FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Australia WWWLL 3
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Kuwait LLWWW 0
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Kuwait Sports Club Stadium

Match Report

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Australia down Kuwait to kick off WC qualifying

Australia got their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign off to a perfect start with a 3-0 away win over Group B leaders Kuwait on Tuesday.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 3-1

Lineups

KUW

  1. Sulaiman AbdulghafourG
  2. Amer Maatouq Al-FadhelD
  3. Fahad Hammoud Al-RashidiD
  4. Fahad Al-HajeriD
  5. Hamad Al HarbiD
  6. Ahmad Al DhefiriM
  7. 11Sultan Al-EneziM
  8. 15Shereedah Al-ShereedahM
  9. Abdullah Mawei Al-MutairiM
  10. Faisal SaeedF
  11. 9Hussain Al-MusawiF

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 20Trent SainsburyD
  3. 4Rhyan GrantD
  4. 2Milos DegenekD
  5. 16Aziz BehichD
  6. Aaron MooyM
  7. 22Jackson IrvineM
  8. 13James JeggoM
  9. 9Adam TaggartF
  10. 20Brandon BorrelloF
  11. 7Mathew LeckieF

Timeline

  1. 7' Mathew Leckie (Australia) Goal at 7'
  2. 11' Abdullah Mawei Al-Mutairi (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 11'
  3. 30' Mathew Leckie (Australia) Goal at 30'
  4. 38' Aaron Mooy (Australia) Goal at 38'
  5. 44' Adam Taggart (Australia) Yellow Card at 44'
  6. 45' Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait) Substitution at 45'
  7. 45' Yousef Yousef Al-Sulaiman (Kuwait) Substitution at 45'
  8. 69' Apostolos Giannou (Australia) Substitution at 69'
  9. 69' Mabil (Australia) Substitution at 69'
  10. 77' Faisal Al Azemi (Kuwait) Substitution at 77'
  11. 82' Mustafa Amini (Australia) Substitution at 82'
  12. 82' James Jeggo (Australia) Yellow Card at 82'
  13. 83' Sultan Al-Enezi (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 83'

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