FIFA World Cup

Tunisia vs Australia, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Tunisia
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    0 - 1
    Australia
    • 23': Mitchell Duke

    Mitchell Duke winner helps Australia to edge Tunisia to seal first World Cup victory since 2010

    Mitchell Duke's winner helped Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday to seal their first World Cup victory in 12 years.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Aaron Mooy (Australia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Foul by Mohamed Dräger (Tunisia).
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Fran Karacic (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 10': Hand ball by Issam Jebali (Tunisia).
    • 14': Foul by Aziz Behich (Australia).
    • 14': Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Offside, Tunisia. Ali Abdi tries a through ball, but Naïm Sliti is caught offside.
    • 20': Hand ball by Aaron Mooy (Australia).
    • 21': Attempt missed. Mohamed Dräger (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ellyes Skhiri.
    • 23': Goal! Tunisia 0, Australia 1. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 25': Hand ball by Issam Jebali (Tunisia).
    • 26': Craig Goodwin (Australia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 26': Foul by Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia).
    • 26': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a cross.
    • 28': Hand ball by Fran Karacic (Australia).
    • 30': Foul by Issam Jebali (Tunisia).
    • 30': Kye Rowles (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
    • 31': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
    • 31': Mitchell Duke (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Tunisia).
    • 33': Riley McGree (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Montassar Talbi.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Australia) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Goodwin with a cross following a corner.
    • 35': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
    • 35': Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aïssa Laïdouni.
    • 40': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
    • 40': Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Dräger (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Msakni.
    • 41': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
    • 41': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
    • 41': Mathew Ryan (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
    • 43': Mitchell Duke (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Craig Goodwin with a cross.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Fran Karacic (Australia) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 45': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Montassar Talbi.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Fran Karacic (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Issam Jebali with a cross.
    • 45'+5': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Craig Goodwin.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Tunisia 0, Australia 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Tunisia 0, Australia 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Tunisia. Ferjani Sassi replaces Mohamed Dräger.
    • 46': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Jackson Irvine.
    • 47': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
    • 47': Harry Souttar (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
    • 49': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
    • 49': Mathew Leckie (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Aaron Mooy (Australia).
    • 50': Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Fran Karacic (Australia).
    • 50': Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Foul by Kye Rowles (Australia).
    • 51': Issam Jebali (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 52': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
    • 54': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 54': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
    • 57': Attempt missed. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Fran Karacic with a cross.
    • 57': Offside, Tunisia. Ferjani Sassi tries a through ball, but Naïm Sliti is caught offside.
    • 59': Foul by Riley McGree (Australia).
    • 59': Yassine Meriah (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Youssef Msakni.
    • 63': Ellyes Skhiri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Foul by Riley McGree (Australia).
    • 64': Substitution, Australia. Jamie Maclaren replaces Mitchell Duke.
    • 64': Substitution, Australia. Ajdin Hrustic replaces Riley McGree.
    • 64': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
    • 64': Jackson Irvine (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Ali Abdi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Naïm Sliti.
    • 67': Substitution, Tunisia. Wahbi Khazri replaces Aïssa Laïdouni.
    • 68': Foul by Ajdin Hrustic (Australia).
    • 68': Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Offside, Tunisia. Issam Jebali tries a through ball, but Ali Abdi is caught offside.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Naïm Sliti.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yassine Meriah.
    • 73': Substitution, Tunisia. Taha Yassine Khenissi replaces Issam Jebali.
    • 73': Substitution, Tunisia. Wajdi Kechrida replaces Dylan Bronn.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Aaron Mooy (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jamie Maclaren.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 75': Substitution, Australia. Milos Degenek replaces Fran Karacic.
    • 76': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
    • 76': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 82': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
    • 83': Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 83': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
    • 84': Attempt saved. Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 85': Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Craig Goodwin.
    • 85': Substitution, Australia. Keanu Baccus replaces Mathew Leckie.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Taha Yassine Khenissi.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wajdi Kechrida.
    • 89': Milos Degenek (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 89': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
    • 90': Foul by Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia).
    • 90': Milos Degenek (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+2': Hand ball by Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia).
    • 90'+3': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Tunisia 0, Australia 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Tunisia 0, Australia 1.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 16
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 3
    2 Corner Kicks 5
    4 Saves 1
    41.9 Possession 58.1
    9 SHOTS 14
    2 ON GOAL 4
    0.2 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    239 Accurate Passes 378
    351 Passes 497
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    21 Crosses 25
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    66 Long Balls 80
    23 Accurate Long Balls 32
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 6
    12 Effective Tackles 4
    19 Tackles 18
    0.6 Tackle % 0.2
    11 Interceptions 8
    37 Effective Clearances 22
    37 Clearances 22

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup

    Venue: Al Janoub Stadium
    Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
    Attendance: 41,823

    FIFA World Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 United States 0 0 0
    2 Paraguay 0 0 0
    3 Australia 0 0 0
    4 Türkiye 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    TUN Tunisia (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    16 Aymen Dahmen (GK)
    4 Yassine Meriah
    3 Montassar Talbi
    6 Dylan Bronn
    14 Aïssa Laïdouni Yellow Card
    17 Ellyes Skhiri
    24 Ali Abdi Yellow Card
    20 Mohamed Drager
    9 Issam Jebali
    7 Youssef Msakni
    23 Naïm Sliti
    Tunisia Substitutes:
    Ferjani Sassi, Aymen Mathlouthi, Anis Ben Slimane, Ali Maâloul, Taha Yassine Khenissi, Nader Ghandri, Bilel Ifa, Wajdi Kechrida, Seifeddine Jaziri, Bechir Ben Saïd, Wahbi Khazri, Hannibal Mejbri, Mouez Hassen, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Ghaylen Chaaleli.

    AUS Australia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
    4 Kye Rowles
    19 Harry Souttar
    16 Aziz Behich
    5 Fran Karacic
    13 Aaron Mooy
    22 Jackson Irvine
    23 Craig Goodwin
    7 Mathew Leckie
    14 Riley McGree
    15 Mitchell Duke
    Australia Substitutes:
    Bailey Wright, Keanu Baccus, Jamie Maclaren, Joel King, Marco Tilio, Danny Vukovic, Andrew Redmayne, Thomas Deng, Jason Cummings, Ajdin Hrustic, Milos Degenek, Cameron Devlin, Garang Kuol, Awer Mabil.

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