Australia 3-1 China: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Australia

L. Miller 45' +2

C. Goodwin 53'

N. Velupillay 90' +2

China

20'

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 3

October 10, 2024 9:10am

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Key stats

Ball Possession

73%

27%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Australia 3-4-2-1

China 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

J. Gauci

6.2

Wang Dalei

6.3

Defenders

K. Rowles

7.0

Li Lei

6.7

H. Souttar

7.3

Jiang Shenglong

6.5

T. Deng

6.9

Jiang Guangtai

6.2

Hu Hetao

6.2

Midfielders

A. Behich

7.0

Wei Shihao

6.7

J. Irvine

7.3

Li Yuanyi

6.9

A. O'Neill

6.9

Wang Shangyuan

6.3

L. Miller

8.0

Xie Wenneng

7.2

Forwards

N. Irankunda

6.7

Zhang Yuning

6.9

C. Goodwin

8.3

Fei Nanduo

6.5

M. Duke

7.5

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Highest rating

8.3

C. Goodwin

7.2

Xie Wenneng

Match Summary

On October 10, 2024 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Australia faced off against China at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. The game concluded with Australia securing a victory. With 73% possession, Australia versus China's 27% and shots on goal at 4 to 1. Australia had 87% successful passes (of 696 passes) over China which had 63% successful passes (of 260 passes). The outstanding efforts by C. Goodwin and Xie Wenneng played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-4-2

Gauci

6.2

Played:
97Min

Accurate passes:
11/13

Deng

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
69/75

Won duels:
3/6

Souttar

7.3

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
117/123

Won duels:
5/7

Rowles

7.0

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
71/86

Won duels:
5/7

Miller

8.0

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
45/56

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
11/17

Dribbles:
0/3

O'Neill

6.9

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
63/69

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

Irvine

7.3

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
64/73

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Behich

7.0

Played:
75Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
31/34

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
3/4

Goodwin

8.3

Played:
94Min

Accurate passes:
24/35

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Irankunda

6.7

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
12/17

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Duke

7.5

Played:
83Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
14/19

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/10

Yuning

6.9

Played:
68Min

Accurate passes:
10/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
1/1

Nanduo

6.5

Played:
97Min

Accurate passes:
6/9

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
2/3

Shihao

6.7

Played:
68Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
4/7

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Yuanyi

6.9

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/22

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/8

Shangyuan

6.3

Played:
97Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/30

Won duels:
1/6

Wenneng

7.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Lei

6.7

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
15/17

Won duels:
4/9

Shenglong

6.5

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/25

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Guangtai

6.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
21/35

Won duels:
4/7

Hetao

6.2

Played:
97Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
16/30

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Dalei

6.3

Played:
97Min

Saves:
1 of 4

Accurate passes:
12/32

Won duels:
2/2

Substitutes

Coach

Graham Arnold

Geria

7.0

Played:
52Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
41/47

Won duels:
2/4

McGree

7.2

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
26/30

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
2/2

Ryan

Izzo

Bos

6.3

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
10/11

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Burgess

Hrustic

Played:
3Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Brattan

Velupillay

7.2

Played:
14Min

Accurate passes:
5/6

Baccus

Yazbek

Stamatelopoulos

Coach

Branko Ivanković

Abduweli

6.9

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
4/8

Won duels:
6/10

Junling

Dianzuo

Pengfei

Yang

6.3

Played:
20Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/9

Won duels:
1/1

Zhen

Zhengyu

Haijian

Jin

6.2

Played:
29Min

Accurate passes:
6/6

Won duels:
0/4

Haoyang

Liangming

6.7

Played:
29Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Stats

Ball Possession

Australia: 73%

China China: 27%

Total Shots

Australia: 17

China China: 6

Shots on Goal

Australia: 4

China China: 1

Corner Kicks

Australia: 3

China China: 3

Offsides

Australia: 1

China China: 3

Fouls

Australia: 8

China China: 12

Yellow Cards

Australia: 0

China China: 2

Red Cards

Australia: 0

China China: 0

Total Passes

Australia: 696

China China: 260

Goals Prevented

Australia: 0

China China: 0

Passes Accuracy

Australia: 605 (87%)

China China: 164 (63%)

Key stats

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Match Summary

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Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Australia vs China

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline