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

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Mohammed Rashid (Palestine).
2': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Penalty Australia. Aziz Behich draws a foul in the penalty area.
3': Penalty conceded by Yaser Hamed (Palestine) after a foul in the penalty area.
5': Goal! Australia 1, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
9': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
9': Yaser Hamed (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Attempt blocked. Adam Taggart (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
12': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Yaser Hamed.
13': Attempt missed. Alessandro Circati (Australia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Martin Boyle with a cross following a corner.
16': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Rashid (Palestine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Omar Faraj with a cross.
19': Foul by Martin Boyle (Australia).
19': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt blocked. Mathew Leckie (Australia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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.
27': Offside, Australia. Kusini Yengi is caught offside.
29': Foul by Gethin Jones (Australia).
29': Jonathan Cantillana (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Attempt missed. Amid Mahajna (Palestine) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Camilo Saldaña.
32': Foul by Amid Mahajna (Palestine).
32': Kusini Yengi (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Attempt saved. Islam Batran (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amid Mahajna.
39': Attempt missed. Islam Batran (Palestine) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mousa Farawi with a cross.
39': Foul by Amid Mahajna (Palestine).
39': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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.
43': Foul by Alessandro Circati (Australia).
43': Omar Faraj (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
44': Aziz Behich (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Mousa Farawi (Palestine).
45'+1': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Martin Boyle (Australia).
45'+3': Attempt blocked. Mathew Leckie (Australia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keanu Baccus.
45'+3': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Mohammed Rashid.
45'+3': Foul by Mathew Leckie (Australia).
45'+3': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+4': First Half ends, Australia 3, Palestine 0.
45': Second Half begins Australia 3, Palestine 0.
48': Foul by Keanu Baccus (Australia).
48': Jonathan Cantillana (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Rami Hamada.
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.
57': Attempt saved. Martin Boyle (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keanu Baccus with a through ball.
57': Delay in match because of an injury Adam Taggart (Australia).
57': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Saleh (Palestine).
59': Substitution, Palestine. Oday Dabbagh replaces Omar Faraj.
59': Substitution, Palestine. Ameed Sawafta replaces Mohammed Rashid.
59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
61': Foul by Oday Dabbagh (Palestine).
61': Keanu Baccus (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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': Foul by Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Australia).
67': Michel Termanini (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Connor Metcalfe (Australia).
67': Connor Metcalfe (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Martin Boyle.
70': Attempt blocked. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
70': Corner, Palestine. Conceded by Alessandro Circati.
73': Corner, Palestine. Conceded by Cameron Burgess.
74': Attempt missed. Ameed Sawafta (Palestine) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yaser Hamed with a cross.
75': Foul by Jackson Irvine (Australia).
75': Oday Dabbagh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
75': Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Attempt missed. Oday Dabbagh (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
78': Attempt blocked. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
80': Attempt saved. Moustafa Zeidan (Palestine) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oday Dabbagh.
82': Substitution, Palestine. Samer Jondi replaces Islam Batran.
82': Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Kusini Yengi.
83': Substitution, Australia. Cameron Devlin replaces Mathew Leckie.
86': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Michel Termanini.
86': Penalty conceded by Yaser Hamed (Palestine) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
87': Goal! Australia 5, Palestine 0. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
90': Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90': Foul by Camilo Saldaña (Palestine).
90': Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Australia).
90': Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Samer Jondi (Palestine) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Camilo Saldaña.
90'+3': Cameron Devlin (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Samer Jondi (Palestine).
90'+4': Attempt missed. Samer Jondi (Palestine) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
90'+4': Offside, Palestine. Moustafa Zeidan is caught offside.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Australia 5, Palestine 0.
0': Match ends, Australia 5, Palestine 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

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

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

Australia 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 Hamadeh (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

Palestine Substitutes:

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

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