Melbourne City 0-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC Champions League Elite 2025/2026

Melbourne City

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Marcos Júnior 52' (Pen)

Y. Nakajima 81'

AFC Champions League Elite 2025/2026

League Stage - 1

September 16, 2025 7:45am

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Key stats

Ball Possession

45%

55%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Melbourne City 4-3-3

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-4-2-1

Goalkeeper

P. Beach

6.2

K. Osako

6.3

Defenders

A. Behich

5.9

Kim Ju-Sung

7.2

S. Souprayen

6.7

H. Araki

7.9

G. Ferreyra

6.2

S. Sasaki

7.3

N. Atkinson

6.0

Midfielders

A. Kuen

6.3

S. Higashi

6.7

K. Trewin

6.3

S. Tanaka

7.3

M. Leckie

7.2

H. Kawabe

6.9

S. Nakano

7.2

Forwards

Kavian Rahmani

6.5

Marcos Júnior

7.3

M. Caputo

6.2

Y. Nakajima

8.0

T. Kanamori

6.5

K. Kinoshita

6.0

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Highest rating

7.2

M. Leckie

8.0

Y. Nakajima

Match Summary

On September 16, 2025 during the 2025/2026 AFC Champions League Elite match, Melbourne City faced off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima at AAMI Park, Melbourne. The game concluded with Sanfrecce Hiroshima securing a victory. With 45% possession, Melbourne City versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 55% and shots on goal at 0 to 4. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 79% successful passes (of 516 passes) over Melbourne City which had 74% successful passes (of 427 passes). The outstanding efforts by M. Leckie and Y. Nakajima played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-3

3-4-2-1

Beach

6.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
27/42

Won duels:
0/1

Atkinson

6.0

Played:
77Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/36

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
1/3

Ferreyra

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/45

Won duels:
5/7

Souprayen

6.7

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
41/47

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Behich

5.9

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
32/41

Won duels:
1/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Leckie

7.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
10/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Trewin

6.3

Played:
90Min

Interceptions:
5

Accurate passes:
50/68

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/11

Kuen

6.3

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
21/28

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Kanamori

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
12/17

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
2/2

Caputo

6.2

Played:
87Min

Accurate passes:
11/21

Won duels:
7/17

Dribbles:
1/1

Rahmani

6.5

Played:
76Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/14

Won duels:
1/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Kinoshita

6.0

Played:
43Min

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
1/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Júnior

7.3

Played:
67Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
7/11

Won duels:
6/9

Nakajima

8.0

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
22/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/13

Dribbles:
0/1

Higashi

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/22

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Tanaka

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
46/56

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Kawabe

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
43/49

Won duels:
1/2

Nakano

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/45

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
9/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Ju-Sung

7.2

Played:
67Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
55/65

Won duels:
5/9

Araki

7.9

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
68/77

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/10

Sasaki

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
51/57

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Osako

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
14/31

Won duels:
2/2

Substitutes

Coach

Aurelio Vidmar

Durakovic

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
7/10

Won duels:
0/2

Mazzeo

6.3

Played:
14Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
1/2

Shillington

6.5

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
15/15

Won duels:
0/1

Schreiber

6.5

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
15/20

Wong

6.7

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/2

Ochsenham

Coach

Michael Skibbe

Kato

6.3

Played:
47Min

Accurate passes:
8/11

Won duels:
1/2

Arai

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
20/23

Won duels:
2/3

Shiotani

7.3

Played:
23Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/23

Won duels:
2/3

Maeda

6.3

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
4/5

Key passes:
1

Arslan

6.7

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
3/3

Hill

Min-Ki

Yamasaki

Suga

Chajima

Kobayashi

Koshimichi

Stats

Ball Possession

Melbourne City: 45%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 55%

Total Shots

Melbourne City: 6

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 7

Shots on Goal

Melbourne City: 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 4

Corner Kicks

Melbourne City: 4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 5

Offsides

Melbourne City: 2

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 1

Fouls

Melbourne City: 10

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 10

Yellow Cards

Melbourne City: 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 3

Red Cards

Melbourne City: 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 0

Total Passes

Melbourne City: 427

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 516

Goals Prevented

Melbourne City: 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 0

Passes Accuracy

Melbourne City: 318 (74%)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 409 (79%)

Melbourne City vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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