| | First Half starts. |
| 3' | | Fouled by Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City |
| 3' | | Paulo Retre - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 8' | | Fouled by Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City |
| 8' | | Luke Brattan - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 10' | | Corner - Sydney FC. Conceded by Thomas Lam. |
| 13' | | Anthony Cáceres - Sydney FC - won a free kick in attack. |
| 13' | | Fouled by Valon Berisha - Melbourne City |
| 15' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Rhyan Grant. |
| 16' | | Fouled by Luke Brattan - Sydney FC |
| 16' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 18' | | Fouled by Max Burgess - Sydney FC |
| 18' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 19' | | Delay in match - injury Marco Tilio - Melbourne City |
| 19' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 19' | | VAR Decision: Card upgraded Max Burgess - Sydney FC |
| 20' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 20' | | Max Burgess - Sydney FC - receive red card. |
| 25' | | Offside - Sydney FC. Joel King with a pass, however Adrian Segecic is in offside. |
| 27' | | Shot blocked. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Jamie Maclaren. |
| 28' | | Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 28' | | Fouled by Joel King - Sydney FC |
| 28' | | Joel King - Sydney FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 28' | | Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City - hits the left post with a shot with the head from the right side of the box. Assist - Valon Berisha with a cross . |
| 29' | | Fouled by Adam Le Fondre - Sydney FC |
| 29' | | Jordan Bos - Melbourne City - won a free kick in attack. |
| 32' | | Fouled by Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City |
| 32' | | Luke Brattan - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 33' | | Adrian Segecic - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 33' | | Fouled by Nuno Reis - Melbourne City |
| 34' | | New attacking attempt. Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Valon Berisha. |
| 35' | | Missed chance. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Nuno Reis. |
| 36' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Joel King. |
| 37' | | Goal! Melbourne City 1, Sydney FC 0. Curtis Good - Melbourne City - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Valon Berisha with a cross after corner. |
| 39' | | Shot blocked. Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Mathew Leckie. |
| 40' | | Missed chance. Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Andrew Nabbout with a cross. |
| 41' | | Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - won a free kick in defence. |
| 41' | | Fouled by Adam Le Fondre - Sydney FC |
| 43' | | Fouled by Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City |
| 43' | | Rhyan Grant - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 43' | | Fouled by Luke Brattan - Sydney FC |
| 43' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 43' | | Luke Brattan - Sydney FC - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 44' | | Offside - Melbourne City. Valon Berisha with a pass, however Marco Tilio is in offside. |
| 45+1' | | Fouled by Mathew Leckie - Melbourne City |
| 45+1' | | Rhyan Grant - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+2' | | Fouled by Thomas Lam - Melbourne City |
| 45+2' | | Paulo Retre - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 45+2' | | Thomas Lam - Melbourne City - receive yellow card for a foul. |
| 45+4' | | First Half ended - Melbourne City 1, Sydney FC 0. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Melbourne City 1, Sydney FC 0. |
| 48' | | Fouled by Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City |
| 48' | | Luke Brattan - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 48' | | Delay in match - injury Luke Brattan - Sydney FC |
| 50' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 51' | | Missed chance. Jordan Bos - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Curtis Good. |
| 53' | | Aiden O'Neill - Melbourne City - won a free kick in attack. |
| 53' | | Fouled by Luke Brattan - Sydney FC |
| 53' | | New attacking attempt. Jordan Bos - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Marco Tilio. |
| 54' | | New attacking attempt. Thomas Lam - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. |
| 54' | | Anthony Cáceres - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 54' | | Fouled by Jordan Bos - Melbourne City |
| 59' | | Own Goal by Jack Rodwell, Sydney FC. Melbourne City 2, Sydney FC 0. |
| 61' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Alex Wilkinson. |
| 61' | | Missed chance. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed to the left. Assist - Valon Berisha with a cross after corner. |
| 62' | | Fouled by Rhyan Grant - Sydney FC |
| 62' | | Marco Tilio - Melbourne City - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 63' | | Shot blocked. Jordan Bos - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. |
| 66' | | Missed chance. Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Aiden O'Neill. |
| 67' | | Substitution - Sydney FC. Joe Lolley for Adrian Segecic. |
| 67' | | Substitution - Sydney FC. Jake Girdwood-Reich for Paulo Retre. |
| 67' | | Goal! Melbourne City 3, Sydney FC 0. Marco Tilio - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from a diffucult position on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assist - Aiden O'Neill following a fast break. |
| 69' | | Corner - Sydney FC. Conceded by Curtis Good. |
| 70' | | Missed chance. Jack Rodwell - Sydney FC - shot with the head from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assist - Luke Brattan with a cross after corner. |
| 70' | | Delay in match - Melbourne City |
| 71' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 71' | | Corner - Sydney FC. Conceded by Nuno Reis. |
| 73' | | Substitution - Melbourne City. Richard van der Venne for Aiden O'Neill. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Melbourne City. Scott Jamieson for Valon Berisha - injury. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Melbourne City. Callum Talbot for Curtis Good. |
| 75' | | New attacking attempt. Joe Lolley - Sydney FC - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Adam Le Fondre. |
| 77' | | Fouled by Marco Tilio - Melbourne City |
| 77' | | Rhyan Grant - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 78' | | New attacking attempt. Adam Le Fondre - Sydney FC - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Joel King. |
| 78' | | Offside - Melbourne City. Richard van der Venne with a pass, however Marco Tilio is in offside. |
| 79' | | Missed chance. Luke Brattan - Sydney FC - shot with right foot from more than 35 yards missed to the left. Assist - Anthony Cáceres. |
| 82' | | Goal! Melbourne City 4, Sydney FC 0. Richard van der Venne - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from outside the box to the left corner. Assist - Jamie Maclaren. |
| 83' | | Substitution - Melbourne City. Scott Galloway for Jordan Bos. |
| 83' | | Substitution - Sydney FC. Patrick Wood for Adam Le Fondre. |
| 83' | | Substitution - Melbourne City. Florin Berenguer for Mathew Leckie. |
| 84' | | Missed chance. Patrick Wood - Sydney FC - shot with right foot from a diffucult position on the right is close, but missed. |
| 85' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Rhyan Grant. |
| 85' | | New attacking attempt. Andrew Nabbout - Melbourne City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Thomas Lam with a head. |
| 85' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Andrew Redmayne. |
| 90' | | New attacking attempt. Jamie Maclaren - Melbourne City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Richard van der Venne with a through ball. |
| 90' | | Corner - Melbourne City. Conceded by Jack Rodwell. |
| 90+1' | | Fouled by Scott Galloway - Melbourne City |
| 90+1' | | Jack Rodwell - Sydney FC - won a free kick in defence. |
| 90+2' | | Second Half ended - Melbourne City 4, Sydney FC 0. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Melbourne City 4, Sydney FC 0. |