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• Bahrain

Bahrain's soccer team joined FIFA in 1968, Bahrain was named FIFA's fastest-improving team of the year in 2003, and finished fourth at the 2004 Asian Cup in China. In the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Zone qualifiers, Bahrain twice finished fifth to qualify for the playoffs, but lost in the playoffs in both editions. The Bahrain Football Association officially announced that Croatian boss Dragan Tarajic as the team's new head coach, Tarajic is 58 years old, began his coaching career in Saudi Arabia's giants Ittihad, during which he led the team to win one Asian Championship title, and since then has been coaching in Asia, successively served as Omani team Dhofar, the Thai Premier League Muangtong United, Jordanian team Al Faisaly Aman and the Chinese Super League, Henan Jianye head coach. Bahrain's last World Asian Championship match was a 0-1 home defeat against China, and after the match, head coach Dragan Tarajić spoke to the media and said: We shouldn't have lost this match, and I will take the consequences, but I assure you that Bahrain will advance to the 2026 World Cup.

Bahrain's form is in the doldrums, 0-1 defeat at home to China in the last World Asia Preliminary Cup, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 4 World Asia Preliminary Cup games, without a win. Bahrain's offense has slipped a lot, scoring only 4 goals in the last 6 games of the World Asia Preliminary Cup, with 3 of them handing in whitewashes. Bahrain's home field ability is poor, the last 10 home games 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, the winning rate is only 30%. Bahrain's history is 1 win and 6 losses in 7 meetings with Australia, and they are at a complete disadvantage in past encounters.

• Australia

The Australian men's soccer team became a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2006, made its debut in the Asian Cup in 2007, and won its first-ever Asian Cup title at the 2015 Asian Cup on home soil. The team has participated in six World Cup finals in 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022. The team's best results in the World Cup were round of 16 in 2006 and 2022. Football Federation of Australia officially announced that 51-year-old Tony Popovic as Australia's head coach, Popovic played as a center back during his playing days, and participated in the 2006 World Cup with the Australian team. After retiring, Popovic coached the Western Sydney Wanderers, Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory, and in 2014 he led the Western Sydney Wanderers to become the first Australian team to win the AFC Champions League. Australia announced the latest edition of the national team list, Goodwin led, Matthew Ryan, Souttar, Burgess and Jackson Irvine and other travelers to Europe players are also selected. Australia's defense is excellent, only 4 goals conceded in the last 10 matches, and as many as 6 matches zero shutout. Australia's away ability has improved, with 4 wins and 2 draws in their last 6 away matches, remaining undefeated.

Australia drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia at home in their last match, and have won 1, drawn 3, and lost 1 of their last 5 matches in the WAP. Australia's solid style of play has led to fewer goals in matches, with as many as 7 of their last 10 regular matches scoring no more than 2 goals.

• Neutral Information

Bahrain, ranked 76th in the world, is a second-rate team in Asia, with limited overall strength. Australia's world ranking of 24th, the team in recent years playing hard, technical rough but good at physical confrontation, the last World Cup played not bad, into the round of 16.