City back on top in ALW, Canberra beat 10-woman Sydney

City back on top in ALW, Canberra beat 10-woman Sydney

Melbourne City are back on top of the A-League Women table after a 5-2 comeback win over Brisbane Roar, while Canberra United beat Sydney FC 2-1.

ALW REPORT: City 5-2 Brisbane

Melbourne City delivered a performance full of resilience and attacking flair to overcome an early two-goal deficit and defeat Brisbane Roar 5–2 on Sunday afternoon at ctrl:cyber Pitch. With five different goalscorers and a dominant response after a slow start, City bounced back emphatically from back-to-back defeats, reigniting momentum ahead of next weekend’s Melbourne Derby. TEAM NEWS Michael Matricciani made two changes to the starting XI fr…

Melbourne City overcome early scare to beat Brisbane in crucial clash

Melbourne City came from two goals down to defeat a fast starting Brisbane Roar 5-2 at ctrl:cyber Pitch and return to the top of the Ninja A-League. Brisbane Roar started very brightly with Kijah Stephenson scoring the first two goals of the match, before Melbourne City fought back to parity at the half time break and then dominated the second half. Malena Mieres gifted Brisbane Roar their first goal in the eighth minute , the Spanish keeper fai…

Roar fall to City on the road

Brisbane Roar suffered a tough 5-2 defeat away from home against Melbourne City on Sunday afternoon. Despite a strong start for Alex Smith’s squad, the hosts proved themselves the better side in Sunday’s Round 16 clash. Kijah Stephenson scored her first goal of the 25/26 season with a spectacular strike into the top left corner after a fumble from the goalkeeper in the 8th minute. The 25-year-old was back in the action just five minutes later, t…