Australia and Peru will face each other Al Rayyan Stadium for the Qatar 2022 World Cup Playoffs. The winner of this match, to be played on Sunday, June 13, will qualify for the World Cup and will join France, Denmark and Tunisia in Group D. Here you will find the lineups of both teams for this game. It will be broadcast in the United States on FuboTV.
Australia defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1 to reach the playoffs and continue dreaming of playing in the Qatar World Cup. The team's star player is Ajdin Hrustic, an attacker for Eintracht Frankfurt, which recently won the Europa League. The Australian team reached this stage after finishing the last phase of the AFC Qualifiers in third place in Group B, where they achieved a total of 15 points.
On the other hand, Peru finished fifth in the Conmebol standings and will therefore play against Australia for qualification. The team coached by Ricardo Gareca will seek to play its sixth World Cup in history, and the second in a row. La Blanquirroja will play again after defeating New Zealand 1-0 in an international friendly. Indeed, Peru qualified for the Russia 2018 World Cup after defeating New Zealand 2-0 on aggregate in the playoffs.
Australia´s lineup
This will be the team that Graham Arnold will put on the field trying to beat the tough Peruvian team, the main favorite in this playoff.
Australia´s starting XI: Mathew Ryan; Atkinson, Boyle, Leckie, Wright; Hrustic, Mooy; Duke, Behic, Rowles; Irvine.
Peru's lineup
Advincula will play in place of Corzo and Trauco in instead of Lopez. In addition, Tapia will replace Aquino in the midfield.
Peru´s starting XI: Pedro Gallese; Luis Advíncula, Carlos Zambrano, Alexander Callens, Miguel Trauco; Renato Tapia, Sergio Peña, Christopher Gonzalez; André Carrillo, Christian Cueva; Gianluca Lapadula.
