FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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Match Report

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Australia cruise to a 2-0 win over the United Arab Emirates in Sydney

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 20Trent SainsburyD
  3. 2Milos DegenekD
  4. 8Bailey WrightD
  5. 5Mark MilliganM
  6. 22Jackson IrvineM
  7. Mile JedinakM
  8. 14James TroisiM
  9. 9Tomi JuricF
  10. 7Mathew LeckieF
  11. 3Brad SmithF

UAE

  1. 1Ali KhaseifG
  2. 3Walid AbbasD
  3. 6Mohanad Salem Al-AminD
  4. 8Ahmed Barman AliD
  5. 14Abdulaziz SanqourD
  6. 5Tariq HassanM
  7. 15Ismail Al-HammadiM
  8. 10Omar AbdulrahmanM
  9. 11Ahmed KhalilM
  10. 7Ali MabkhoutF
  11. 19Mohamed Ismail AhmedF

Timeline

  1. 7' Jackson Irvine (Australia) Goal at 7'
  2. 38' Mohamed Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 38'
  3. 55' Khamis Esmaeel (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 55'
  4. 71' Tim Cahill (Australia) Substitution at 71'
  5. 78' Mathew Leckie (Australia) Goal at 78'
  6. 79' Ismaeil Matar (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 79'
  7. 80' Ahmed Barman Ali (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 80'
  8. 82' Robbie Kruse (Australia) Substitution at 82'
  9. 82' Mark Milligan (Australia) Yellow Card at 82'
  10. 83' Mohamed Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 83'
  11. 84' Bailey Wright (Australia) Yellow Card at 84'
  12. 85' Mohamed Ahmad (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 85'
  13. 89' Mustafa Amini (Australia) Substitution at 89'

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