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By Simon Smale
Topic:Socceroos
The Socceroos meet Bahrain at the National Stadium in Riffa, hoping to put right their shock defeat on the Gold Coast in September.
Follow all the action in our live blog.
By Simon Smale
Tony Popovic has rung the changes for his starting line up, making a whopping six changes to the side that drew with Saudi Arabia in Melbourne on Thursday.
That includes throwing 20-year-old Hayden Matthews of Sydney FC into the heart of midfield to make his senior national team debut.
Maty Ryan is also back between the sticks and with the captains armband.
Aziz Behich will start on the left of defence in place of Jordan Bos, while Anthony Caceres, Craig Goodwin and Kusini Yengi also come into the starting XI.
By Simon Smale
Good morning folks and welcome to the ABC Sport live coverage of Australia's crucial World Cup qualification clash against Bahrain in Raffa.
My name is Simon Smale and I am up, bright and early to bring you all the action as it happens over there in the National Stadium, and am looking forward to having you join me.
This is a tough test for the Socceroos, the Bahraini side play a style that I don't think matches well against this Socceroos team.
That is part of the reason Dilmun's Warriors came away with a 1-0 win, but with a new coach in Tony Popovic, perhaps the Socceroos will have enough to beat Dragan Talajić's side.
As ever, get in touch and let us know what your thoughts are about the event, and we'll get back to you as and when we can.
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