Australia v Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2022 qualifier – live!

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Minute-by-minute: An unfamiliar Socceroos team take to the field in Jeddah with the playoffs awaiting next month. Join Emma Kemp for updates.

32 min Australia have five shots, none on target, and one-third of possession, which sums up this half quite well so far in a way stats do not always. Saudi are content and comfortable to let their visitors play. Fornaroli is down under a challenge but dust himself off.

28 min Ajdin Hrustic, who was so good against Japan last week, has a free kick. It lofts up beautifully and is heading towards the top-left corner, but lands on the roof. Mabil opens up another channel, this time from left to right in the centre of the park and Boyle is onto it. Yet again an Australian attack ends with a shot which rolls marginally wide of the back post.

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24 min Genreau darts down the left flank, an audacious move from his (slightly defensive) midfield role. Australia have been decent going forward. They are creating. They are not finishing, but the foundations are there to get something out of this game. They just need to tighten up around the midfield.

The Saudi coach, Hervé Renard, is offering his players some unorthodox gesticulations from his technical area.

20 min Atkinson does not have the easiest debut on his hands. The pace is a step up but not only that he is facing the likes of Al-Dawsari with Al-Shahrani. This pair love an overlap.

Hrustic is released by Mat Ryan, and before you can blink Boyle is in the box and Fornaroli alert to the action, anticipating the next move. The next move does not eventuate.

17 mins Thus far the Saudis are still retaining possession and suffocating Australia. Al-Faraj