Auckland vs Melbourne City 3-1

Auckland beat Melbourne City 3-1 at Mount Smart Stadium, pulling clear after the break with a second goal from L. Bayliss and a late strike from L. Brook.

Bayliss opened the scoring in the 35th minute, then Q. MacNicol levelled for Melbourne City in the 42nd minute from K. Rahmani's assist. The sides went in level at 1-1.

Bayliss restored Auckland's lead in the 53rd minute with his second of the match, and Melbourne City responded with two changes in the 75th minute as M. Caputo and M. Leckie came on for A. Nabbout and B. Kutleshi, with L. Wong also replacing Q. MacNicol at the same time. Auckland made two changes in the 88th minute, when L. Brook was replaced by I. Prins and J. Brimmer made way for D. Normann, and Brook had already made it 3-1 in the 85th minute from F. De Vries's assist before coming off. Auckland then saw S. Cosgrove replaced by C. Elliot in the 90th minute.

Melbourne City had more of the ball, with 56% possession and 384 passes at 79% accuracy, against Auckland's 44% and 300 passes at 71%. They also had more shots, 14 to 10, more on target, 4 to 3, and more corners, 4 to 3, while Auckland made 3 saves to Melbourne City's 1 and the teams were close on fouls, 10-9.

S. Cosgrove and A. Behich were booked in the 32nd minute, and L. Rogerson was also shown a yellow card in the 88th minute.