Our prediction for this match:
Australia
Match Time & Date:
17/10/2023
01:45 PM
Prediction: 2-0
New Zealand
All eyes will be on Gtech Community Stadium when Australia and New Zealand go head to head in a friendly on Tuesday evening. The Socceroos aim to recover from a 1-0 loss to England and the bookies see them as hot favourites to beat their neighbours in Brentford. All Borrello, Bos, and Miller are pushing for recalls to the starting XI after the trio came off the bench in the Wembley Stadium defeat.
The All Whites, meanwhile, played out a 1-1 draw with D.R. Congo in their last warm-up game. New Zealand, though, are on a twelve-game losing run in meetings with Australia, which is probably the main reason why we are going to put our money on the nominal hosts. A man to keep an eye on in the away team will be Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, who scored a late equalizer from the penalty spot against D.R. Congo.
Highlighted Player (Chris Wood):
Chris Wood is a New Zealand international who was born on 7 December, 1991. Wood plays as a striker and he began his senior career at Waikato FC. In 2009 he joined West Bromwich Albion, but he played no more than 21 league games for the Baggies.
The New Zealand attacker played for the likes of Barnsley, Brighton, Birmingham City, Bristol City, Millwall, Leicester City and Ipswich Town on loan in the past, but in July 2015 he signed a four-year deal with Leeds United. Chris Wood scored 13 goals for the Whites in the 2015/2016 Championship campaign and he was given the number 9 shirt. Wood made his Leeds debut on 8 August, 2015 in a 1-1 draw against Burnley. Speaking of his debut for New Zealand, he made his first appearance for the All Whites in a friendly game against Tanzania on 3 June. 2009.
It has to be noted that he represented New Zealand at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and he was the youngest player in the squad. His sister Chelsey Wood is a football player as well and she represented New Zealand at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Highlighted Team (Australia):
Australia are a member of the Asian Football Confederation as they left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006. The Socceroos made it to the World Cup finals for the first time back in 1974, but they failed to make it to the knockout stages of the showpiece tournament in Germany. In 2006, though, the Australians did well to advance to the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup, but eventual champions Italy proved to be a big catch for Guus Hiddink’s troops.
Australia participated at the World Cup finals in 2010 and 2014 as well, but they failed to impress at the tournaments in South Africa and Brazil respectively. In 2015 the Socceroos won the Asian Cup trophy, with the team beating South Korea in the title game and that is regarded as the team’s biggest success.
Tim Cahill is considered one of the most famous footballers that played for Australia and it has to be noted that the former Premier League star scored his 48th goal for the Socceroos in a 1-0 win over UAE in September, 2016.
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