AFC Asian Cup

FT Saturday, January 13, 2024
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium · 36,253 att.

Match Report

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Australia cruise past India in Asian Cup group opener

Australia beat India 2-0 in their Asian Cup Group B opener on Saturday, with second-half goals from Jackson Irvine and substitute Jordan Bos.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
14
4
Saves
1
29.1
Possession
70.9
4
SHOTS
28
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
198
Accurate Passes
614
289
Passes
693
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
13
3
Crosses
42
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
50
12
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
14
9
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
4
34
Effective Clearances
0
34
Clearances
0

Head to Head

AUS leads series 1-0

Lineups

AUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 4Kye RowlesCD-L
  3. 19Harry SouttarCD-R
  4. 16Aziz BehichLB
  5. 25Gethin JonesRB
  6. 8Connor MetcalfeAM
  7. 22Jackson IrvineLM
  8. 17Keanu BaccusRM
  9. 15Mitchell DukeF
  10. 23Craig GoodwinAM-L
  11. 6Martin BoyleAM-R

IND · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gurpreet Singh SandhuG
  2. 2Rahul BhekeCD-L
  3. 5Sandesh JhinganCD-R
  4. 3Subashish BoseLB
  5. 21Nikhil PoojariRB
  6. 8Suresh Singh WangjamAM
  7. 19ApuiaLM
  8. 25Deepak TangriRM
  9. 11Sunil ChhetriF
  10. 17Lallianzuala ChhangteAM-L
  11. 9Manvir SinghAM-R

Timeline

  1. 50' Goal! Australia 1, India 0. Jackson Irvine (Australia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 63' Substitution, Australia. Sam Silvera replaces Martin Boyle.
  3. 64' Substitution, Australia. Riley McGree replaces Connor Metcalfe.
  4. 72' Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Craig Goodwin.
  5. 72' Substitution, Australia. Bruno Fornaroli replaces Mitch Duke.
  6. 73' Goal! Australia 2, India 0. Jordan Bos (Australia) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riley McGree.
  7. 74' Substitution, India. Liston Colaco replaces Suresh Singh.
  8. 75' Substitution, India. Akash Mishra replaces Subhasish Bose.
  9. 79' Substitution, India. Anirudh Thapa replaces Deepak Tangri because of an injury.
  10. 82' Substitution, Australia. Aiden O'Neill replaces Keanu Baccus.
  11. 89' Substitution, India. Vikram Partap Singh replaces Lallianzuala Chhangte.
  12. 89' Substitution, India. Mahesh Naorem replaces Sunil Chhetri.
  13. 90'+4' Vikram Partap Singh (India) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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