FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Australia vs Palestine, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round

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Australia
  • 5': Kusini Yengi (P)
  • 26': Adam Taggart
  • 41': Kusini Yengi
  • 53': Martin Boyle
  • 87': Nestory Irankunda (P)
FT
5 - 0
Palestine

    Kusini Yengi stars as Socceroos beat Palestine 5-0

    Kusini Yengi scored twice as the Socceroos claimed an emphatic win over Palestine in Tuesday's World Cup qualifiers.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Mohammed Rashid (Palestine).
    • 2': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Penalty Australia. Aziz Behich draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 3': Penalty conceded by Yaser Hamed (Palestine) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 5': Goal! Australia 1, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 9': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
    • 9': Yaser Hamed (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Adam Taggart (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 12': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Yaser Hamed.
    • 13': Attempt missed. Alessandro Circati (Australia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Martin Boyle with a cross following a corner.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Rashid (Palestine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Faraj with a cross.
    • 19': Foul by Martin Boyle (Australia).
    • 19': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Mathew Leckie (Australia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 26': Goal! Australia 2, Palestine 0. Adam Taggart (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Boyle.
    • 27': Offside, Australia. Kusini Yengi is caught offside.
    • 29': Foul by Gethin Jones (Australia).
    • 29': Jonathan Cantillana (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Amid Mahajna (Palestine) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Camilo Saldaña.
    • 32': Foul by Amid Mahajna (Palestine).
    • 32': Kusini Yengi (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Islam Batran (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amid Mahajna.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Islam Batran (Palestine) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mousa Farawi with a cross.
    • 39': Foul by Amid Mahajna (Palestine).
    • 39': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Amid Mahajna (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Goal! Australia 3, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Boyle with a through ball.
    • 43': Foul by Alessandro Circati (Australia).
    • 43': Omar Faraj (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Aziz Behich (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Mousa Farawi (Palestine).
    • 45'+1': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Martin Boyle (Australia).
    • 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Mathew Leckie (Australia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keanu Baccus.
    • 45'+3': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Mohammed Rashid.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
    • 45'+3': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Australia 3, Palestine 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Australia 3, Palestine 0.
    • 48': Foul by Keanu Baccus (Australia).
    • 48': Jonathan Cantillana (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 49': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Rami Hamada.
    • 53': Goal! Australia 4, Palestine 0. Martin Boyle (Australia) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Taggart.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Martin Boyle (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keanu Baccus with a through ball.
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Adam Taggart (Australia).
    • 57': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Saleh (Palestine).
    • 59': Substitution, Palestine. Oday Dabbagh replaces Omar Faraj.
    • 59': Substitution, Palestine. Ameed Sawafta replaces Mohammed Rashid.
    • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 61': Foul by Oday Dabbagh (Palestine).
    • 61': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Substitution, Australia. Connor Metcalfe replaces Keanu Baccus.
    • 64': Substitution, Australia. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Adam Taggart because of an injury.
    • 66': Substitution, Palestine. Moustafa Zeidan replaces Jonathan Cantillana.
    • 66': Substitution, Palestine. Muhamad Darwish replaces Amid Mahajna.
    • 67': Foul by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Australia).
    • 67': Michel Termanini (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Connor Metcalfe (Australia).
    • 67': Connor Metcalfe (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Martin Boyle.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
    • 70': Corner, Palestine. Conceded by Alessandro Circati.
    • 73': Corner, Palestine. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Ameed Sawafta (Palestine) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yaser Hamed with a cross.
    • 75': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
    • 75': Oday Dabbagh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Oday Dabbagh (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
    • 82': Substitution, Palestine. Samer Jondi replaces Islam Batran.
    • 82': Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Kusini Yengi.
    • 83': Substitution, Australia. Cameron Devlin replaces Mathew Leckie.
    • 86': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Michel Termanini.
    • 86': Penalty conceded by Yaser Hamed (Palestine) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 87': Goal! Australia 5, Palestine 0. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 90': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Foul by Camilo Saldaña (Palestine).
    • 90': Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Australia).
    • 90': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Samer Jondi (Palestine) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Camilo Saldaña.
    • 90'+3': Cameron Devlin (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Samer Jondi (Palestine).
    • 90'+4': Attempt missed. Samer Jondi (Palestine) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+4': Offside, Palestine. Moustafa Zeidan is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Australia 5, Palestine 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Australia 5, Palestine 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 11
    1 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 2
    43.8 Possession 56.2
    11 SHOTS 10
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.2 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 2
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
    383 Accurate Passes 513
    455 Passes 584
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 1
    12 Crosses 10
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    54 Long Balls 58
    23 Accurate Long Balls 39
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    3 Blocked Shots 3
    9 Effective Tackles 7
    17 Tackles 10
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    12 Interceptions 10
    14 Effective Clearances 8
    14 Clearances 8

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

    Venue: HBF Park
    Location: Perth, Australia
    Attendance: 18,261

    Line-Ups

    AUS Australia (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    18 Joe Gauci (GK)
    21 Cameron Burgess
    13 Alessandro Circati
    16 Aziz Behich
    2 Gethin Jones
    17 Keanu Baccus Yellow Card
    22 Jackson Irvine Yellow Card
    7 Mathew Leckie
    6 Martin Boyle
    11 Kusini Yengi
    9 Adam Taggart
    Australia Substitutes:
    Jordan Bos, Paul Izzo, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, Ryan Strain, Ajdin Hrustic, Daniel Arzani, Harry Souttar, Cameron Devlin, Joshua Nisbet, Connor Metcalfe, Nestory Irankunda, Lawrence Thomas.

    PLE Palestine (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    22 Rami Hamada (GK)
    15 Michael Termanini
    5 Mohammed Saleh
    4 Yaser Hamed
    12 Camilo Saldaña
    17 Mousa Farawi
    3 Mohammed Rashid
    20 Ameed Mahajna Yellow Card
    18 Jonathan Cantillana
    21 Islam Batran
    13 Omar Faraj
    Palestine Substitutes:
    Moustafa Zeidan, Mahdi Assi, Baraa Kharoub, Samer Jondi, Oday Dabbagh, Tamer Seyam, Musab Battat, Ameed Sawafta, Mohammed Khalil, Mohammed Darwish, Ali Rabei.

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