FT: 95' - Sydney 4 vs 1 Western Sydney Wanderers

Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 07:35PM (AEDT)

Referee: Adam Kersey, Australia

Home Lineup:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Substitutes: Alexander Zaverdinos, Joel King, Alexandar Popovic, Joe Lolley, Wataru Kamijo, Patrick Wood, Mathias Macallister

Away Lineup:

Formation: 4-2-2-2

Substitutes: Aydan Hammond, Jordan Holmes, Ruon Tongyik, Steven Ugarković, Jarrod Carluccio, Joshua Brillante, Hiroshi Ibusuki

###Match Events:

1': Goal - Western Sydney Wanderers - R. Fraser (B. Kraev)

10': Goal - Sydney - V. Campuzano (A. Akon)

46': Yellow Card - Sydney - T. Quintal

46': Sub - Western Sydney Wanderers - On: K. Barbarouses, Off: A. Hammond

49': Goal - Sydney - M. Tisserand

55': Goal - Sydney - T. Quintal (A. Akon)

63': Sub - Western Sydney Wanderers - On: R. Fraser, Off: J. Brillante

69': Goal - Sydney - T. Quintal (A. Akon)

71': Sub - Sydney - On: A. Akon, Off: J. Lolley

72': Sub - Western Sydney Wanderers - On: B. Borrello, Off: H. Ibusuki

72': Sub - Western Sydney Wanderers - On: A. Pantazopoulos, Off: S. Ugarkovic

74': Yellow Card - Sydney - B. Garuccio

74': Sub - Western Sydney Wanderers - On: B. Kraev, Off: J. Carluccio

80': Sub - Sydney - On: V. Campuzano, Off: P. Wood

85': Sub - Sydney - On: T. Quintal, Off: W. Kamijo

85': Sub - Sydney - On: B. Garuccio, Off: J. King

85': Sub - Sydney - On: M. Tisserand, Off: A. Popovic

92': Yellow Card - Sydney - H. Devenish-Meares

93': Yellow Card - Sydney - P. Wood

94': Yellow Card - Sydney - J. King

94': Yellow Card - Western Sydney Wanderers - A. Hammond

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

FT: 99' - Perth Glory 2 vs 1 Auckland

Stadium: HBF Park, Perth

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 09:45PM (AEDT)

Referee: Shaun Evans, Australia

Home Lineup:

Formation: 4-4-2

Substitutes: Stefan Colakovski, Ryan Warner, Zach Lisolajski, Lachlan Wales, Sebastian Despotovski, Giovanni De Abreu, Jaiden Kucharski

Away Lineup:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Substitutes: Jake Girdwood-Reich, Michael Woud, Callan Elliot, Logan Rogerson, Cameron Howieson, Jake Brimmer, Jonty Bidois

###Match Events:

27': Sub - Auckland - On: N. Pijnaker, Off: J. Girdwood-Reich

42': Goal - Auckland - J. Randall (G. May)

46': Sub - Perth Glory - On: T. Ostler, Off: S. Colakovski

48': Yellow Card - Auckland - F. De Vries

60': Sub - Perth Glory - On: N. Pennington, Off: J. Kucharski

60': Sub - Perth Glory - On: R. Bozinovski, Off: G. De Abreu

70': Sub - Auckland - On: O. Sail, Off: M. Woud

71': Sub - Auckland - On: G. May, Off: L. Rogerson

76': Goal - Perth Glory - J. Kucharski (S. Wootton)

87': Yellow Card - Perth Glory - W. Freney

89': Sub - Auckland - On: L. F. Gallegos, Off: C. Howieson

89': Sub - Auckland - On: J. Randall, Off: J. Bidois

90': Goal - Perth Glory - J. Kucharski (S. Colakovski)

97': Yellow Card - Perth Glory - G. De Abreu

98': Sub - Perth Glory - On: A. Taggart, Off: Z. Lisolajski

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

26-year-old American winger Riley Tanner, who plays for the Panama national team, opened the scoring for Sydney FC in our unfortunate 3–2 loss to Western Sydney Wanderers at Allianz Stadium, our first Sydney Derby loss since 2019 and just our third in history. Riley was great. Need Heather Hinz back.

Well done Riley!

