The Socceroos are playing a crucial 2022 World Cup qualifier against Japan in Sydney tonight.
Automatic qualification to football’s biggest tournament is on the line and the Socceroos must win if they want to have a chance of going directly to the tournament rather than having to navigate sudden death playoffs between both an Asian and South American team.
Australia’s currently third in their qualifying group with two games remaining. Japan tonight and Saudi Arabia next week.
Win both these matches and Australia is through the World Cup in Qatar!
It won’t be easy. Japan defeated Australia 2-1 the last time the two sides met back in October.
Kick-off for the Socceroos vs Japan at Stadium Australia in Homebush is scheduled for 8:10pm AEDT.
That’s 7:10pm AEST for those in Queensland, 7:40pm ACDT for South Australians and 5:10pm AWST for those in Western Australia.
Channel Ten and 10play have the rights for Socceroos friendlies and World Cup qualifying games.
Channel 10 can be found on free-to-air television or if you’d prefer to stream the action you can find the match on the 10 Play app which is available on mobile devices, internet browser or through various smart TVs.
| Name | Club, Country | ‘A’ Caps (Goals) |
| Nathaniel ATKINSON | Heart of Midlothian, Scotland | 0 (0) |
| Aziz BEHICH | Giresunspor, Turkey | 48 (2) |
| Martin BOYLE | Al-Faisaly, Saudi Arabia | 14 (5) |
| Nicholas D’AGOSTINO | Melbourne Victory FC, Australia | 0 (0) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Columbus Crew, USA | 35 (1) |
| Mitchell DUKE | Fagiano Okayama, Japan | 17 (7) |
| Bruno FORNAROLI | Perth Glory FC, Australia | 0 (0) |
| Denis GENREAU | Toulouse FC, France | 1 (0) |
| Craig GOODWIN | Adelaide United FC, Australia | 7 (1) |
| Rhyan GRANT | Sydney FC, Australia | 20 (1) |
| Ajdin HRUSTIC | Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany | 14 (2) |
| Jackson IRVINE | FC St. Pauli, Germany | 45 (6) |
| James JEGGO | KAS Eupen, Belgium | 13 (0) |
| Fran KARACIC | Brescia Calcio, Italy | 7 (1) |
| Joel KING | Odense Boldklub, Denmark | 1 (0) |
| Mathew LECKIE | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 69 (13) |
| Awer MABIL | Kasimpasa SK, Turkey | 23 (6) |
| Jamie MACLAREN* | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 21 (8) |
| Connor METCALFE | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 2 (0) |
| Andrew REDMAYNE (Gk) | Sydney FC, Australia | 2 (0) |
| Tomas ROGIC | Celtic FC, Scotland | 53 (10) |
| Kye ROWLES | Central Coast Mariners FC, Australia | 0 (0) |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) | Real Sociedad, Spain | 69 (0) |
| Trent SAINSBURY | KV Kortrijk, Belgium | 58 (4) |
| Gianni STENSNESS | Viking FK, Denmark | 0 (0) |
| Marco TILIO | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 1 (0) |
| Daniel VUKOVIC (Gk) | NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands | 4 (0) |
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