Melbourne City v Sanfrecce Hiroshima result
Team pages: Melbourne City · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Melbourne City 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima — Sanfrecce Hiroshima won this AFC Champions League Elite match.
Next for Melbourne City: Melbourne Victory v Melbourne City, Saturday 24 October — the preview. Next for Sanfrecce Hiroshima: V-varen Nagasaki v Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Wednesday 21 October — the preview.
The numbers
- Result: Melbourne City 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima · AFC Champions League Elite
- Referee: P. Heydari
- Recent form: Melbourne City 3W 2D 0L · Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2W 2D 1L
Melbourne City 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (AFC Champions League Elite): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →
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Match statistics & details
| Melbourne City | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 6 | Shots | 7 |
| 0 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 3 | Shots off target | 1 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 3 | Shots inside the box | 6 |
| 4 | Corners | 5 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 10 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Saves | 0 |
| 427 | Passes | 516 |
| 74% | Pass accuracy | 79% |
Melbourne City player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Beach | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
| G. Ferreyra | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 |
| S. Souprayen | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| A. Behich | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Kai Trewin | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| T. Kanamori | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
| M. Caputo | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
| N. Atkinson | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| A. Kuen | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Kavian Rahmani | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| M. Leckie | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 |
| E. Durakovic sub | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
| B. Mazzeo sub | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| H. Shillington sub | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Z. Schreiber sub | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Lawrence Wong sub | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima player stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | SoT | KP | Tkl | Cards | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Osako | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| S. Sasaki | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
| H. Araki | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Y | 7.9 |
| Shuto Nakano | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 |
| H. Kawabe | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 |
| S. Tanaka | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 |
| Y. Nakajima | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Kim Ju-Sung | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Y | 7.2 |
| Marcos Junior | 67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 |
| S. Higashi | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Y | 6.7 |
| Kinoshita Kosuke | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Kato sub | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| N. Arai sub | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 |
| T. Shiotani sub | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 |
| N. Maeda sub | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| T. Arslan sub | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.
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