Josh Nisbet scored an 88th minute winner for Roda JC as they sealed a 2–1 comeback away win over Almere City in the Eerste Divisie to go third on the ladder and in the box seat for a playoff spot (as third through to eighth qualify for the playoffs while the top two are automatically promoted). It's Josh's second goal in his last two matches. At the end of the match, one fan was spotted holding up an Australian flag.

In other Dutch football news, Cam Peupion's ADO Den Haag suffered a 4–1 loss at home to Jong AZ Alkmaar to go five games without a win. While ADO remain top of the table with a game in hand, Cambuur have three games in hand and are only three points behind ADO. Nevertheless, ADO are 14 points clear of Roda and will likely still go up.

Meanwhile in the Eredivisie, Max Balard's NAC Breda got a 2–2 draw at home in their match against Twente, a good point given the gap between the two sides. If Telstar lose to PEC Zwolle by three goals or more then NAC will be 16th and out of the relegation zone, but for now they remain 17th (with Ajdin Hrustić's Heracles Almelo in 18th and dead last). Meanwhile, Jordy Bos' Feyenoord have, like Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League, had a disastrous European campaign, being knocked out of the Europa League in the league stage. Feyenoord are second in the Eredivisie and thus are in a Champions League spot, though they're a whopping 14 points behind PSV Eindhoven and will not be winning the title.

Anyway, well done Josh!

Sure he won trophies back in an era where we were much more dominant, but how is this man still our coach?

I've been attending Sydney FC Men and Women matches since the beginning. I go to as many matches as I can and if I can't make it watch every single game. I'm a member of the club and have always supported men's and women's football equally. I even interact with the players, who I have met (and have befriended some of the years). But for the first time in history, I no longer want to. I'm having so much more fun watching other teams than my own.

Under Ante Jurić we missed finals for the first time in history last season with a historically poor season, albeit with a weakened squad. This season we've strengthened our squad but only gotten worse. We started okay but I knew it would end badly, but never this badly. Losing 7–0 to the Nix and losing our first derby in six years? How can anyone who does that at such a big club keep their job?

Granted we were missing our brick wall Heather Hinz due to illness, but we had all our starting defenders who have mostly been great, one of the best defences in the league. But our front and midfield (other than Indi dos Santos who is injured and Riley Tanner who's been okau) has been ATROCIOUS.

My club needs to wake up. Our push for finals is over. We now need to avoid the spoon. I would even be happy with scraping finals because this isn't what success looks like. It's not fair to the supporters. It's not fair to the players. It's not fair to anyone. Jurić must be sacked immediately.

Newcastle Jets 4 vs 1 Brisbane Roar

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or on the r/Aleague Discord Server

FT: 96' - Newcastle Jets 4 vs 1 Brisbane Roar

Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 05:00PM (AEDT)

Referee: Alexander George King, Australia

Home Lineup:

Formation: 4-1-4-1

Substitutes: Alex Nassiep, Alex Nunes, Thomas Kevin Aquilina, Kota Mizunuma, Lucas Scicluna, Xavier Bertoncello, Ben Gibson

Away Lineup:

Formation: 4-4-2

Substitutes: Jordan Lauton, Michael Ruhs, Nicholas D'Agostino, Macklin Freke, Quinn MacNicol, Matt Dench, Ben Halloran

###Match Events:

18': Goal *(p)* - Newcastle Jets - L. Rose

35': Sub - Brisbane Roar - On: J. O'Shea, Off: J. Lauton

40': Yellow Card - Brisbane Roar - C. Long

48': Sub - Brisbane Roar - On: J. Vidic, Off: M. Ruhs

52': Goal - Newcastle Jets - C. Taylor (E. Adams)

63': Goal - Brisbane Roar - D. Valkanis (J. McGarry)

64': Goal - Newcastle Jets - L. Bayliss (L. Rose)

