Tunisia vs Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

Tunisia

FT
0 - 1

Australia

23': Mitchell Duke

Mitchell Duke winner helps Australia to edge Tunisia to seal first World Cup victory since 2010

Mitchell Duke celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group D football match between Tunisia and Australia [1296x729]

Mitchell Duke's winner helped Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium on Saturday to seal their first World Cup victory in 12 years.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
23': Goal! Tunisia 0, Australia 1. Mitchell Duke (Australia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
26': Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Tunisia. Ferjani Sassi replaces Mohamed Dräger.
64': Substitution, Australia. Jamie Maclaren replaces Mitchell Duke.
64': Substitution, Australia. Ajdin Hrustic replaces Riley McGree.
64': Ali Abdi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
67': Substitution, Tunisia. Wahbi Khazri replaces Aïssa Laïdouni.
73': Substitution, Tunisia. Taha Yassine Khenissi replaces Issam Jebali.
73': Substitution, Tunisia. Wajdi Kechrida replaces Dylan Bronn.
75': Substitution, Australia. Milos Degenek replaces Fran Karacic.
85': Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Craig Goodwin.
85': Substitution, Australia. Keanu Baccus replaces Mathew Leckie.
90'+3': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Al Janoub Stadium
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Attendance: 41,823

FIFA World Cup Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+3	France	3	6	1
-1	Australia	3	6	1
0	Tunisia	3	4	1
-2	Denmark	3	1	2

Full Table

Statistics

AUS		TUN
15	Fouls	16
0	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
2	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	1
41.9	Possession	58.1
9	SHOTS	14
2	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
239	Accurate Passes	378
351	Passes	497
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	2
21	Crosses	25
0.2	Cross %	0.1
66	Long Balls	80
23	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.3	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	6
12	Effective Tackles	4
19	Tackles	18
0.6	Tackle %	0.2
11	Interceptions	8
37	Effective Clearances	22
37	Clearances	22

Line-Ups

Tunisia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
16	Aymen Dahmen (GK)
4	Yassine Meriah
3	Montassar Talbi
6	Dylan Bronn
14	Aïssa Laïdouni
17	Ellyes Skhiri
24	Ali Abdi
20	Mohamed Drager
9	Issam Jebali
7	Youssef Msakni
23	Naïm Sliti

Substitutes:

Ferjani Sassi, Aymen Mathlouthi, Anis Ben Slimane, Ali Maâloul, Taha Yassine Khenissi, Nader Ghandri, Bilel Ifa, Wajdi Kechrida, Seifeddine Jaziri, Ben Said, Wahbi Khazri, Hannibal Mejbri, Mouez Hassen, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Ghaylen Chaaleli.

Australia (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Mathew Ryan (GK)
4	Kye Rowles
19	Harry Souttar
16	Aziz Behich
5	Fran Karacic
13	Aaron Mooy
22	Jackson Irvine
23	Craig Goodwin
7	Mathew Leckie
14	Riley McGree
15	Mitchell Duke

Substitutes:

Bailey Wright, Keanu Baccus, Jamie Maclaren, Joel King, Marco Tilio, Danny Vukovic, Andrew Redmayne, Thomas Deng, Jason Cummings, Ajdin Hrustic, Milos Degenek, Cameron Devlin, Garang Kuol, Awer Mabil.