34' - Yellow card: Shunki Higashi
Match insights
MEL need a response
MEL have lost 3 of their last 5 matches.
MEL scoring trend
MEL have scored 14 goals across their last 5 matches.
MEL defensive concern
MEL have conceded 14 goals across their last 5 matches.
SAN are hard to beat
SAN are unbeaten in 4 of their last 5 matches.
SAN scoring trend
SAN have scored 11 goals across their last 5 matches.
Match flow
Latest match event
87' · Substitution · Max Caputo
Finished
Confirmed lineups
MEL
11
4-3-3
SAN
11
3-4-2-1
Form & table
Last five
MEL
SAN
Timeline
Community pick
Prediction result
About the match
Melbourne City FC face Sanfrecce Hiroshima in AFC Champions League Elite, 1. Kick-off is 03:45 GMT-4.
Melbourne City FC's last 5: W 3-2 at Brisbane Roar FC, L 1-2 vs Adelaide United, L 7-8 at Auckland FC, W 3-0 at Weston Workers, L 0-2 at Lions FC. Sanfrecce Hiroshima's last 5: W 2-1 vs Kawasaki Frontale, W 1-0 at Kawasaki Frontale, L 1-5 at Sturm Graz, W 3-0 vs JEF United Chiba, W 4-1 at Urawa Red Diamonds.

