After opening their World Cup campaign with a 4-1 defeat to France, Australia defeated Tunisia 1-0 to move to second place in their group, with Mitchell Duke opening the scoring within 23 minutes and the Socceroos holding on for a much-needed three points, whilst Australia went with their trademark 4-3-3, Tunisia manager Jalel Kadri made one change to his 3-4-3 formation with Naïm Sliti coming in for Anis Ben Slimane.

Tunisia's Build-up Phase

Tunisia was build-up the ball from the back with three CBs, Aïssa Laïdouni, and Ellyes Skhiri as a double pivot, and five players in the front line by pushing the full-back high up to fill the 3-2-5 shape. Against Australia's 4-2-4 mid-block, with Riley McGree leading the first line of the press with Mitchell Duke, Craig Goodwin, and Matthew Leckie, with Leckie positioning himself between Montassar Talbi and Ali Al-Abdi in an attempt to close the pass channel.