Both teams rang in the changes from Thursday’s Matchday Five, with defender Sayed Baqer among the five new faces in Bahrain’s starting lineup while Australia had six, with Craig Goodwin returning from suspension, It was Baqer’s unfortunate involvement which gifted Australia the lead in the first minute, a weak back pass to Ebrahim Lutfalla was pounced on by Kusini Yengi who placed his shot under the Bahrain goalkeeper.