| | First Half starts. |
| 1' | | New attacking attempt. Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City FC - shot with left foot from a diffucult position and long distance on the left is saved in the right corner. Assist - Florin Berenguer. |
| 1' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Jacob Farrell. |
| 7' | | Fouled by Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners |
| 7' | | Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 7' | | Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 8' | | Fouled by Lewis Miller - Central Coast Mariners |
| 8' | | Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 9' | | Missed chance. Florin Berenguer - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from the left side of the box goes high. Assist - Jamie Maclaren. |
| 13' | | Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 13' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Joshua Nisbet. |
| 15' | | Missed chance. Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Jamie Maclaren. |
| 19' | | Fouled by Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City FC |
| 19' | | Nicolai Müller - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in attack. |
| 23' | | Fouled by Nuno Reis - Melbourne City FC |
| 23' | | Moresche - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 24' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Kye Rowles. |
| 29' | | Missed chance. Moresche - Central Coast Mariners - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Jacob Farrell. |
| 32' | | Fouled by Joshua Nisbet - Central Coast Mariners |
| 32' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 33' | | Offside - Melbourne City FC. Curtis Good with a pass, however Andrew Nabbout is in offside. |
| 35' | | Tom Glover - Melbourne City FC - receive yellow card. |
| 37' | | New attacking attempt. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Curtis Good. |
| 38' | | New attacking attempt. Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Mathew Leckie. |
| 41' | | Fouled by Joshua Nisbet - Central Coast Mariners |
| 41' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 42' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Lewis Miller. |
| 43' | | Fouled by Florin Berenguer - Melbourne City FC |
| 43' | | Lewis Miller - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45' | | Goal! Melbourne City FC 0, Central Coast Mariners 1. Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners - shot with right foot from outside the box to the left corner. Assist - Kye Rowles. |
| 45+3' | | Penalty Melbourne City FC. Marco Tilio draws a foul in the penalty area. |
| 45+3' | | Penalty conceded by Kye Rowles - Central Coast Mariners - after a foul in the penalty area. |
| 45+4' | | VAR Decision: Penalty Melbourne City FC. |
| 45+7' | | Goal! Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 1. Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City FC - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the high centre of the goal. |
| 45+9' | | First Half ended - Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 1. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Melbourne City FC 1, Central Coast Mariners 1. |
| 48' | | Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 48' | | Fouled by Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City FC |
| 48' | | Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City FC - receive yellow card. |
| 49' | | Florin Berenguer - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 49' | | Fouled by Jason Cummings - Central Coast Mariners |
| 51' | | Missed chance. Lewis Miller - Central Coast Mariners - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Nicolai Müller with a through ball following a fast break. |
| 52' | | Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 52' | | Fouled by Nicolai Müller - Central Coast Mariners |
| 53' | | Missed chance. Scott Galloway - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Mathew Leckie. |
| 55' | | Substitution - Central Coast Mariners. Marco Ureña for Moresche. |
| 57' | | Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Central Coast Mariners 1. Florin Berenguer - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assist - Aiden O'Neill with a through ball. |
| 59' | | Missed chance. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box missed to the left. |
| 60' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Daniel Hall. |
| 65' | | Goal! Melbourne City FC 2, Central Coast Mariners 2. Oliver Bozanic - Central Coast Mariners - shot with right foot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assist - Jacob Farrell with a cross. |
| 68' | | Corner - Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Scott Galloway. |
| 69' | | Missed chance. Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners - shot with left foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Oliver Bozanic. |
| 72' | | Fouled by Scott Galloway - Melbourne City FC |
| 72' | | Oliver Bozanic - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 72' | | Scott Galloway - Melbourne City FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 73' | | Substitution - Melbourne City FC. Stefan Colakovski for Andrew Nabbout - injury. |
| 74' | | Goal! Melbourne City FC 3, Central Coast Mariners 2. Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Jamie Maclaren. |
| 76' | | Shot blocked. Marco Ureña - Central Coast Mariners - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Nicolai Müller. |
| 76' | | Corner - Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Curtis Good. |
| 77' | | New attacking attempt. Nicolai Müller - Central Coast Mariners - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Joshua Nisbet. |
| 79' | | Beni N'Kololo - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 79' | | Fouled by Scott Galloway - Melbourne City FC |
| 79' | | Corner - Melbourne City FC. Conceded by Daniel Hall. |
| 81' | | Substitution - Central Coast Mariners. Maximilien Balard for Oliver Bozanic. |
| 82' | | Substitution - Central Coast Mariners. Noah Smith for Nicolai Müller. |
| 82' | | Substitution - Central Coast Mariners. Cy Goddard for Jason Cummings. |
| 84' | | Shot blocked. Stefan Colakovski - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. |
| 84' | | Fouled by Stefan Colakovski - Melbourne City FC |
| 84' | | Jacob Farrell - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 88' | | Cy Goddard - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 88' | | Fouled by Marco Tilio - Melbourne City FC |
| 88' | | VAR Decision: No Penalty Central Coast Mariners. |
| 90+2' | | Marco Ureña - Central Coast Mariners - receive yellow card. |
| 90+3' | | Substitution - Central Coast Mariners. Storm Roux for Lewis Miller. |
| 90+3' | | Substitution - Melbourne City FC. Rostyn Griffiths for Marco Tilio. |
| 90+6' | | Fouled by Stefan Colakovski - Melbourne City FC |
| 90+6' | | Jacob Farrell - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+7' | | Fouled by Rostyn Griffiths - Melbourne City FC |
| 90+7' | | Jacob Farrell - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in attack. |
| 90+8' | | Corner - Central Coast Mariners. Conceded by Mathew Leckie. |
| 90+10' | | Substitution - Melbourne City FC. Taras Gomulka for Aiden O'Neill - injury. |
| 90+10' | | Fouled by Maximilien Balard - Central Coast Mariners |
| 90+10' | | Tom Glover - Melbourne City FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+11' | | Daniel Hall - Central Coast Mariners - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+11' | | Fouled by Taras Gomulka - Melbourne City FC |
| 90+12' | | New attacking attempt. Stefan Colakovski - Melbourne City FC - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Taras Gomulka. |
| 90+13' | | Second Half ended - Melbourne City FC 3, Central Coast Mariners 2. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Melbourne City FC 3, Central Coast Mariners 2. |