Australia and New Zealand will renew their rivalries when they face of at the Suncorp Stadium in an international friendly fixture on Thursday.
Australia managed to book a place in the Qatar World Cup finals after seeing out Peru through a penalty shootout in the Intercontinental playoffs. They will now be using the international friendlies in this international break to prepare for the footballing extravaganza later this year.
Australia have won all their last three matches across all competitions and they are also unbeaten against New Zealand in their last three matches. They should therefore be confident of claiming a positive result on Thursday.
New Zealand missed out on the World Cup finals and thus they will only use the international break to boost their World FIFA rankings and for pride.
They have not won their last three matches across all competitions, losing twice and drawing one in the process. They will want to bounce back on Thursday, but they have not against Australia in their last three meetings and thus they have mountain to climb here.
Australia vs New Zealand head to head
Both sides have met in three encounters since 2005 with Australia winning on all occasions.
- Australia 3-0 New Zealand 05/06/11
- Australia 2-1 New Zealand 24/05/10
- Australia 1-0 New Zealand 09/06/05
Home
- Australia 5-4 Peru (AP)
- UAE 1-2 Australia
- Australia 2-1 Jordan
- Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia
- Australia 0-2 Japan
Away
- Costa Rica 1-0 New Zealand
- New Zealand 0-0 Oman
- Peru 1-0 New Zealand
- Solomon Islands 0-5 New Zealand
- New Zealand 1-0 Tahiti
Australia team news
Australia have a fresh and fit squad to select from.
New Zealand team news
New Zealand have no injury reports ahead of the friendly clash.
Prediction and odds
- Australia win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
