
Australia vs Palestine 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round
Kusini Yengi stars as Socceroos beat Palestine 5-0
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Kusini Yengi scored twice as the Socceroos claimed an emphatic win over Palestine in Tuesday's World Cup qualifiers.
Match Commentary
- 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.
Game Information
Venue: HBF Park
Location: Perth, Australia
Attendance: 18,261
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 ![]() |
22 | Jackson Irvine ![]() |
7 | Mathew Leckie |
6 | Martin Boyle |
11 | Kusini Yengi |
9 | Adam Taggart |
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 ![]() |
18 | Jonathan Cantillana |
21 | Islam Batran |
13 | Omar Faraj |
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