| Score | 4-1 to Australia |
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov |
| Competition | AFC Asian Cup Group A |
| Venue | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
| Attendance | 25,231 |
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Manager: Angelos Postecoglou
| Tim Cahill | 33 |
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| Massimo Luongo | 44 |
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| Mile Jedinak | penalty | 62 |
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| James Troisi | 90 |
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| Tomi Jurić for Tim Cahill | 65 |
| Nathan Burns for Robbie Kruse | 72 |
| Mark Bresciano for Massimo Luongo | 84 |
Manager: Nabil Maâloul
| Hussein Fadhel | 8 |
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| Amer Maatouq for Hussein Fadhel | 58 |
| Yousef Nasser for Abdel Aziz Al Enezi | 64 |
| Bader Al Mutawa for Khaled Al Qahtani | 75 |
| Hussein Fadhel | 19 | Y |
| Faisal Zayed | 46 | Y |