In the 7th match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, Australia will host Indonesia at home in Sydney.
At the moment, Australia is second in Group C with 7 points, Indonesia is third with 6 points. According to the FIFA rankings, the two teams are quite different, with Indonesia ranked 127th and the opponent ranked 26th. However, the strength of the team from the archipelago has changed significantly.
They have just appointed coach Patrick Kluivert after parting ways with Shin Tae-yong in early 2025. At the same time, the team welcomed 4 new naturalized players this year: Ole Romeny, Emil Audero, Dean James and Joe Pelupessy.
Mr. Patrick will definitely try to make the most of the squad to achieve the best results. Facing the Socceroos is also the debut match of the Dutch coach. Although the training and getting acquainted with the players was quite short, Patrick and his team were quite confident.
On the other side, coach Tony Popovic called up a number of foreign players such as Cameron Burgess (Ipswich Town, England), Martin Boyle (Hibernian FC, Scotland), Jason Davidson (Panserraikos FC, Greece), Milos Degenek (FK TSC Backa Topola, Serbia) ...
This promises to be an exciting match, because there are 4 teams in Group C with 6 points, creating a "death" situation for the group.
The match between Australia and Indonesia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers will take place at 4:10 p.m. on March 20 at Sydney Stadium.
