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England men · International friendly

England
v Australia⁠

2–1

Full time

England v Australia finished 2–1.

Australia
Dier 75' og
Date
Friday 27 May 2016 · England in 2016
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

Australia Formation 4-1-2-1-2

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Mathew Ryan GK
  • No. 6, Joshua Risdon RB Off in the 74'
  • No. 5, Mark Milligan CB
  • No. 8, Bailey Wright CB
  • No. 14, Brad Smith LB
  • No. 15, Mile Jedinak DM
  • No. 21, Massimo Luongo RM Off in the 58'
  • No. 13, Aaron Mooy LM Yellow card 38' Off in the 84'
  • No. 23, Tom Rogic AM Off in the 73'
  • No. 10, Robbie Kruse FW Off in the 84'
  • No. 24, Jamie Maclaren FW Off in the 58'

Substitutes

  • No. 11, Christopher Ikonomidis On in the 58'
  • No. 17, Matt McKay On in the 58'
  • No. 9, Tomi Juric On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Milos Degenek On in the 74'
  • No. 19, Craig Goodwin On in the 84'
  • No. 25, Jackson Irvine On in the 84'
  • No. 2, Aziz Behich (not used)
  • No. 3, Bradden Inman (not used)
  • No. 7, Stefan Mauk (not used)
  • No. 12, Mark Birighitti (not used)
  • No. 18, Adam Federici (not used)
  • No. 22, Alex Wilkinson (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1983 – 2003

Official meetings since 1980

England v Australia stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings8In our results database
England wins5England perspective
Draws2Level at full time
Australia wins1Australia victories

England have scored 9 goals to Australia's 6 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

1

Hoddle

1 goals against Australia in matches we hold scorer data for.

Australia · Fixture leader

1

Cole

Australia's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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