velupillay 7.24Rai 7.225R. Teague 6.519D. Arzani 7.78Z. Machach 6.710B. Fornaroli Sydney 1 g A. Redmayne7.3 23 d R. Grant 78'7.2 8 m J. Girdwood-Reich7 15 d Gabriel Lacerda7.6 4 d J. Courtney-Perkins6.6 10 f J. Lolley7.5 26 m N. Brattan 35'7.5 17 m A. Cáceres7 11 f R. Mak 66'7.5 22 m M. Burgess 83'7.6 9 f Fábio Gomes 66'6.9Substitutes 25 f J. Kucharski 66'6.5 13 f P. Wood 66'6.6 19 f M. Glasson 83'6.2 20 g A. Pavlesic 29 m J. Lacey 21 d Z. de Jesus 3 d A. GurdCoach S. Corica Melbourne Victory 20 g P. Izzo8.6 2 d J. Geria 90'7.3 5 d D. Da Silva7.3 21 d Roderick Miranda7.7 3 d A. Traoré7.2 19 f D. Arzani 66'6.5 25 m R. Teague7.2 4 m Rai 76'79'7.2 17 f N. Velupillay 80'6.6 10 f B. Fornaroli 62'6.7 8 m Z. Machach 48'86'90'7.7Substitutes 7 f C. Ikonomidis 66'90'6.7 14 d C. Chapman 79'7.2 11 f G. Folami 80'6.9 16 d S. Nigro 90' 22 m J. Brimmer 90' 18 m F. Monge 40 g C. SicilianoCoach T. Popović Sydney Melbourne Victory Off Target 14 On Target 7 On Target 7 Off Target 12 2 Yellow Cards 3 6 Corners 3 12 Fouls 18 2 Offsides 3 58 Ball Possession 42 21 Shots 19 7 Shots on Goal 7 0 Goals 2 9 Shots off Goal 7 5 Blocked Shots 5 9 Shots insidebox 13 12 Shots outsidebox 6 5 Goalkeeper Saves 7 507 Total passes 367 428 Passes accurate 299Goals62' Goal B. Fornaroli (Assistant: N. Velupillay) 86' Goal Z. Machach (Assistant: C. Chapman) Cards Yellow Card N. Brattan 35'48' Yellow Card Z. Machach 76' Yellow Card Rai Yellow Card R. Grant 78'90'+3 Yellow Card C. Ikonomidis Referee: D. Elder