FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, June 3, 2021
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Australia LWWWW 3
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Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium

Match Report

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Australia beat Kuwait in World Cup qualifying match on Mathew Leckie, Jackson Irvine goals

Mathew Leckie and Jackson Irvine sent Australia on their way to a 3-0 win over Kuwait on Thursday in Asian World Cup qualifying.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 4-1

Lineups

AUS

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 3Fran KaracicD
  3. 2Milos DegenekD
  4. 8Ryan McGowanD
  5. 16Aziz BehichD
  6. 5James HollandM
  7. 10Ajdin HrusticM
  8. 22Jackson IrvineM
  9. 7Mathew LeckieF
  10. 11Awer MabilF
  11. 6Martin BoyleF

Substitutes

  1. 4Rhyan GrantSUB
  2. 20Christopher IkonomidisSUB
  3. 23Ruon TongyikSUB
  4. 12Lawrence ThomasSUB
  5. 18Danny VukovicSUB
  6. 13Kenneth DougallSUB
  7. 17Denis GenreauSUB
  8. 19Harry SouttarSUB
  9. 9Jamie MaclarenSUB
  10. 14Brandon BorrelloSUB
  11. 21Riley McGreeSUB
  12. 15Mitchell DukeSUB

KUW

  1. 22Sulaiman AbdulghafourG
  2. 4Khaled HajiahD
  3. 5Fahad Al-HajeriD
  4. 15Hamad Al-QallafD
  5. 13Fahad Hammoud Al-RashidiD
  6. 9Bandar Al SalamaM
  7. 16Mubarak Al FaneeniM
  8. 3Ahmad Al DhefiriM
  9. 11Fahad Al-Ebrahim Al-AnsariM
  10. 8Fawaz Al MubailishM
  11. 10Shabaib Al-KhaldiF

Substitutes

  1. 17Bader Al-MutawaSUB
  2. 18Hussein AshkananiSUB
  3. 19Ahmad ZankiSUB
  4. 20Yousef NaserSUB
  5. 6Muhammad Al-HuwaidiSUB
  6. 14Mahdi DashtiSUB
  7. 7Eid Al-RasheediSUB
  8. 1Khaled Al-RashidiSUB
  9. 21Abdulmohsen Al TurkmaniSUB
  10. 2Sami Al-SaneaSUB
  11. 12Hamad Al HarbiSUB
  12. 23Saud Al-JanaeiSUB

Timeline

  1. 1' Mathew Leckie (Australia) Goal at 1'
  2. 23' Bandar Al Salama (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 23'
  3. 24' Jackson Irvine (Australia) Goal at 24'
  4. 62' Bader Al-Mutawa (Kuwait) Substitution at 62'
  5. 62' Eid Al Rashidi (Kuwait) Substitution at 62'
  6. 64' Kenneth Dougall (Australia) Substitution at 64'
  7. 66' Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) Goal at 66'
  8. 74' Christopher Ikonomidis (Australia) Substitution at 74'
  9. 74' Yousef Naser Al-Sulaiman (Kuwait) Substitution at 74'
  10. 75' Hamad Al Harbi (Kuwait) Substitution at 75'
  11. 78' Mitchell Duke (Australia) Substitution at 78'
  12. 83' Muhammad Al-Huwaidi (Kuwait) Substitution at 83'
  13. 83' Riley McGree (Australia) Substitution at 83'

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