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

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.

• 0': First Half begins.
• 5': Goal! Australia 1, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
• 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.
• 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.
• 45'+4': First Half ends, Australia 3, Palestine 0.
• 48': Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 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.
• 59': Substitution, Palestine. Oday Dabbagh replaces Omar Faraj.
• 59': Substitution, Palestine. Ameed Sawafta replaces Mohammed Rashid.
• 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': Connor Metcalfe (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 70': Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Martin Boyle.
• 75': Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 82': Substitution, Palestine. Samer Jondi replaces Islam Batran.
• 82': Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Kusini Yengi.
• 83': Substitution, Australia. Cameron Devlin replaces Mathew Leckie.
• 87': Goal! Australia 5, Palestine 0. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.