Melbourne City 0-2 Hiroshima Sanfrecce
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Hiroshima Sanfrecce won: Melbourne City 0-2 Hiroshima Sanfrecce in the AFC Champions League Elite (Round 1) on Tue, 16 Sept 2025 at AAMI Park, Melbourne. Hiroshima Sanfrecce goals: Marcos Junior 52' (pen), Yotaro Nakajima 81'. Possession: 46-54. Player of the match: Shuto Nakano (8.4).
Match report
Hiroshima Sanfrecce beat Melbourne City 2-0
Hiroshima Sanfrecce saw off Melbourne City 2-0 away from home at AAMI Park on Tuesday 16 September in the AFC Champions League Elite.
Marcos Junior put Hiroshima Sanfrecce ahead from the penalty spot on 52' (0-1) and Yotaro Nakajima made it 0-2 on 81'.
Melbourne City had 46% of the ball, shots were 7-7 (0-4 on target).
Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) was player of the match with an 8.4 rating.
Attendance: 1,423.
Match stats
| Melbourne City | Hiroshima Sanfrecce | |
|---|---|---|
| Ball possession | 46 | 54 |
| Total shots | 7 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 0 | 4 |
| Touches in opposition box | 11 | 18 |
| Big chances | 0 | 3 |
| Big chances missed | 0 | 1 |
| Accurate passes | 321 (75%) | 405 (79%) |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 3 |
| Corners | 4 | 5 |
| Total shots | 7 | 7 |
| Shots off target | 4 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 0 | 4 |
| Blocked shots | 3 | 2 |
| Hit woodwork | 0 | 0 |
| Shots inside box | 3 | 6 |
| Shots outside box | 4 | 1 |
Lineups
Melbourne City (4-3-3): Patrick Beach, Nathaniel Atkinson, German Ferreyra, Samuel Souprayen, Aziz Behich, Matthew Leckie, Kai Trewin, Andreas Kuen, Takeshi Kanamori, Max Caputo, Kavian Rahmani
Hiroshima Sanfrecce (3-4-2-1): Keisuke Osako, Sho Sasaki, Hayato Araki, Ju-Sung Kim, Shuto Nakano, Hayao Kawabe, Satoshi Tanaka, Shunki Higashi, Yotaro Nakajima, Marcos Junior, Kosuke Kinoshita
Key events
- 34' · Yellow card · Shunki Higashi (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 43' · Substitution · Mutsuki Kato for Kosuke Kinoshita (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 46' · Substitution · Naoto Arai for Shunki Higashi (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 46' · Substitution · Emin Durakovic for Matthew Leckie (Melbourne City)
- 52' · Goal · Marcos Junior (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 62' · Yellow card · Ju-Sung Kim (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 63' · Yellow card · Hayato Araki (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 67' · Substitution · Naoki Maeda for Marcos Junior (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 67' · Substitution · Tsukasa Shiotani for Ju-Sung Kim (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 76' · Substitution · Benjamin Mazzeo for Kavian Rahmani (Melbourne City)
- 76' · Substitution · Harrison Shillington for Nathaniel Atkinson (Melbourne City)
- 77' · Substitution · Zane Schreiber for Andreas Kuen (Melbourne City)
- 81' · Goal · Yotaro Nakajima (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 83' · Substitution · Tolgay Arslan for Yotaro Nakajima (Hiroshima Sanfrecce)
- 87' · Substitution · Lawrence Wong for Max Caputo (Melbourne City)
All-time head-to-head
Melbourne City vs Hiroshima Sanfrecce: full head-to-head record
Questions
Who won Melbourne City vs Hiroshima Sanfrecce?
Hiroshima Sanfrecce won, 0-2 (AFC Champions League Elite) on Tue, 16 Sept 2025.
When and where is Melbourne City vs Hiroshima Sanfrecce?
Tue, 16 Sept 2025, 07:45 UTC at AAMI Park, Melbourne, AFC Champions League Elite.