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Tunisia vs Australia, Worldcup 2022 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2022
Tunisia
0 – 1
Full Time
Australia
Sat 26 Nov 2022 · 10:00 UTC Al Janoub Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Aissa Laidouni 26' Y
Ali El Abdi 64' Y
Ferjani Sassi 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Tunisia vs Australia — Worldcup at Al Janoub Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Bastian Dankert
  • Referee Marco Fritz
  • Referee Rafael Foltyn
  • Referee Daniel Siebert
  • Referee Jan Seidel
  • Referee Said Martinez (Honduras)

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curaçao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Tunisia 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Australia
Last 5 meetings
2022-11-26 Tunisia 0–1 Australia

Recent Form

Tunisia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Nov Australia H 0–1 L
22 Nov Denmark A 0–0 D
28 Jun Panama A 2–1 W
23 Jun Belgium A 2–5 L
18 Jun England H 1–2 L
22 Aug Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 0–3 L
Australia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Nov Tunisia A 1–0 W
22 Nov France A 1–4 L
26 Jun Peru H 0–2 L
21 Jun Denmark A 1–1 D
16 Jun France A 1–2 L
20 Aug FC Augsburg H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Tunisia Australia
#24 Position #14
0 Points 4
3 Played 3
0 / 0 / 3 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 1
2 Scored 2
12 Conceded 2
-10 GD +0
0.00 PPG 1.33
0% Win % 33%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Tunisia this season
50% Clean Sheets
Australia this season

Tunisia are 24th (0 pts). Australia are 14th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Tunisia
0-15
–/3
16-30
–/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/2
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Australia
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
1/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Australia gets underway.
  • 5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 10' Australia is showing some good football. However, Australia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 15' Tunisia are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 23' Mitchell Duke doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 24' The deadlock is broken! Mitchell Duke gets on the scoresheet on 24 minutes.
  • 26' Poor challenge from Aissa Laidouni. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 31' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Tunisia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
  • 41' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 46' The crowd applauds Mohamed Draeger as he leaves the pitch. Ferjani Sassi steps in for Tunisia.
  • 51' It is a cagey affair so far. Tunisia in their trying to find a way past Australia's compact .
  • 56' Issam Jebali is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Tunisia so far.
  • 61' The 33-year-old Yassine Meriah has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 64' The crowd applauds Mitchell Duke as he leaves the pitch. Jamie MacLaren steps in for Australia.
  • 64' A moment of madness from Ali El Abdi on 64 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Tunisia will be frustrated.
  • 67' Tunisia ring the changes. Aissa Laidouni has done his job and it is now time for Wahbi Khazri to step up.
  • 72' Australia international Riley McGree has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 74' Taha Yassine Khenissi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Issam Jebali at the 74 minute mark.
  • 75' Fresh legs for Australia! Milos Degenek comes on to replace Fran Karacic.
  • 80' Fran Karacic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 188 appearances.
  • 85' Awer Mabil gets the nod from Australia. He replaces Craig Goodwin and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ferjani Sassi.
  • It finishes all square. Tunisia and Australia share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

Tunisia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jalel Kadri

Australia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Graham Arnold

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.49 Tunisia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.5 Australia xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 69% + Under 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Tunisia18% Draw29% Australia53%
Actual: Australia win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes31% 0% No69%
Avg goals/match: 1.99
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 84%
16%
± 1.5 59%
41%
± 2.5 32%
68%
± 3.5 15%
85%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Tunisia or Draw
47%
Draw or Australia
82%
Tunisia or Australia
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Tunisia8% Draw52% Australia40%
Actual: Australia win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
16%
0 – 2
14.8%
1 – 1
10.6%
1 – 2
7.4%
0 – 3
7.3%
1 – 0
5.6%
1 – 3
3.8%
0 – 4
2.7%
2 – 1
2.3%
2 – 2
1.9%
1 – 4
1.5%

Asian Handicap — Tunisia

Handicap Tunisia covers Push Australia covers
-2.5 0% — 100%
-2 0% 2% 98%
-1.5 2% — 98%
-1 2% 8% 90%
-0.5 10% — 90%
+0.5 39% — 61%
+1 39% 28% 33%
+1.5 67% — 33%
+2 67% 19% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Tunisia keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Australia keeps clean sheet
62% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.