The Socceroos will put their Asian Cup defence on the line as they take on Palestine in their second match. The clash is scheduled to get underway at 10pm (AEDT) on Friday, January 11.
The match is set to be played at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, with the Socceroos desperately needing a win.
Defending the title they won in 2015 on home soil, the campaign got off to the worst possible start with a shock 1-0 loss to Jordan in their tournament opener, played in Al Ain.
Date: Friday, January 11
Kick-off time: 10pm (AEDT)
Venue: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
TV: Live, Fox Sports
Online: Live, Foxtel app, Foxtel now, Kayo Sports
Betting: Australia $1.30, Palestine $11, Draw $4.50
Overall record: Never played
Referee: TBC
Socceroos
Mathew Ryan, Milos Degenek, Alex Gersbach, Rhyan Grant, Mark Milligan (C), Matthew Jurman, Mathew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Jamie Maclaren, Robbie Kruse, Andrew Nabbout, Mitchell Langerak, James Jeggo, Apostolos Giannou, Chris Ikonomidis, Aziz Behich, Mustafa Amini, Danny Vukovic, Josh Risdon, Trent Sainsbury, Awer Mabil, Jackson Irvine
Palestine
Tawfiq Ali, Daniel Mustafá, Mohammed Bassim, Mohammed Saleh, Tamer Salah, Shadi Shaban, Musab Al-Battat, Jonathan Cantillana, Tamer Seyam, Sameh Maraaba, Yashir Islame, Khaled Salem, Jaka Ihbeisheh, Abdullah Jaber, Abdelatif Bahdari (C), Amr Kaddoura, Pablo Tamburrini, Oday Dabbagh, Mahmoud Wadi, Nazmi Albadawi, Alexis Norambuena, Rami Hamadeh, Mohammed Darweesh
If you want to watch this match on TV, you’ll need a valid Foxtel TV subscription. Foxtel’s coverage of the game will be on Fox Sports 505 and begins at 9:50pm (AEDT).
If you’d rather live stream the game, you’re better off doing so via new sports streaming service Kayo.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to Foxtel Now, or use the Foxtel App if you’ve already got a Foxtel TV subscription.
Onside
Guest
The problem with a generalisation like mine Punter , is that it is no substantiated by hard data. However, being a wide sweeping statement doesn't necessarily make it wrong. The guts of my observation boils down to there being many people , young and old, who would like to watch a bit of football, but cant. This is a genuine shame among the kids .(Regardless of what sport they play ). From time to time the FFA trundle out a few figures confirming many thousands of kids play under age football throughout Australia. My question is: what percentage of these families have Pay TV. Subtract that number from those the FFA say are playing , and that's the amount of kids missing out on being able to watch the game. Nationally ,I bet its substantial.
Punter
Roar Rookie
I was answering to Onside about young people not having access to football. 100% agree in regards to media lines being blurred, so surprised with your comment 'Soccer will be the one sport capable of surviving with zero TV dollars going forward.' As you mentioned traditional TV & new media lines are blurred, but I suppose it meets your agenda
Mister Football
Roar Guru
Yes, yes, I have young teenagers, I know all about it. The best way to describe traditional TV: on the decline, with a long tail. What's more, rather than this see dollars dry up for live sport, it could see dollars continue to be spent on live sport, because it's the only thing guaranteed of holding viewers - but it has to be popular sport. Also, we're getting too hung up about the distinction between traditional TV and new media, the lines have been blurred for years, and soon it will all be one and the same thing.
Punter
Roar Rookie
So did I.
Punter
Roar Rookie
You talking like someone who is not young. I have 2 daughters (both at Uni), they watch zero FTA, (sorry i lie, they watch the Bachelor or Bachlette, occasionally, maybe on recording or sometimes with dear old mum). Admittedly they don't watch sport, but they spent a lot of time in front of the TV (one of them has no foxtel either).
Onside
Guest
Thanks MF. I located Mids article and responded.
Mister Football
Roar Guru
There's an article on the Roar right now making a cogent argument about the impending boom in soccer, all without traditional TV. In fact, it's this very disconnect with traditional TV which is going to be the saviour of soccer in this country going forward. Soccer will be the one sport capable of surviving with zero TV dollars going forward. https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/01/09/football-set-for-growth/
JuBe
Guest
Amen
Onside
Guest
Football has disappeared for me this season, corralled among the plethora of sport now tied up in the Pay TV stable. The Roar is home to footballs true believers who understand , accept, and can genuinely rationalise the commercial reality of PayTV sponsorship money. Be that as it may, there must be many thousands of viewers who, because they either have no access to Pay TV, or simply cannot afford it , have zero access to the game. A huge percentage of those in this situation are young people who actually play football at junior level. It's a classical Catch 22 ; currently football struggles for more support, but those capable of providing it, both now and in the long term cannot watch it. The A League has one game a week on FTA, and Internationals ? nothing. I get the 'who owns the gold ' immutable. Forever thus. But it ain't healthy and does very little to develop the game . For the majority of sports supporters in Australia, football, the most popular code in the world, is invisible.