FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Australia vs Bahrain, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

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Australia
  • Red Card 77': Kusini Yengi
FT
0 - 1
Bahrain
  • 89': Harry Souttar (OG)

Bahrain frustrate Socceroos in shock qualifier loss

A 10-man Socceroos outfit has suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Bahrain on the Gold Coast in a disastrous setback to their hopes of direct World Cup qualification.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Cbus Super Stadium
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Attendance: 24,644

Line-Ups

AUS Australia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Mathew Ryan (GK)
4 Kye Rowles Yellow Card
19 Harry Souttar Yellow Card
16 Aziz Behich
13 Alessandro Circati Yellow Card
8 Connor Metcalfe
5 Aiden O'Neill
22 Jackson Irvine
11 Kusini Yengi Red Card
23 Craig Goodwin
6 Martin Boyle
Australia Substitutes:
Cameron Devlin, Cameron Burgess, Awer Mabil, Joe Gauci, Thomas Deng, Mitchell Duke, Samuel Silvera, Joshua Nisbet, Adam Taggart, Paul Izzo, Nestory Irankunda.

BHR Bahrain (4-4-2)

No. Name
22 Ebrahim Lutfalla (GK)
2 Amine Benaddi
16 Sayed Mahdi Baqer
23 Abdulla Al Khalasi Yellow Card
17 Vincent Ani Emmanuel
4 Abbas Al-Asfoor Yellow Card
14 Ali Abdula Haram
8 Mohamed Marhoon
7 Ali Jaafar Madan
12 Mahdi Abduljabbar
19 Komail Al-Aswad
Bahrain Substitutes:
Hamed Al-Shamsan, Jasim Al-Shaikh, Ibrahim Al Khatal, Ammar Mohamed, Sayed Mohamed Jaafar, Abdulwahab Al-Malood, Husain Abdulkarim, Ahmed Nabeel, Waleed Al-Hayam, Hazaa Ali, Mahdi Al-Humaidan, Moses Atede Jona.

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