A-League Round 11

Melbourne C.

v

Sydney

Saturday, January 3rd, 2026
7:35 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
AAMI Park (Melbourne, VIC)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the A-League Round 11 clash between Melbourne City and Sydney FC. You can view other fixtures for this round in the A-League match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	2.15 3.50 2.95	2.10 3.50 3.20
Goals	Over 2.5 Under 2.5	1.67 2.20	1.91 1.91

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	2.00 3.40 3.40	2.20 3.25 3.20
Goals	Over 2.5 Under 2.5	1.86 1.91	1.86 1.91

Member Tipping

The # and % columns denote the number of tippers for each selection, not the number of units tipped. Submit or edit your tips for this fixture.

All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	21 4 21	45.7% 8.7% 45.7%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	4 5	44.4% 55.6%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Melbourne C. Supporters

Selection	#	%
Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Sydney Supporters

Selection	#	%
Melbourne C. Draw Sydney	0 0 0	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Over 2.5 Under 2.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: Melbourne City

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-12-28	Melbourne C. vs. Perth	Loss	1-3
2025-12-23	Melbourne C. vs. Macarthur	Draw	1-1
2025-12-20	Melbourne C. vs. Melbourne V.	Loss	0-1
2025-12-06	Newcastle vs. Melbourne C.	Win	0-1
2025-11-29	Central Coast vs. Melbourne C.	Draw	0-0
2025-11-21	Adelaide vs. Melbourne C.	Loss	4-1
2025-11-08	Melbourne V. vs. Melbourne C.	Win	0-2
2025-10-31	Brisbane vs. Melbourne C.	Draw	0-0
2025-10-25	Melbourne C. vs. Perth	Win	4-0
2025-10-18	Western Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	Draw	1-1
2025-05-31	Melbourne C. vs. Melbourne V.	Win	1-0
2025-05-24	Melbourne C. vs. Western Utd	Draw	1-1

Form Guide: Sydney FC

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-12-20	Newcastle vs. Sydney	Loss	2-0
2025-12-13	Perth vs. Sydney	Win	0-1
2025-12-06	Central Coast vs. Sydney	Win	1-2
2025-11-29	Western Sydney vs. Sydney	Loss	1-0
2025-11-22	Sydney vs. Melbourne V.	Win	3-0
2025-11-09	Sydney vs. Macarthur	Win	2-0
2025-11-01	Newcastle vs. Sydney	Win	1-4
2025-10-25	Sydney vs. Central Coast	Win	2-0
2025-10-17	Adelaide vs. Sydney	Loss	2-1
2025-05-03	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	Loss	5-1
2025-04-27	Western Utd vs. Sydney	Loss	1-0
2025-04-20	Sydney vs. Newcastle	Win	3-2

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-05-03	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	5-1
2025-03-29	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	2-3
2024-02-24	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-1
2023-11-03	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	2-0
2023-05-19	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	4-0
2023-05-12	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-1
2023-02-25	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	3-2
2022-12-10	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	2-1
2022-04-06	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	4-0
2022-02-26	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-2
2021-06-27	Melbourne C. vs. Sydney	3-1
2021-04-10	Sydney vs. Melbourne C.	1-1

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: Melbourne City

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Sydney
Streak	1 loss	1 loss	8 wins	2 wins
Record	9-3-3	14-8-7	11-5-6	17-13-13
Value	$-0.46	$-3.29	$0.64	$-0.68
Draw Value	$-2.17	$2.28	$-5.71	$1.70
Record as Fav	9-3-3	13-7-5	11-3-3	12-6-4
Value as Fav	$-0.46	$-1.99	$5.64	$2.94
Record as Dog	0-0-0	1-1-2	0-2-3	5-7-9
Value as Dog	$0.00	$-1.30	$-5.00	$-3.62
Clean Sheets and BTTS	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Games	15	29	22	43
Clean Sheets	8	14	6	12
Held Scoreless	3	8	5	9
Both Teams Scored	5	10	12	25
Winning Margins and Win to Nil	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Wins	9	14	11	17
Won by 1 goal	5	8	3	7
Won by 2 goals	2	3	4	5
Won by 3 goals	0	1	1	1
Won by 4 goals	2	2	3	4
Won by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Won by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Won to nil	7	11	5	9
Losing Margins and Lost to Nil	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Total Losses	3	7	6	13
Lost by 1 goal	2	4	2	6
Lost by 2 goals	1	1	2	4
Lost by 3 goals	0	2	1	2
Lost by 4 goals	0	0	1	1
Lost by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Lost to nil	2	5	4	6
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U 2.5 Streak	1 over	1 over	1 over	2 overs
O/U 2.5 Record	4-11	10-19	16-6	25-18
Overs 2.5 Value	$-8.37	$-12.24	$2.64	$-4.32
Unders 2.5 Value	$10.37	$14.00	$-13.85	$-11.95
O/U 0.5 Record	14-1	26-3	21-1	40-3
O/U 1.5 Record	8-7	16-13	20-2	37-6
O/U 3.5 Record	4-11	8-21	12-10	15-28
O/U 4.5 Record	2-13	4-25	3-19	4-39
O/U 5.5 Record	1-14	1-28	1-21	1-42

