Australia vs Palestine 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round
Jun 11, 2024, 12:10 PMKusini 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 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
12:10 PM, Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Venue: HBF Park
Location: Perth, Australia
Attendance: 18,261
Statistics
| PLE | AUS | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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