Australia Vs Netherlands at Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Managers
Ange Postecoglou(Australia)
Louis van Gaal (Netherlands)
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head- This is the first time Australia and the Netherlands have met in the World Cup.
- Australia are unbeaten in their three previous meetings against the Netherlands (W1, D2). Their last encounter was on 10 October 2009 in a friendly which finished 0-0.
- Australia have won just two of their previous 11 World Cup matches.
- They have only won one of their six World Cup encounters with European sides (2-1 v Serbia in 2010). They have never kept a clean sheet in any of these games.
- Against Chile, Tim Cahill became the first Australian to score in three World Cups. No other Australian has scored in more than one tournament.
- Australia have scored a total of nine World Cup goals - Cahill, with four goals and one assist has now been involved in 56% of them.
- The Socceroos had nine shots in the second half of their opening match against Chile, only one fewer than the Chileans managed in the whole match.
- The Netherlands are unbeaten in their last 11 World Cup group matches, winning eight and drawing three. Their last group stage defeat came back in 1994 versus Belgium.
- Robin van Persie has scored 10 goals in his last nine appearances for Netherlands, and Arjen Robben has seven in his last seven.
- Following their goals against Spain, Van Persie and Robben became the first Dutchmen to score in three different World Cup tournaments (2006, 2010, 2014).
Goal Scorers
For Netherlands -Arjen Robben(20)Robin Van Persie (58)and Memphis Depay (68)
For Australia -Tim Cahill (21) and Mile Jedinak 54th minute penalty
Arjen Robben gave Louis van Gaal's side the lead with his third goal of the tournament, running unopposed through the Socceroos' defence before driving the ball into the bottom corner.
Australia hit back just a minute later when talisman Tim Cahill scored a stunning volley and they took the lead nine minutes into the second half through Mile Jedinak's coolly-taken penalty.
Robin van Persie pulled the Dutch level shortly afterwards, smashing the ball into the roof of the net after beating a poorly executed offside trap.
Substitute Memphis Depay completed the comeback on 68 minutes when his long-range effort caught out Australia goalkeeper Matthew Ryan.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima watching the match from the stands
Dutch supporters show off a banner from inside the Estadio Beira-Rio
Australia's supporters pose prior to the start of the match between Australia and Netherlands
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