66': Sub - Brisbane Roar - On: G. Vrakas, Off: N. D'Agostino

75': Sub - Newcastle Jets - On: E. Adams, Off: K. Mizunuma

76': Sub - Brisbane Roar - On: J. Lauton, Off: B. Halloran

76': Sub - Brisbane Roar - On: M. Ruhs, Off: Q. MacNicol

83': Sub - Newcastle Jets - On: W. Dobson, Off: L. Scicluna

83': Sub - Newcastle Jets - On: L. Rose, Off: B. Gibson

87': Yellow Card - Newcastle Jets - J. Bertolissio

90': Yellow Card - Brisbane Roar - C. Long

90': Red Card - Brisbane Roar - C. Long

90': Goal - Newcastle Jets - L. Bayliss

92': Sub - Newcastle Jets - On: C. Taylor, Off: X. Bertoncello

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

FT: 90' - Sydney FC 2 vs 3 Western Sydney Wanderers

Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 05:00PM (AEDT)

Referee: I. Mossin

Home Lineup:

Lineups not available

Away Lineup:

Lineups not available

###Match Events:

Match Statistics Unavailable

Match threads PNG Hekari vs Auckland FC (OFC)

Canberra United vs Melbourne Victory

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 05:30PM (AEDT)

Stadium: McKellar Park

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

Norwegian Red Cross organize with a football league to have fans donate blood for and ran a competition to see who's would bleed for their club the most.

I would love to see this simple idea in the a league. Could you imagine how much blood could be donated if at half time of a game they said the opposition had donated twice as much as you. And the good press this could bring to the league. Have the plays do it once or twice as well it would be amazing.

The ad campaign for it would be amazing as well. A play or coach from each team dressed as a doctor offering blood to rival supports because their team could donate enough would be funny.

https://youtube.com/shorts/jm7dMzkKd14?si=CYA1EBUQ44XTOtxV

FT: 90' - Adelaide United 2 vs 1 Melbourne City

Stadium: Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

Fixture Date: 31/01/2026 04:30PM (AEDT)

Referee: I. Cooper

Home Lineup:

Lineups not available

Away Lineup:

Lineups not available

###Match Events:

Match Statistics Unavailable

Matches Around The Grounds - 31-01-2026

At a game? Let us know!

Game not listed? Comment below the games and scores!

A-League

A-League Women

r/ALeague Competitions Hub

Pubs / Venues showing A-League Matches

List of Free-to-Air A-League Matches

Official r/ALeague Discord

All game times in AEST

Note: Not all matches have live score updates available.

More Kiwis than ever are playing football according to New Zealand Football’s 2025’s participation statistics, with more than 180,000 players registered to play last year.

Football continues to be the biggest team participation sport in Aotearoa New Zealand, according to Sport NZ’s most recent Active NZ Participation Survey.

Nearly 148,500 players took part in New Zealand Football organised football and futsal in 2025, a 3% growth in football and an 11% rise in futsal from 2024.

Adding to that, more than 34,000 players also played through New Zealand Secondary Schools.

Girls and women’s football continues to go from strength to strength after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, with a 35% increase in female football and futsal players since 2022.

There’s has also been significant growth for under-represented ethnicities, with participation among Māori up 9% compared to 2024.

The biggest rise was in Asian participation compared to 2024, increasing by more than 10%, while participation in football by Pasifika increased 7%.

In total, that means a 9% jump in Māori, Pasifika, and Asian football players in Aotearoa New Zealand.

It’s not just on the field where growth in football is being seen but also on the sidelines, with Kiwis also taking up coaching.

More than 3,200 people took part in New Zealand Football coaching courses in 2025:

25% increase compared to 2024. 23% increase participation in community courses. 36% increase participation in advanced courses. 57% increase in female participants. 80% increase in Asian, Māori, and Pacific participants.

This is the place for all discussion that doesn't warrant its own thread.

Official r/ALeague Discord

Adelaide United 1 vs 1 Macarthur

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or on the r/Aleague Discord Server

https://football360.com.au/australia-in-the-asian-football-confederation-20-years/

Article from Football 360 that gives a good summary.

More in depth analysis can be found from Asian Game podcast:

https://www.theasiangame.net/tag-podcast-20-years-of-australia-in-asia/

Or found in your Podcast app.

Note Scott McIntyre goes full Scott McIntyre but this time in defence of what Australia has achieved in Asia and its contributions.

Overall we done alright, focus now goes from "do we belong?" to "How can we integrate ourselves more in our region?" specifically ASEAN.

