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

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 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

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS

Full Table

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

Line-Ups

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

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.

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

Substitutes:

Moustafa Zeidan, Mahdi Assi, Baraa Kharoub, Samer Jondi, Oday Dabbagh, Tamer Seyam, Musab Battat, Ameed Sawafta, Mohammed Khalil, Mohammed Darwish, Ali Rabei.