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FT Saturday, September 24, 2022
Australia WWWWW 2
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New Zealand LDLLL 0
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Match Report

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Debutants Garang Kuol, Jason Cummings star as Australia see off New Zealand

Australia's teenager Garang Kuol strengthened his case for a World Cup call-up with a sparkling cameo in the Socceroos' 2-0 win over New Zealand.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
4
57.9
Possession
42.1
10
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
406
Accurate Passes
279
510
Passes
369
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
58
31
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
10
30
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
8
16
Effective Clearances
10
16
Clearances
10

Head to Head

AUS leads series 5-0

Lineups

NZL · 5-4-1

  1. 1Oliver SailG
  2. 2Winston ReidCD
  3. 4Nando PijnakerCD-L
  4. 6Bill TuilomaCD-R
  5. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  6. 21Tim PayneRB
  7. 8Joe BellCM-L
  8. 10Marko StamenicCM-R
  9. 7Elijah JustLM
  10. 19Matthew GarbettRM
  11. 9Chris WoodF

AUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Andrew RedmayneG
  2. 26Harrison DelbridgeCD-L
  3. 13Thomas DengCD-R
  4. 4Joel KingLB
  5. 3Nathaniel AtkinsonRB
  6. 14Riley McGreeAM
  7. 23Connor MetcalfeLM
  8. 10Denis GenreauRM
  9. 15Mitchell DukeF
  10. 21Marco TilioAM-L
  11. 7Mathew LeckieAM-R

Timeline

  1. 32' Substitution, New Zealand. Ben Waine replaces Chris Wood because of an injury.
  2. 54' Goal! New Zealand 0, Australia 1. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Connor Metcalfe with a cross.
  3. 56' Substitution, New Zealand. Alex Greive replaces Elijah Just.
  4. 63' Substitution, Australia. Ryan Strain replaces Nathaniel Atkinson.
  5. 63' Substitution, Australia. Cameron Devlin replaces Denis Genreau.
  6. 63' Substitution, Australia. Jason Cummings replaces Mitchell Duke.
  7. 70' Marco Tilio (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Australia. Garang Kuol replaces Marco Tilio.
  9. 74' Substitution, New Zealand. Michael Boxall replaces Winston Reid.
  10. 74' Substitution, New Zealand. Benjamin Old replaces Matthew Garbett.
  11. 74' Substitution, New Zealand. Storm Roux replaces Tim Payne.
  12. 79' Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  13. 80' Goal! New Zealand 0, Australia 2. Jason Cummings (Australia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 83' Substitution, Australia. Keanu Baccus replaces Connor Metcalfe.
  15. 89' Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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