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Australia 4-1 Kuwait · AFC Asian Cup 2023

Australia beat Kuwait 4-1 in the AFC Asian Cup 2023. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Australia and Kuwait met in the AFC Asian Cup 2023 on Friday, 9 January 2015.

Goalscorers

Australia: T. Cahill 33'; M. Luongo 44'; M. Jedinak 62'; J. Troisi 90'. Kuwait: H. F. A. Ahmed 8'.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (0 for Australia, 2 for Kuwait).

Line-ups

Australia started in a 4-3-3: Mathew Ryan, Ivan Franjic, Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Špiranović, Aziz Behich, Massimo Luongo, Mile Jedinak, James Troisi, Mathew Leckie, Tim Cahill, Robbie Kruse.

Kuwait started in a 4-1-4-1: Hameed Al Qallaf, Khaled Al Qahtani, Musaed Al Enezi, Hussein Fadhel Ali Ahmed, Fahad Al-Hajeri, Sultan Al Enezi, Ali Al Maqseed, Fahad Al Ansari, Aziz Mashaan, Saleh Al Hendi, Faisal Zaid.

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Minute by minute

  1. 8'Goal! Australia 0-1 Kuwait. H. F. A. Ahmed (Kuwait) scores.
  2. 33'Goal! Australia 1-1 Kuwait. T. Cahill (Australia) scores.
  3. 44'Goal! Australia 2-1 Kuwait. M. Luongo (Australia) scores.
  4. 45'Half-time. Australia 2-1 Kuwait.
  5. 62'Goal! Australia 3-1 Kuwait. M. Jedinak (Australia) converts the penalty.
  6. 90+2'Goal! Australia 4-1 Kuwait. J. Troisi (Australia) scores.
  7. 90'Full-time. Australia 4-1 Kuwait.
Full commentary (19 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Australia vs Kuwait.
  2. 8'Goal! Australia 0-1 Kuwait. H. F. A. Ahmed (Kuwait) scores.
  3. 19'Yellow card for H. F. A. Ahmed (Kuwait).
  4. 33'Goal! Australia 1-1 Kuwait. T. Cahill (Australia) scores.
  5. 44'Goal! Australia 2-1 Kuwait. M. Luongo (Australia) scores.
  6. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  7. 45'Half-time. Australia 2-1 Kuwait.
  8. 46'The second half is under way.
  9. 47'Yellow card for F. Z. Al-Harbi (Kuwait).
  10. 58'Substitution, Kuwait: A. A. Fadel comes on for H. F. A. Ahmed.
  11. 62'Goal! Australia 3-1 Kuwait. M. Jedinak (Australia) converts the penalty.
  12. 64'Substitution, Kuwait: Y. Nasser comes on for A. Mashaan.
  13. 65'Substitution, Australia: T. Jurić comes on for T. Cahill.
  14. 72'Substitution, Australia: N. Burns comes on for R. Kruse.
  15. 74'Substitution, Kuwait: B. A. Mutwa comes on for K. A. Qahtani.
  16. 84'Substitution, Australia: M. Bresciano comes on for M. Luongo.
  17. 90'3 minutes of added time.
  18. 90+2'Goal! Australia 4-1 Kuwait. J. Troisi (Australia) scores.
  19. 90'Full-time. Australia 4-1 Kuwait.
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