Tunisia v Australia, 26 November 2022

Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Tunisia 30, Australia 38 . Prior to this game, Tunisia and Australia had played in a combined total of 33 games at World Cup finals. Between them, they had won four games and scored 24 goals. . Tunisia were appearing at their sixth World Cup finals. They had yet to progress past the group stages. . Tunisia had now failed to keep a clean sheet in 15 of their 17 games at the World Cup (26 goals conceded); against West Germany in 1978 and Denmark in their opening group game of this tournament (both 0-0). . Tunisia had now lost ten of their 17 games at World Cup finals (won two). . Australia had won two of their previous 17 games at World Cup finals (lost 11); both in the group stage. . This was the Socceroos' first win at the World Cup finals in 4,358 days, since Tim Cahill and Brett Holman scored in a 2-1 win against Serbia in their final game in 2010 in Mbombela. . Australia's only previous clean sheet in the World Cup finals came in a goalless draw with Chile in Berlin in 1974. . Captain Maty Ryan and Mathew Leckie both created a new Australia record of starting in eight games at the World Cup finals. Only Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill had now made more appearances at the tournaments for the Socceroos (nine each). . Australia reached the last 16 in 2006; the only time they had progressed to the knockout stages in their five previous attempts. . Australia had now scored the opening goal at both of their games at this World Cup finals. . This was the second time that Australia had faced African opposition at the World Cup finals; also a 1-1 draw with Ghana at Rustenburg in 2010. . This the first meeting since the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2005 when Tunisia won 2-0 in Leipzig. The only other meeting was a friendly played in Tunis in October 1997 which Australia won 3-0. .