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China 1, Australia 2, Full time

Full timeAFC Women's Asian Cup Optus Stadium
China

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  • Zhang Linyan 26' (pen)

China 1, Australia 2

Full time

Australia

Away

  • Caitlin Foord 17'
  • Sam Kerr 58'

Minute by minute

  1. Minute 7:

    Yellow card Yao Wei (China)

  2. Minute 17:

    Goal Caitlin Foord (Australia)

  3. Minute 24:

    Yellow card Mackenzie Arnold (Australia)

  4. Minute 26:

    Penalty Zhang Linyan (China)

  5. Minute 35:

    Yellow card Wang Aifang (China)

  6. Minute 58:

    Goal Sam Kerr (Australia)

  7. Minute 59:

    Substitution (Australia) On Winonah Heatley , off Clare Hunt

  8. Minute 71:

    Substitution (China) On Jin Kun , off Wurigumula

  9. Minute 77:

    Substitution (China) On Li Qingtong , off Zhang Rui

  10. Minute 77:

    Substitution (China) On Liu Jing , off Wang Yanwen

  11. Minute 78:

    Substitution (Australia) On Clare Wheeler , off Kyra Cooney-Cross

  12. Minute 78:

    Substitution (Australia) On Amy Sayer , off Mary Fowler

  13. Minute 87:

    Substitution (China) On Yuan Cong , off Zhang Chengxue

  14. Minute 87:

    Substitution (China) On Wang Linlin , off Chen Qiaozhu

  15. Minute 87:

    Yellow card Wu Haiyan (China)

  16. Minute 90 plus 3:

    Substitution (Australia) On Charlize Rule , off Alanna Kennedy

  17. Minute 90 plus 3:

    Substitution (Australia) On Emily van Egmond , off Katrina Gorry

Statistics

  • Possession: China 45%, Australia 55%

  • Total shots: China 13, Australia 8

  • Shots on target: China 4, Australia 3

  • Corners: China 2, Australia 2

  • Saves: China 1, Australia 3

  • Offsides: China 0, Australia 0

  • Fouls: China 8, Australia 5

Line-ups

China

Formation 4-4-2

  • 12Peng ShimengG
  • 8Yao WeiCD-L
  • 5Wu HaiyanCD-R
  • 3Chen Qiaozhu(subbed off)LB
  • 20Zhang Chengxue(subbed off)RB
  • 26Zhang Rui(subbed off)CM-L
  • 15Wang AifangCM-R
  • 10Wang Yanwen(subbed off)LM
  • 19Zhang LinyanRM
  • 23Shao ZiqinCF-L
  • 9Wurigumula(subbed off)CF-R

Came on

16 Liu Jing · 14 Li Qingtong · 4 Wang Linlin · 24 Yuan Cong · 13 Jin Kun

Australia

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Mackenzie ArnoldG
  • 7Steph CatleyCD-L
  • 4Clare Hunt(subbed off)CD-R
  • 8Kaitlyn TorpeyLB
  • 21Ellie CarpenterRB
  • 14Alanna Kennedy(subbed off)CM
  • 19Katrina Gorry(subbed off)LM
  • 23Kyra Cooney-Cross(subbed off)RM
  • 20Sam KerrF
  • 9Caitlin FoordLF
  • 11Mary Fowler(subbed off)RF

Came on

10 Emily van Egmond · 17 Amy Sayer · 3 Winonah Heatley · 6 Clare Wheeler · 24 Charlize Rule

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