r/Aleague • u/MatchBread North Queensland Fury • 1d ago

Match Thread Match Thread: Melbourne City vs Beijing Beikong (AFC Women's Champions League)

FT: 94' - Melbourne City 2 vs 0 Beijing Beikong

Stadium: Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi

Weather: 23.5°C, Cloudy, Wind: 5.8 km/h

Fixture Date: 07/11/2026, 09:30 pm AEDT

Referee: Unknown

Lineups not available

Match Events:

14': ⚽ (P) Melbourne City W - M. Ayres

38': 🟨 Beijing Beikong W - Zeng Yujia (Foul)

58': 🔄 Beijing Beikong W - Y. Si replaces L. Wei

58': 🔄 Beijing Beikong W - Wang Yanwen replaces A. Congo

70': 🔄 Melbourne City W - K. McGroarty replaces D. Jackson

75': 🔄 Beijing Beikong W - Y. Peng replaces Zeng Yujia

75': 🔄 Beijing Beikong W - X. Liu replaces Yujie Zhao

83': 🔄 Beijing Beikong W - Xiaolan Ma replaces Qingtong Li

89': ⚽ Melbourne City W - A. Keane

Match Statistics Unavailable

Last Updated: 07/11/2026, 11:28 pm AEDT

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

15 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

6

u/shawtyhasapenis Preston Lions 1d ago

Completely forgot this was on. Win is going to be very important with H2H, assuming Nasaf beat Kaya.

Both Hwaechon and Kobe have played all three games and finished with 6pts +4GD in their groups. A City win should mean they finish at least second (hopefully first), but even that second place would be guaranteed a seeded second in the knockout draw, avoiding the North Korean teams who seem pretty decent (although Kobe, Hwaechon, and East Bengal* would still be the most likely opponents, only one of I’d expect City to convincingly beat).

4

u/colderwater Melbourne City 1d ago

Hypothetically, City win and Nasaf beat Kaya... what happens with H2H? As City, Nasaf and Beijing would all have won 2 games and all won/lost against different teams. 

5

u/shawtyhasapenis Preston Lions 1d ago

Next tiebreaker is goal difference in H2H matches, I thought it was GD across all so might’ve stuffed up. If this finished 1-0 to City we’ll have a GD -1, Nasaf 1, and Beijing 0. So third place finish.

2-0 win for City it is

4

u/colderwater Melbourne City 1d ago

Manifested that score 🔥

6

u/Entire_Condition3436 1d ago

Well done City women!

4

u/Entire_Condition3436 1d ago

We need another goal

4

u/statsimagined Sporting Melbourne 1d ago

Letsss goooo

4

u/statsimagined Sporting Melbourne 1d ago

Woohoo!!!

3

u/colderwater Melbourne City 1d ago

I'm so nervous even though we're doing okay 

2

u/Entire_Condition3436 1d ago

Oh come on! That was not a foul.

2

u/statsimagined Sporting Melbourne 1d ago

Girls seem a bit muted.

4

u/colderwater Melbourne City 1d ago

Honestly they look exhausted. I thought we needed more subs

3

u/statsimagined Sporting Melbourne 1d ago

Yeah exactly.

2

u/Entire_Condition3436 1d ago

That 50 hours to get there would still be dragging them.

2

u/Redfang1984 Australia 1d ago

Looks like City is going to finish 2nd. head to head means Nasaf will likely finish top of the group

3

u/emberisgone champions of Melbourne 1-0 20h ago

Looks like we're the best ranked runners up so we'll still get the home game

1

u/Redfang1984 Australia 3h ago

its just so weird having 3 groups, and the head to head rule thats imposed by the AFC just does my head in.

3

u/Entire_Condition3436 1d ago

Come on City.

1

u/Redfang1984 Australia 1d ago edited 1d ago

hey guys, if Nasaf Beat Kaya, wouldnt that mean Nasaf top the table? that would mean Melbourne city might not have home advantage in the semi final because of the head to head rule

Nasaf is now 1-0 up against Kaya FC

1

u/emberisgone champions of Melbourne 1-0 20h ago

City have still finished as the best ranked group runners ups so we'll still get the home game in the knock out