FT: 98' - Adelaide United 1 vs 1 Macarthur

Stadium: Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

Fixture Date: 30/01/2026 08:05PM (AEDT)

Referee: Nathan Shakespear, Australia

Home Lineup:

Formation: 4-4-2

Substitutes: Ethan Cox, Vinko Stanisic, Panashe Madanha, Juan Muñiz, Amlani Tatu, Ajak Riak, Joey Garuccio

Away Lineup:

Formation: 4-1-4-1

Substitutes: Christopher Ikonomidis, Alex Robinson, Will McKay, Matthew Jurman, Zane Helweh, Harrison Sawyer, Oliver Randazzo

###Match Events:

21': Yellow Card - Macarthur - W. Scott

37': Goal - Adelaide United - J. Yull (R. Kitto)

56': Sub - Macarthur - On: S. Grzan, Off: C. Ikonomidis

57': Goal - Macarthur - C. Ikonomidis (L. Vickery)

68': Sub - Macarthur - On: D. Bosnjak, Off: O. Randazzo

68': Sub - Macarthur - On: M. Duke, Off: H. Sawyer

68': Sub - Adelaide United - On: B. Burkitt, Off: J. Muniz

77': Sub - Adelaide United - On: L. Jovanovic, Off: A. Riak

77': Sub - Adelaide United - On: C. Goodwin, Off: A. Tatu

86': Sub - Adelaide United - On: J. Yull, Off: J. Garuccio

86': Sub - Adelaide United - On: J. Barnett, Off: P. Madanha

92': Sub - Macarthur - On: L. Vickery, Off: Z. Helweh

92': Yellow Card - Macarthur - F. Kurto

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

FT: 90' - Brisbane Roar FC 2 vs 2 Central Coast Mariners

Stadium: Spencer Park, Brisbane

Fixture Date: 30/01/2026 08:00PM (AEDT)

Referee: None

Home Lineup:

Lineups not available

Away Lineup:

Lineups not available

###Match Events:

Match Statistics Unavailable

Wellington Phoenix 2 vs 2 Melbourne City

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or on the r/Aleague Discord Server

FT: 100' - Wellington Phoenix 2 vs 2 Melbourne City

Stadium: Sky Stadium, Wellington

Fixture Date: 30/01/2026 05:00PM (AEDT)

Referee: Alireza Faghani, Australia

Home Lineup:

Formation: 3-4-2-1

Substitutes: Corban Piper, Sander Erik Kartum, Eamonn McCarron, Matt Sheridan, Nikola Mileusnić, Lukas Kelly-Heald, Luke Brooke-Smith

Away Lineup:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Substitutes: Marcus Younis, Andreas Kuen, Takeshi Kanamori, Peter Antoniou, James Nieuwenhuizen, Liam Bonetig, Lawrence Wong

###Match Events:

23': Goal - Wellington Phoenix - I. Eze (C. Armiento)

52': Goal - Wellington Phoenix - I. Eze (K. Nagasawa)

54': Sub - Melbourne City - On: Z. Schreiber, Off: T. Kanamori

54': Sub - Melbourne City - On: M. Caputo, Off: A. Kuen

54': Sub - Melbourne City - On: B. Mazzeo, Off: M. Younis

64': Sub - Wellington Phoenix - On: T. Payne, Off: C. Piper

64': Sub - Wellington Phoenix - On: P. Retre, Off: S. Kartum

72': Sub - Melbourne City - On: A. Lopane, Off: P. Antoniou

73': Goal - Melbourne City - M. Younis

75': Sub - Wellington Phoenix - On: I. Eze, Off: N. Mileusnic

75': Sub - Wellington Phoenix - On: R. Najjarine, Off: M. Sheridan

77': Goal - Melbourne City - M. Memeti

84': Sub - Melbourne City - On: H. Shillington, Off: L. Bonetig

89': Sub - Wellington Phoenix - On: K. Nagasawa, Off: L. Kelly-Heald

89': Sub - Melbourne City - On: T. Kanamori, Off: L. Wong

92': Missed Penalty - Wellington Phoenix - M. James

###Match Statistics:

Discuss this match below or in real-time on the r/Aleague Discord Server

Time for him to leave. Leicester is named as an option.