Australia vs Bahrain 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

Australia

77': Kusini Yengi

FT
0 - 1

Bahrain

89': Harry Souttar (OG)

Bahrain frustrate Socceroos in shock qualifier loss

Mitchell Duke of Australia reacts after losing [1296x518]

A 10-man Socceroos outfit has suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Bahrain on the Gold Coast in a disastrous setback to their hopes of direct World Cup qualification.

Match Commentary

58': Kye Rowles (Australia) Yellow Card at 58'
58': Nestory Irankunda (Australia) Substitution at 58'
62': Abdulla Al Khalasi (Bahrain) Yellow Card at 62'
67': Husain Abdulkarim (Bahrain) Substitution at 67'
67': Ibrahim Al Khatal (Bahrain) Substitution at 67'
68': Alessandro Circati (Australia) Yellow Card at 68'
72': Mitchell Duke (Australia) Substitution at 72'
72': Harry Souttar (Australia) Yellow Card at 72'
77': Kusini Yengi (Australia) Red Card at 77'
82': Awer Mabil (Australia) Substitution at 82'
84': Mahdi Al-Humaidan (Bahrain) Substitution at 84'
86': Abbas Al-Asfoor (Bahrain) Yellow Card at 86'
88': Waleed Al-Hayam (Bahrain) Substitution at 88'
89': Harry Souttar (Australia) Own Goal at 89'

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Cbus Super Stadium
Location: Gold Coast, Australia
Attendance: 24,644

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Japan	6	16	0
+1	Australia	6	7	1
-3	Indonesia	6	6	2
-3	Saudi Arabia	6	6	2

Full Table

Statistics

BHR		AUS
17	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	1
28.7	Possession	71.3
3	SHOTS	11
1	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Line-Ups

Australia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Mathew Ryan (GK)
4	Kye Rowles
19	Harry Souttar
16	Aziz Behich
13	Alessandro Circati
8	Connor Metcalfe
5	Aiden O'Neill
22	Jackson Irvine
11	Kusini Yengi
23	Craig Goodwin
6	Martin Boyle

Substitutes:

Cameron Devlin, Cameron Burgess, Awer Mabil, Joe Gauci, Thomas Deng, Mitchell Duke, Samuel Silvera, Joshua Nisbet, Adam Taggart, Paul Izzo, Nestory Irankunda.

Bahrain (4-4-2)

No.	Name
22	Ebrahim Lutfalla (GK)
2	Amine Benaddi
16	Sayed Mahdi Baqer
23	Abdulla Al Khalasi
17	Vincent Ani Emmanuel
4	Abbas Al-Asfoor
14	Ali Abdula Haram
8	Mohamed Marhoon
7	Ali Jaafar Madan
12	Mahdi Abduljabbar
19	Komail Al-Aswad

Substitutes:

Hamed Al-Shamsan, Jasim Al-Shaikh, Ibrahim Al Khatal, Ammar Mohamed, Sayed Mohamed Jaafar, Abdulwahab Al-Malood, Husain Abdulkarim, Ahmed Nabeel, Waleed Al-Hayam, Hazaa Ali, Mahdi Al-Humaidan, Moses Atede Jona.