Bahrain and Australia will meet again in the Friendlies Friendly Match at the Baniyas Stadium Stadium, Abu Dhabi Saturday, January 06, 2024. Here’s the preview, h2h stats, predicted line-up, TV channel info, live streaming service providers and how to watch online.
This friendly match will be a testing ground for both teams. Bahrain and Australia are included in the match schedule for the 18th edition of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup tournament in Qatar. The Asian Cup itself will start on January 12 2024, where Australia will face India on January 13, while Bahrain will face South Korea on January 15.
Bahrain ended 2023 with a 2-0 defeat against the UAE. On the other hand, Australia, better known as the Socceroos, ended the year with three wins in a row, including a 1-0 victory over Palestine in November.
Juan Antonio Pizzi, only a few months into his tenure as Bahrain manager, has started his tenure well. He has suffered just one defeat since taking office. Pizzi is not new to coaching the national team. He guided Chile to win the 2016 Copa America and coached Saudi Arabia in the 2019 Asian Cup, although they failed to get beyond the last 16.
Despite losing their previous 2026 World Cup qualifying match against the UAE, Bahrain still has a chance of reaching the third round of the Asian qualifying campaign. This could be the sixth opportunity in a row for them. Despite ending 2023 on a losing note, Bahrain have not lost consecutive international matches since September 2022.
The history of meetings between Bahrain and Australia shows that Bahrain has never beaten the Socceroos in five previous meetings. Their last meeting took place at the 2011 Asian Cup, where Australia won 1-0.
Australia enters 2024 full of confidence. They are fresh off back-to-back wins in November, which put them top of their second-round World Cup qualifying group with a 2-0 record and no goals scored.
After an impressive 2022 World Cup campaign, in which the Socceroos reached the knockout stages for the second time in their history, the first half of 2023 was poor, with Australia losing three of their first five international matches.
However, Graham Arnold’s side managed to bounce back in the autumn of 2023, achieving positive results in four of their five matches in all competitions from September to November, with no goals scored in their last three matches.
Overall, Australia is the favorite to win this warm-up duel. Since losing 1-0 against Saudi Arabia in a March 2022 World Cup qualifier, the Socceroos have won their last four competitive games against Asian opponents, beating them by a combined margin of 10-1 over that period.
Bahrain vs. Australia Match Info (Live/TV)
| Match | Bahrain vs. Australia |
| Competition | FIFA Matchday (2023) |
| Match day | Friendly Match |
| Venue | Baniyas Stadium Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Date | Saturday, January 06, 2024 |
| Kickoff | 10:00 ET |
| Official TV | Soccer TV |
| Watch Live On | Soccer TV |
The Official TV Channel
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As additional information, reported from the Live SoccerTV site, the following are the live streaming providers of TV channels in different countries that officially broadcast the match between Bahrain vs Australia.
For the time being, there is no official broadcast for the FIFA Matchday between the Bahrain vs. Australia team. However, you can watch via live streaming which is available using the Soccer TV service. The platform does not offer a free subscription to watch matches, you need to pay for a Soccer TV channel subscription package.
LineUp Predictions
| Bahrain (4-2-3-1) | Australia (4-2-3-1) |
| Jaffer | Ryan |
| Adel | Atkinson |
| Al Hayam | Souttar |
| Baqer | Rowles |
| Bughammar | Behich |
| Abdulwahab | O’Neill |
| Al-Hardan | Irvine |
| Marhoon | Boyle |
| Al-Aswad | Metcalfe |
| Madan | McGree |
| Al-Hashsash | Duke |
5 H2H Latest Bahrain – Australia
- January 18, 2011 – Australia [1 – 0] Bahrain (League)
- June 10, 2009 – Australia [2 – 0] Bahrain (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
- November 19, 2008 – Bahrain [0 – 1] Australia (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
- October 11, 2006 – Australia [2 – 0] Bahrain (Asian Cup Qualification)
- February 22, 2006 – Bahrain [1 – 3] Australia (Asian Cup Qualification)
Bahrain – Last 5 Match Results
- September 12, 2023 – Bahrain [1 – 1] Turkmenistan (Friendlies)
- October 12, 2023 – Bahrain [2 – 0] Kyrgyz Republic (Friendlies)
- October 17, 2023 – Bahrain [1 – 0] Philippines (Friendlies)
- November 17, 2023 – Yemen [0 – 2] Bahrain (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
- November 21, 2023 – Bahrain [0 – 2] UAE (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
Australia – Last 5 Match Results
- September 10, 2023 – Mexico [2 – 2] Australia (Friendlies)
- October 14, 2023 – England [1 – 0] Australia (Friendlies)
- October 18, 2023 – Australia [2 – 0] New Zealand (Friendlies)
- November 16, 2023 – Australia [7 – 0] Bangladesh (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
- November 21, 2023 – Palestine [0 – 1] Australia (AFC World Cup Qualifiers)
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