Preview for Australia v Brazil
Brazil will start their post-World Cup rebuild when Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect face Australia in a global pleasant at Queensland Nation Financial institution Stadium on Friday.
The Socceroos are additionally returning to motion for the primary time for the reason that 2026 World Cup, the place they reached the spherical of 32, whereas Brazil had been knocked out within the final 16 by Norway.
Tony Popovic’s aspect now have their sights on the 2027 Asian Cup and can use a pair of friendlies in opposition to Brazil to evaluate their choices forward of the match.
The primary assembly will happen in Townsville, with the groups set to satisfy once more at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane 4 days later.
Australia have been tough to beat on residence soil, going unbeaten of their final seven residence matches and successful six of these video games.
Brazil, in the meantime, head into the fixture with loads of questions surrounding Ancelotti.
The five-time world champions had been knocked out of the World Cup by Norway within the spherical of 16, dropping 2-1 after being outplayed for lengthy durations.
The defeat ended a seven-match unbeaten run for Brazil, who had received six of these video games, and elevated the strain on Ancelotti as he makes an attempt to construct a workforce able to difficult for main honours once more.
Brazil have received simply two of their final eight away matches, dropping 4, which is able to give Australia some encouragement forward of Friday’s contest.
Group information for Australia v Brazil
Australia have named a youthful 26-man squad for the 2 matches in opposition to Brazil, with seven gamers in line to make their worldwide debuts.
Veteran goalkeeper Mat Ryan has been disregarded after dropping his beginning place through the World Cup, with Patrick Seashore among the many choices to switch him.
Brazil didn’t choose Alisson for this worldwide window, with Hugo Souza in rivalry to start out between the sticks.
Ancelotti might use the fixture to offer useful minutes to a few of his youthful gamers, together with Endrick.
Bruno Guimaraes is anticipated to characteristic in midfield, doubtlessly alongside Manchester United’s Andrey Santos, whereas Raphinha and Vinicius Junior may lead the assault.
Anticipated line-ups for Australia v Brazil
Australia: Seashore; Circati, Souttar, Herrington; Bos, Irvine, O’Neill, Behich; Toure, Metcalfe; Irankunda.
Brazil: Souza; Danilo, Marquinhos, Magalhaes, D Santos; Endrick, Guimaraes, A Santos, Lino; Raphinha, Vinicius Junior.
Methods to watch Australia v Brazil: TV channel, on-line stream
Australia v Brazil will kick off at 11am BST on Friday, September 25, with the match happening at 8pm native time in Townsville.
There’s at the moment no confirmed UK tv or streaming broadcaster listed for the fixture. The official Socceroos web site says worldwide viewers ought to verify their native guides.
In Australia, the match might be proven dwell and free on Community 10 and 10 Streaming, whereas it would even be accessible to stream on Paramount+.
Stats and up to date kind for Australia v Brazil
- Australia have received six of their final seven residence matches, remaining unbeaten throughout that run.
- Australia have misplaced three of their final six matches and scored solely 4 targets throughout these video games.
- Brazil’s defeat to Norway ended a seven-match unbeaten run.
- Brazil have received simply two of their final eight away matches, dropping 4.
- Brazil have received seven of their 9 earlier ‘A’ internationals in opposition to Australia.
- Australia’s solely win over Brazil got here within the 2001 Confederations Cup, a 1-0 victory within the third-place playoff.
- The 2 nations final met in 2017, when Brazil received 4-0 in Melbourne.
Prediction
Australia’s robust residence report ought to make this a aggressive contest, significantly with Popovic in a position to assess plenty of youthful gamers.
Brazil nonetheless have considerably extra expertise on the prime stage and may have sufficient attacking high quality to make the distinction, even when Ancelotti’s aspect are nonetheless trying to find their finest kind.
Prediction: Australia 1-3 Brazil
