This sparked a pitch invasion by between 100–200 spectators, who proceeded to attack Glover and match referee Alex King, both of whom sustained minor injuries.

The decision was made to restart the game from the point of the abandonment, the 22nd minute and score at 1-0 to Melbourne City to be played on Wednesday the 5th April 2023.

Scott Jamieson, a Melbourne City substitute and club captain was red carded in the match prior to the resumed fixture but was cleared by the league to take part in the game despite a suspension being handed down.

Taras Gomulka was on the bench for City but left the club to join Brisbane Roar in the January transfer window.

For Melbourne Victory their marquee player Nani suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January, Jake Brimmer a left knee meniscus injury, substitute Matthew Bozinovski was injured in a training game in late February and Nicholas D'Agostino was transferred from Victory to Norwegian side Viking.

Aiden O'Neill scored in the 57th minute of the game, 108 days after his goal in the first match to give Melbourne City a 2-0 lead.

Nishan Velupillay scored in the 89th minute from a Bruce Kamau assist to pull it back to 2-1, but Victory were unable to equalise.

Statistical oddities arising due to the postponement included O'Neill taking 108 days between his first and second goal, Rai Marchan coming on as a substitute for Melbourne Victory despite having started the game in December, Bruce Kamau and Fernando Romero making what could be said to be their club debuts despite both having played before the restarted fixture and both having joined the club after the match begun.

On 21 December 2022, Football Australia announced that it was issuing life bans to two supporters, a 23-year-old man from Craigieburn and a 19-year-old man from Meadow Heights, through their perpetration of offences including entering the field of play without authorisation, engaging in conduct that did or was likely to cause harm or endanger others, and through using an item (bucket) with the intent to cause damage or harm.

Additionally, the two men could potentially face various criminal charges including violent disorder, alleged assault, possession of a flare, discharging missiles, entry to sporting competition space, disrupting a match, public nuisance, riotous behaviour, and discharge and possession of flares.

The violations which led to the imposition of these bans included entering the field of play without authorisation, engaging in conduct that did or was likely to cause harm or endanger others, engaging in conduct that did or was likely to cause unlawful damage to the venue or the various forms of infrastructure within the venue, and throwing projectiles and/or missiles in a dangerous manner.