📊 Form Guide

Auckland FC

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Auckland FC will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-3 Final Series victory against Adelaide United.

In that game, Auckland FC had 38% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Auckland FC, the goalscorers were Jake Girdwood-Reich (44'), Sam Cosgrove (58') and Logan Rogerson (86'). Adelaide United got 15 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Auckland FC haven’t conceded. The facts show that Auckland FC have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals along the way.

Sydney FC

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In their previous game, Sydney FC drew 1-1 in the Final Series tie with Newcastle United Jets.

In that game, Sydney FC had 43% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sydney FC was Piero Quispe (64'). Newcastle United Jets got 22 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Eli Adams (90') was the scorer for Newcastle United Jets. After a tense 4-2 penalty shootout, Sydney FC were victorious.

A run of hard-working displays by the Sydney FC defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their last 6 outings in total. During the same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7. That aside, we will just have to wait and see whether the trend shall continue on here in this match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league game featuring these sides was A-League match day 26 on 26/04/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Sydney FC 2-2 Auckland FC.

On that occasion, Sydney FC managed 60% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Ben Garuccio (56') and Alexandar Popović (85').

On the other side, Auckland FC had 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Guillermo May (67', 90') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ben Abraham.

📋 Team News: Auckland FC

Marlee Francois (unknown injury), Joseph Knowles (Hip injury), Ralph Rutherford (Cruciate ligament injury), Oliver Middleton (Cruciate ligament tear), Guillermo May (Syndesmosis ligament tear) and Oliver Sail (Torn knee ligaments) will be missing for Auckland FC gaffer Steve Corica. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Tass Mourdoukoutas, Aidan Carey, Oscar Faulds, Reid Drake, Ronan Wynne, Jonathan Robinson, Nathan Lobo, James Bayliss, Michael den Heijer, Zac Zoricich, Emiliano Tade, Daniel Normann, Kian Donkers, Matthew Ellis, Isa Prins and Oscar Mason.

In our view, Auckland FC may well use a 3-2-4-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Michael Woud, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Daniel Hall, Nando Pijnaker, Hiroki Sakai, Callan Elliot, Lachlan Brook, Louis Verstraete, Cameron Howieson, Jesse Randall and Sam Cosgrove.

📰 Team News: Sydney FC

We’re of the thinking that The Sky Blues might make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing H. Devenish-Meares, Rhyan Grant, Alexandar Popovic, J. Courtney-Perkins, Benjamin Garuccio, Paul Okon-Engstler, Wataru Kamijo, Piero Quispe, Tiago Quintal, Akol Akon and A. Stamatelopoulos.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Sydney FC will have a tough ask to hit the back of the net against this Auckland FC lineup who we think will likely emerge victorious.

That’s why we have predicted a highly competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Auckland FC at the end of the 90.

We’ll see what happens.

Peter Guest, 08:01 23/05/2026