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Our Australian women’s football team, the Matildas, are set to take on France in an international friendly set to kick-off at 5am (AEST) on Saturday, October 6.
The Matildas have already secured qualification to the 2019 FIFA Women’s world cup, in France, by virtue of reaching the semi-finals in the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian cup.
They’ll be using this match as an important opportunity to tune up for the tournament against the host nation.
Australia’s women are currently ranked sixth in the world, although they’ll start underdogs against the French, who are ranked fourth.
These sides haven’t played each other since 2014, where France triumphed 3-2 in a thriller in Cyprus. Australia did win the previous encounter, however, 2-0 in France.
Where: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France
Date (AEST): Saturday, October 6
Kick-off (AEST): 5:00am
TV: Fox Sports 503, SBS
Live stream: Foxtel App, Foxtel Now, SBS The World Game
You’ll have two options if you want to catch the Matildas match on TV.
The first option is Foxtel. They’ll have the international friendly live on Fox Sports 503, with pre-match coverage commencing at 4:30am (AEST), before the game begins at 5am. Their coverage wraps up at 7am. To watch Fox Sports 503, you need a valid Foxtel TV subscription with the sports package.
Free-to-air viewers can also watch the game via SBS, who will also have coverage beginning at 4:30am. Like Fox Sports, their coverage will also finish at 7am.
There are a couple of options available to you if you’d rather stream the Matildas match online.
If you have a Foxtel subscription already, you can just use the Foxtel App to watch Fox Sports 503’s coverage on your preferred mobile device – provided you’re already subscribed to the sports package.
If you want to watch Fox Sports’ coverage, but don’t want a Foxtel TV service installed, you can use the Foxtel Now app instead. Foxtel Now is a streaming-only variant of the pay-TV service that allows you to subscribe to various packages in an online-only capacity.
The third option is SBS’ The World Game service, which allows you to live stream the channel’s football coverage.
The Roar will, as always, be covering the game with a live blog and score updates.
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