Australia national football team: results and stats
5 investigationsLatest Australia national team football matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Current squad — Australia national team
Goalkeepers
- 1M. Ryan
- 12P. Izzo
- 18P. Beach
Defenders
- 2M. Degenek
- 3A. Circati
- 4J. Italiano
- 6J. Geria
- 15K. Trewin
- 19H. Souttar
- 21C. Burgess
- 25L. Herrington
Midfielders
- 5J. Bos
- 7M. Leckie
- 8C. Metcalfe
- 10A. Hrustic
- 11A. Mabil
- 13A. O Neill
- 14C. Devlin
- 16A. Behich
- 17N. Irankunda
- 22J. Irvine
- 23N. Velupillay
- 24Paul Okon-Engstler
Attackers
- 9M. Touré
- 20C. Volpato
- 26T. Yengi
Injuries & Suspensions
- J. Italiano— Missing Fixture (Ankle Problems)
- M. Leckie— Missing Fixture (Hamstring Injury)
USA vs Australia 2:0 — Two Goals and Dominant Possession Delivered a Comfortable Win
The USA beat Australia 2-0 in the group stage, backing up their xG edge (1.08 to 0.35).
Australia — Egypt 1:1: Egypt Won The Argument
Egypt led from the 13th minute and surrendered parity to the only kind of goal a defence scores itself. Australia and Egypt drew 1:1: Ashour opened the scoring, and Hany's own goal on 55 cancelled it.
Paraguay — Australia 0:0: The Fairest Goalless Draw
Neither team earned a goal, and neither got one. The combined xG stopped at 0.82 — Paraguay''s 0.25 plus Australia''s 0.57 — and the scoreboard honoured every decimal of it. At 47%, the Crime Index has no complaint to make.
Algeria — Australia 3:3: Six Goals, Two Saves All Night
Six goals from a combined xG of 3.06 — an evening when both teams' finishing ran ahead of what they created. Algeria and Australia shared a 3:3 draw, and the 61% anomaly score calls it a mid-grade divergence.
Australia vs Türkiye 2-0 — Hosts Win Despite 30 Shots Against
Australia beat Türkiye 2-0 while surviving 30 shots from their opponent — one of the group stage's most unusual matches by stats-to-result ratio.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many players are in the Australia national team's current squad?
26 players: goalkeepers — 3, defenders — 8, midfielders — 12, attackers — 3.
How often do Australia's match results diverge from the xG-expected outcome?
Bravsen has analyzed 5 matches — average Crime Index 53, with 2 scoring 60+ (the threshold for an anomalous gap between the result and the xG model).
National team. This page covers 10 articles about Australia — all from the 2026 World Cup.
The home win over Türkiye sets the ceiling
Australia's single most anomalous covered match is a 2-0 win over Türkiye, Crime Index 75%. Against the team's 53% average across 5 reviewed matches, that result stands out clearly, but it isn't fully disconnected from the broader picture — Australia already ranks among the more volatile national teams at the tournament on this site, even without that game.
Finishing consistently ahead of the model
Across the 5 matches with calculated xG, Australia generated 4.41 expected goals and scored 6 — a gap of nearly a goal and a half, a durable pattern rather than one lucky night. Combined with an average Crime Index above 50%, that points to a team that has regularly converted chances more efficiently than their quality alone would suggest across the tournament — the same trait behind the Türkiye result, sustained over the whole run rather than confined to one match.