Australia Vs Spain at Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Managers
Vicente Del Bosque(Spain)
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- This will be the first meeting between Australia and Spain.
- Australia need a draw to finish above the Spanish.
- Australia have only won one of their seven World Cup games against European opposition (2-1 v Serbia in 2010).
- Tim Cahill has scored five of Australia's 11 World Cup goals but is suspended for this game.
- The Socceroos have conceded in each of their last nine World Cup matches, shipping two or more goals in five of those games.
- Spain have never lost all three games in a World Cup group.
- This is the fifth time the reigning champions have exited in the group stage. They follow in the footsteps of Italy in 1950, Brazil in 1966, France in 2002 and Italy in 2010.
- In his 126 minutes of World Cup action so far, Diego Costa has failed to muster a single shot on target (only five shots in total). Goalkeeper Iker Casillas had nine touches more (30) than Costa (21) against Chile.
- Against Chile, Spain posted their lowest passing accuracy in a World Cup game (81.7%) since their quarter-final defeat to South Korea in June 2002 (78.7%).
- Andres Iniesta is expected to win his 100th cap.
As for Australia, they may have lost both games but their performance against Chile and the Netherlands hinted at a very bright future indeed
Australia midfielder Tim Cahill misses this game as he is suspended after picking up two bookings.
Spain beats Australia 3-0
Goal Scorers - David Villa(36),Fernando Torres(69) and Juan Matta(82)
Spain Manager Vicente Del Bosque made seven changes to the team that was humbled by Chile in Rio de Janeiro last Wednesday
Iniesta, as has so often been the case, was the star of the show, his repertoire of passing too much for a limited Australia side to handle. This was his 100th appearance for Spain and, typically, he used the ball with metronomic precision; long or short, quick or slow, he always picked the right option
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