Friendlies
·Matchday 1
Featured match
- Christopher Wood 57'
- Mohamed Touré 35'
- Nestory Irankunda 54'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Australia beat New Zealand 3-1. Scorers for New Zealand: Christopher Wood 57'. Scorers for Australia: Mohamed Touré 35', Nestory Irankunda 54'. VAR ruled out a goal for Australia in minute 60'. New Zealand had 56% of possession.
New Zealand
Australia
- Full-time 1 - 3
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86'
Joe Gauci Out: Paul Izzo · Australia Substitution for Australia: Joe Gauci comes on for Paul Izzo
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86'
Ajdin Hrustić Out: Connor Metcalfe · Australia Substitution for Australia: Ajdin Hrustić comes on for Connor Metcalfe
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86'
Nicolas Milanovic Out: Nestory Irankunda · Australia Substitution for Australia: Nicolas Milanovic comes on for Nestory Irankunda
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79'
Luke Brooke-Smith Out: Sarpreet Singh · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: Luke Brooke-Smith comes on for Sarpreet Singh
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79'
J. McGarry Out: Francis de Vries · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: J. McGarry comes on for Francis de Vries
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79'
Francis de Vries Yellow card · New Zealand Francis de Vries of New Zealand is booked
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75'
Martin Boyle Out: Mohamed Touré · Australia Substitution for Australia: Martin Boyle comes on for Mohamed Touré
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74'
Tyler Bindon Yellow card · New Zealand Tyler Bindon of New Zealand is booked
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73'
Tyler Bindon VAR · Red card overturned · New Zealand VAR review: Red card overturned
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67'
Jesse Randall Out: Christopher Wood · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: Jesse Randall comes on for Christopher Wood
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67'
Callan Elliot Out: Timothy Payne · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: Callan Elliot comes on for Timothy Payne
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67'
Logan Rogerson Out: Benjamin Old · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: Logan Rogerson comes on for Benjamin Old
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67'
Callum McCowatt Out: Ryan Thomas · New Zealand Substitution for New Zealand: Callum McCowatt comes on for Ryan Thomas
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64'
Patrick Yazbek Out: Maximilien Balard · Australia Substitution for Australia: Patrick Yazbek comes on for Maximilien Balard
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64'
Jordan Bos Out: Lewis Miller · Australia Substitution for Australia: Jordan Bos comes on for Lewis Miller
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60'
Mohamed Touré Goal disallowed · Australia The goal by Mohamed Touré for Australia is ruled out after a VAR review
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57'
Christopher Wood 1-2 Goal · Assist: Francis de Vries · New Zealand Goal! Christopher Wood scores for New Zealand, set up by Francis de Vries. It is 1-2
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54'
Nestory Irankunda 0-2 Goal · Assist: Maximilien Balard · Australia Goal for Australia! Nestory Irankunda turns in the pass from Maximilien Balard (0-2)
- Half-time 0 - 1
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35'
Mohamed Touré 0-1 Goal · Assist: Connor Metcalfe · Australia Connor Metcalfe provides, Mohamed Touré finishes for Australia (0-1)
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24'
Connor Metcalfe Yellow card · Australia Yellow card for Connor Metcalfe (Australia)
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20'
Sarpreet Singh Yellow card · New Zealand Sarpreet Singh of New Zealand is booked
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
New Zealand
Australia
WWWLL
Last 5 matches WWWWW
3.6Goals scored per match1.7
0.5Goals conceded per match0.6
6Clean sheets5
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
New Zealand4-2-3-1
Australia5-4-1
4
7.2
Rowles
Kye Rowles
Player profile
21
6.7
Burgess
Cameron Burgess
Player profile
2
6.9
Degenek
Miloš Degenek
Player profile
23
6.9
Circati
Alessandro Circati
Player profile
3
6.3
Miller
64'
Lewis Miller
- 64'Out
19
6.6
Old
67'
Benjamin Old
- 67'Out
- 20'Yellow card
- 79'Out
New Zealand4-2-3-1
Coach: Darren Shaun Bazeley
Starting XI
- 1GK Maxime Crocombe 6.3
- 2DF Timothy Payne67' 6.3
- 14DF Finn Surman 6.5
- 4DF Tyler Bindon74' 6.3
- 3DF Francis de Vries79'79' 7.3
- 6MF Joe Bell 6.9
- 23MF Ryan Thomas67' 6.2
- 11MF Elijah Just 6.9
- 10MF Sarpreet Singh20'79' 6.3
- 19MF Benjamin Old67' 6.6
- 9FW Christopher Wood57'67' 7.2
Substitutes
- 21DF Callan Elliot67' 6.7
- 20MF Callum McCowatt67' 6.7
- 18FW Logan Rogerson67' 6.7
- 7FW Jesse Randall67' 6.3
- 15DF J. McGarry79' 6.7
- 24FW Luke Brooke-Smith79' 6.3
- 12GK Henry Gray
- 22GK Oliver Sail
- 5DF Michael Boxall
- 16MF Alex Rufer
- 17FW Konstantinos Barbarouses
Australia5-4-1
Coach: Anthony Popović
Starting XI
- 12GK Paul Izzo86' 7.2
- 3DF Lewis Miller64' 6.3
- 23DF Alessandro Circati 6.9
- 2DF Miloš Degenek 6.9
- 21DF Cameron Burgess 6.7
- 4DF Kye Rowles 7.2
- 8MF Connor Metcalfe24'86' 7.9
- 13MF A. O'Neill 7.3
- 16MF Maximilien Balard64' 7.0
- 14MF Nestory Irankunda54'86' 7.2
- 9FW Mohamed Touré35'75' 8.7
Substitutes
- 5DF Jordan Bos64' 6.9
- 19MF Patrick Yazbek64' 6.6
- 6FW Martin Boyle75' 6.3
- 18GK Joe Gauci86'
- 7FW Nicolas Milanovic86'
- 10MF Ajdin Hrustić86'
- 1GK Thomas Glover
- 25DF Hayden Matthews
- 17MF Ryan Teague
- 20FW Samuel Silvera
- 24MF Anthony Kalik
- 15FW N. Botic
New Zealand
Australia
56%
44%
8
Shots
13
4
On target
6
2
Off target
5
2
Corners
2
12
Fouls
9
2
Offsides
2
3
Yellow cards
1
3
Saves
3
482
Passes
378
84%
Pass accuracy
81%
New Zealand wins0Draws0
Australia wins4Last meetings
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Australia
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