England vs Australia 2023 International Friendly

England

57': Ollie Watkins

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Australia

Unfamiliar England beat lively Australia 1-0 in Wembley friendly

England's Ollie Watkins marked his international return with a second-half winner as their much-changed side beat Australia 1-0 in a friendly at a wet Wembley Stadium on Friday.

Match Commentary

34': Levi Colwill (England) is shown the yellow card.
34': Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card.
35': Conor Gallagher (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Ryan Strain (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': First Half ends, England 0, Australia 0.
45': Second Half begins England 0, Australia 0.
57': Goal! England 1, Australia 0. Ollie Watkins (England) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish following a set piece situation.
61': Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Jack Grealish.
62': Substitution, England. Kieran Trippier replaces Jordan Henderson.
62': Substitution, England. Kalvin Phillips replaces Conor Gallagher.
62': Substitution, England. John Stones replaces Fikayo Tomori.
73': Substitution, England. Phil Foden replaces James Maddison.
73': Substitution, England. Eddie Nketiah replaces Ollie Watkins.
73': Substitution, Australia. Brandon Borrello replaces Craig Goodwin.
73': Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Mitchell Duke.
74': Substitution, Australia. Lewis Miller replaces Ryan Strain.
79': Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card.
83': Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Martin Boyle.
83': Substitution, Australia. Aziz Behich replaces Kye Rowles.
90': Substitution, Australia. Mohamed Touré replaces Connor Metcalfe.
90'+4': Second Half ends, England 1, Australia 0.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Wembley Stadium
Location: London, England
Attendance: 81,116

Statistics

AUS		ENG
13	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
8	Corner Kicks	7
1	Saves	4
33.2	Possession	66.8
14	SHOTS	9
4	ON GOAL	3
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
228	Accurate Passes	570
303	Passes	649
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
7	Accurate Crosses	2
26	Crosses	11
0.3	Cross %	0.2
36	Long Balls	68
16	Accurate Long Balls	36
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	4
10	Effective Tackles	2
19	Tackles	6
0.5	Tackle %	0.3
11	Interceptions	6
17	Effective Clearances	20
17	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

England (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Sam Johnstone (GK)
5	Lewis Dunk
6	Fikayo Tomori
3	Levi Colwill
2	Trent Alexander-Arnold
10	James Maddison
8	Jordan Henderson
4	Conor Gallagher
9	Ollie Watkins
7	Jack Grealish
11	Jarrod Bowen

Substitutes:

Harry Kane, Marc Guéhi, Jude Bellingham, Marcus Rashford, Kieran Trippier, Phil Foden, John Stones, Aaron Ramsdale, Declan Rice, Kalvin Phillips, Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Eddie Nketiah, Jordan Pickford.

Australia (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Mathew Ryan (GK)
3	Cameron Burgess
19	Harry Souttar
4	Kye Rowles
13	Ryan Strain
22	Jackson Irvine
20	Keanu Baccus
10	Craig Goodwin
6	Martin Boyle
15	Mitchell Duke
8	Connor Metcalfe

Substitutes:

Brandon Borrello, Samuel Silvera, Milos Degenek, Massimo Luongo, Alessandro Circati, Aziz Behich, Awer Mabil, Lewis Miller, Aiden O'Neill, Jordan Bos, Thomas Glover, Andrew Redmayne, Riley McGree, Mohamed Toure, Patrick Yazbek.

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