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A-League Men Round 26 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 20 goals in six matches.
Clean Sheets: Three out of 12 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There was one draw in six matches.
Possession: In two out of five matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Marcus Younis (Melbourne City) should be in the Socceroos squad.

Damien Da Silva (Macarthur FC) and Josh Risdon (Perth Glory) both retired.

Matthew Jurman (Macarthur FC) got his first goal in 1106 days.

Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory) had 13 assists this season, that is the third-most of any player in an A-League season.

Sam Cosgrove (Auckland FC) and Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) shared the Golden Boot, with 11 goals.

Luka Jovanovic didn’t realise that he already had a yellow card and celebrated his second goal by taking his shirt off and got a second yellow card.

Highlights

Luke Brattan (Macarthur FC) scored a cracking goal from distance.

Bernardo Oliveira (Macarthur FC) made the score 4-0 with Macarthur FC against Wellington Phoenix. The 22-year-old’s brother Henrique provided the assist.

Sebastian Despotovski (Perth Glory) scored the goal of the week, with a superb shot from outside the box.

Ben Garuccio (Sydney FC) broke the deadlock with a great finish.

Guillermo May (Auckland FC) scored a brace in a 2-2 draw with Sydney FC.

Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) played for the first time in 77 days and made the difference, in a 2-1 win over Melbourne City.

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A-League Men Round 25 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 17 goals in six matches.
Clean Sheets: Three out of 12 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were two draws in six matches.
Possession: In three out of four matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Newcastle Jets have won the Premier’s Plate for the first time in their history.

Western Sydney Wanderers have officially secured the A-League wooden spoon for the first time in their history.

Sam Cosgrove (Auckland FC) leads the Golden Boot race, with 11, which is one goal more than Ifeanyi Eze (Wellington Phoenix) has scored.

Highlights

Youstin Salas (Brisbane Roar) scored his first goal in the A-League with a cracking strike from outside the box in second half stoppage time against Melbourne City.

Anselmo (Adelaide United) came off the bench and scored a brace in a comeback win against Macarthur FC.

Central Coast Mariners had an upset win over Auckland FC, with the only goal of the game scored by Ali Auglah.

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A-League Men Round 24 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 18 goals in six matches.
Clean Sheets: Two out of 12 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were three draws in six matches.
Possession: In all three matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Andrew Redmayne (Central Coast Mariners) played his 300th A-League game, having represented clubs including the Central Coast Mariners, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne City (known as Melbourne Heart), Western Sydney Wanderers and Sydney FC!

Franco Lino (Melbourne Victory) scored his first ever A-League goal.

Gabriel Popovic and Arion Sulemani (Perth Glory) scored for the first time this season, in a 3-1 win against Macarthur FC.

In two of the three games that were draws, there was a goal in second half stoppage time.

Highlights

18-year-old debutant Jesse Mantell (Central Coast Mariners) scored a goal against Brisbane Roar with a spectacular strike.

Brisbane Roar substitute Jordan Lauton scored a goal in second half stoppage time that made the score 2-2.

Lachlan Brook (Auckland FC) took a fantastic free kick, that made the score 2-2 against Melbourne Victory.

Daniel Wilmering (Newcastle Jets) scored an equaliser in second half stoppage time against Adelaide United.

Nicholas Pennington (Perth Glory) broke the deadlock against Macarthur FC. He immediately rushed to the bench to celebrate with Perth Glory’s massage therapist who recently lost her father.

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