Australia vs Bahrain Live Stream & Tips - Australia Predicted to Win in the World Cup Qualifiers

Eddy Tora

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Last updated: 04 Sep 2024

Eddy Tora 04 Sep 2024

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Australia have won to nil in their last 6 World Cup qualifiers
Can Bahrain score against the Socceroos on the Gold Coast?
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Australia won to nil in all six World Cup qualifiers in the 2nd round. Bahrain haven’t scored in five straight games against the Socceroos who can cruise to another victory on the Gold Coast.

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Stats
Head to Head
Australia Form
Bahrain Form
Bahrain Squad & Team News

Stats

Australia have won by 2+ goals in their last 4 matches (World Cup qualifiers).
Australia have won to nil in their last 6 matches (World Cup qualifiers).
Australia have won to nil in their last 5 matches against Bahrain.
Bahrain have failed to score in 5 of their last 9 away matches (World Cup qualifiers).

Head to Head

Australia have a 6-0 advantage against Bahrain.

They last met in January, a friendly international at Bahrain National Stadium where Australia won 2-0.

Australia Form

Australia won both World Cup qualifiers against Lebanon in March, a 2-0 win in Sydney followed by a 5-0 win in Canberra where Craig Goodwin bagged a brace.

Graham Arnold’s side returned to action in June, beating Bangladesh 2-0 in Dhaka.

The Socceroos thrashed Palestine 5-0 in Perth, making it six straight wins in Group I including 22 goals scored and none conceded. Kusini Yengi scored twice to make it four goals in eight internationals.

Australia Squad & Team News

Position	Player	Caps	Goals	Club
Goalkeeper	Mathew Ryan (captain)	93	0	Roma
Goalkeeper	Joe Gauci	4	0	Aston Villa
Goalkeeper	Paul Izzo	0	0	Randers
Defender	Aziz Behich	71	2	Melbourne City
Defender	Harry Souttar	30	11	Sheffield United
Defender	Kye Rowles	21	1	Heart of Midlothian
Defender	Cameron Burgess	9	0	Ipswich Town
Defender	Lewis Miller	6	0	Hibernian
Defender	Thomas Deng	4	0	Albirex Niigata
Defender	Alessandro Circati	2	0	Parma
Midfielder	Jackson Irvine (vice-captain)	70	11	St. Pauli
Midfielder	Connor Metcalfe	23	0	St. Pauli
Midfielder	Keanu Baccus	19	1	Mansfield Town
Midfielder	Aiden O'Neill	13	0	Standard Liège
Midfielder	Cameron Devlin	4	0	Heart of Midlothian
Midfielder	Josh Nisbet	2	0	Ross County
Forward	Mitch Duke	40	12	Machida Zelvia
Forward	Awer Mabil	33	9	Grasshoppers
Forward	Martin Boyle	29	9	Hibernian
Forward	Craig Goodwin	25	6	Al-Wehda
Forward	Adam Taggart	19	7	Perth Glory
Forward	Kusini Yengi	8	4	Portsmouth
Forward	Samuel Silvera	6	0	Portsmouth
Forward	Nestory Irankunda	2	1	Bayern Munich II

Jordan Bos, Ajdin Hrustic, Mathew Leckie and Daniel Arzani were called up in June but miss out here.

Midfielder Riley McGree is injured.

Martin Boyle has scored 9 goals in 29 internationals.

Bahrain Form

Bahrain won two World Cup qualifiers against Nepal in March, both matches played in Riffa. They won 5-0 and 3-0, Sayed Baqer scoring in both victories.

Dragan Talajic’s side drew two games in June to secure second spot in Group H.

Bahrain drew 0-0 against Yemen and 1-1 in the UAE where Mahdi Abduljabbar opened the scoring in the 4th minute.

Bahrain Squad & Team News

Position	Player	Caps	Goals	Clubs
Goalkeeper	Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (captain)	162	0	Al-Muharraq
Goalkeeper	Ebrahim Lutfalla	12	0	Al-Ahli
Goalkeeper	Ammar Mohamed	3	0	Al-Khaldiya
Defender	Amine Benaddi	21	0	Al-Muharraq
Defender	Sayed Baqer	29	0	Al-Riffa
Defender	Waleed Al Hayam	104	0	Al-Muharraq
Defender	Hamad Al-Shamsan	21	0	Al-Riffa
Defender	Mohamed Adel	32	0	Al-Khaldiya
Defender	Mohamed Al-Banna	2	0	Al-Muharraq
Defender	Abdullah Al-Khalasi	4	1	Al-Muharraq
Defender	Hazza Ali	6	0	Al-Riffa
Defender	Sayed Dhiya Saeed	112	8	Al-Khaldiya
Midfielder	Ali Haram	47	5	Al-Riffa
Midfielder	Moses Atede	3	0	Sitra Club
Midfielder	Ebrahim Al-Khattal	17	3	Manama
Midfielder	Mohamed Marhoon	54	14	Al-Riffa
Midfielder	Kamil Al-Aswad	94	12	Al-Riffa
Midfielder	Abdulwahab Al-Malood	78	5	Al-Muharraq
Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Sherooqi	1	0	Al-Muharraq
Midfielder	Ali Madan	83	11	Ajman
Forward	Mahdi Al-Humaidan	54	5	Al-Khaldiya
Forward	Abdulla Yusuf Helal	96	13	Mladá Boleslav
Forward	Mahdi Abduljabbar	30	9	Manama
Forward	Ismail Abdullatif	135	48	Al-Khaldiya
Forward	Jasim Al-Shaikh	59	4	Al-Riffa
Forward	Husain Abdulkarim	1	0	Al-Muharraq

Ahmed Bughammar, Sayed Redha Isa, Mohamed Al-Hardan and Abdullah Al-Hashsash missed out.

37-year-old striker Ismail Abdullatif has scored 48 goals in 135 internationals.

Verdict

Australia v Bahrain

Australia have won to nil in five straight games against Bahrain and didn’t concede a goal in their previous six World Cup qualifiers. I am backing the Socceroos to win to nil once again.

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