Performance Guide: Sydney FC

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Melbourne C.
Streak	1 loss	1 loss	8 losses	2 losses
Record	5-3-6	12-6-8	6-5-11	13-13-17
Value	$-3.57	$-4.12	$-5.77	$-12.23
Draw Value	$-1.40	$-0.40	$-5.71	$1.70
Record as Fav	5-3-3	12-6-5	3-2-0	9-7-5
Value as Fav	$-0.57	$-1.12	$1.78	$-2.68
Record as Dog	0-0-3	0-0-3	3-3-11	4-6-12
Value as Dog	$-3.00	$-3.00	$-7.55	$-9.55
Clean Sheets and BTTS	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Games	14	26	22	43
Clean Sheets	4	8	5	9
Held Scoreless	6	6	6	12
Both Teams Scored	6	14	12	25
Winning Margins and Win to Nil	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Wins	5	12	6	13
Won by 1 goal	3	4	2	6
Won by 2 goals	1	3	2	4
Won by 3 goals	1	5	1	2
Won by 4 goals	0	0	1	1
Won by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Won by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Won to nil	2	6	4	6
Losing Margins and Lost to Nil	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Total Losses	6	8	11	17
Lost by 1 goal	3	5	3	7
Lost by 2 goals	2	2	4	5
Lost by 3 goals	0	0	1	1
Lost by 4 goals	1	1	3	4
Lost by 5 goals	0	0	0	0
Lost by 6+ goals	0	0	0	0
Lost to nil	4	4	5	9
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U 2.5 Streak	2 unders	2 unders	1 over	2 overs
O/U 2.5 Record	6-8	15-11	16-6	25-18
Overs 2.5 Value	$-5.24	$-4.23	$2.64	$-4.32
Unders 2.5 Value	$8.28	$4.15	$-13.85	$-11.95
O/U 0.5 Record	12-2	24-2	21-1	40-3
O/U 1.5 Record	9-5	21-5	20-2	37-6
O/U 3.5 Record	4-10	11-15	12-10	15-28
O/U 4.5 Record	3-11	9-17	3-19	4-39
O/U 5.5 Record	1-13	3-23	1-21	1-42

Further Analysis: Melbourne City

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	6-5-4	2-2-2
H2H Betting Value	$-4.85	$-2.05
Over/Under 2.5	6-9	1-5
Overs Betting Value	$-4.92	$-4.39
Unders Betting Value	$4.87	$5.65

Further Analysis: Sydney FC

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	5-5-3	4-0-3
H2H Betting Value	$-3.31	$0.42
Over/Under 2.5	6-7	5-2
Overs Betting Value	$-4.02	$0.30
Unders Betting Value	$5.83	$-1.88

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Melbourne C.	H2H	$-3.95	$-4.19	$-3.54
	Over 2.5	$-2.48	$-6.86	$-6.59
	Under 2.5	$2.76	$7.19	$6.56
Sydney	H2H	$1.60	$0.74	$-0.96
	Over 2.5	$-2.86	$-3.21	$-4.56
	Under 2.5	$4.58	$3.70	$6.90

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to January, 2025. The O/U records date back to January, 2025.
3. The H2H records between Melbourne City and Sydney FC date back to August, 2008. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to August, 2008.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

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