Melbourne Victory face FC Seoul in the AFC Champions League Two.
The Boys in Blue continue their maiden season in the competition by welcoming the K League 1 outfit to Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Wednesday, October 14, kick-off 6:45pm AEDT.
Giovanni Savarese’s side rank second in Group E going into the Match Day two contest, having earned a credible draw away to Thể Công–Viettel last month, whilst Seoul slipped to a 0-2 home defeat against Persib Bandung.
Victory and the Dark Red Warriors have met in Asian competition on two previous occasions, sharing a win apiece during the Group Stage of the AFC 2020 Champions League.
Supporters in Australia can watch the Match Day 2 fixture live on Paramount+.
The Boys in Blue
Melbourne Victory are back on home soil for the second time in five days, having taken to the field here in Victoria against South Melbourne FC for the 2026 Australia Cup on Saturday night.
Cruelly, on penalties in front of a sold-out crowd, that showdown was claimed by the opposition, inflicting a first defeat on the A-League Men’s team under the stewardship of Head Coach, Giovanni Savarese.
The Venezuelan had overseen a near-faultless start to life at Victory, progressing to that final in a business-like manner and getting on the board in the AFC Champions League Two, courtesy of the Match Day 1 point picked up in Hanoi.
Brightspark Santos netted for the visitors on their trip to Vietnam, and the team’s enviable attacking line-up is boosted from that fixture, with off-season recruit Guillermo May – fresh from his first minutes at the weekend – primed for more involvement at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
Philipp Ziereis, who missed the competition opener observing concussion protocol, is in contention for Wednesday night, but it is forecast to come too soon for midfield engine Louis D’Arrigo. He is currently sidelined by a minor hamstring injury and is likely to be kept on ice ahead of a schedule that ramps up further with an A-League Men’s Matchweek 1 trip to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday, October 18, kick-off 1:00pm AEDT.
MD2 squad:
Jason DAVIDSON, Oliver DRAGICEVIC, Jack DUNCAN, Denis GENREAU, Michael GHOSSAINI, Daniel GRASKOSKI, Matthew GRIMALDI, Brendan HAMILL, Joshua INSERRA, Keegan JELACIC, William KENGNI, Franco LINO, Tom LOCKYER, Guillermo MAY, Jack MIHAILIDIS, Charles NDUKA, Malik OLUKHALE, Clerismario SANTOS RODRIGUES, Harrison SAWYER, Harrison SHILLINGTON, Xavier STELLA, Jordi VALADON, Jack WARSHAWSKY, Philipp ZIEREIS.
Last time out
Melbourne Victory were a matter of minutes away from celebrating a third Australia Cup over the weekend before a late South Melbourne leveller forced a penalty shootout that went the NPL Victoria team’s way. Denis Genreau’s extra-time finish was equalised by Max Mikkola before South took the shootout 4-3.
FC Seoul’s 20th win of the 2026 K League 1 season, beating Jeju SK 2-1 in Round 31, has edged them closer to a first league title since 2016. Goals from Moon Seon-min and former Sydney FC loanee bookended a Lee Gun-hee response to leave Kim Gi-dong’s side needing just four points from seven remaining matches.
