Australia and Peru will battle it out for a spot at this year’s FIFA World Cup in an exciting intercontinental playoff from Doha, Qatar.
The South American nation are the favourites coming into this match, having beaten Australia when they last met in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup.
But can the Socceroos cause an upset and book their ticket to Qatar? It would be a fifth consecutive World Cup appearance for the Australian side.
The Sporting News is following the match live and providing live score updates, commentary.
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Australia vs Peru live score
| 1st Half | 2nd Half | Final | |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | — |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | — |
Goals:
Socceroos vs. Peru live updates, highlights from World Cup playoff
53rd min: Mooy receives the ball in space outside the area, but his low drive rolls wide of the left post.
50th min: Peru have back-to-back corners. But Australia manage to deal with both. First Irvine heading clear, then Rowles.
48th min: Peru lose the ball playing it out from the back. Mooy has space briefly but can’t find an option before being shut down. Good pressure from the Socceroos initially.
Second half: We are back underway in Doha. Can Australia maintain their high level in the first half? Or will Peru step it up?
HALF TIME: AUSTRALIA 0-0 PERU – The Socceroos have the better of a first half with not a huge amount of chances for either team. Can the green and gold step up when the South Americans raise their game in the second half?
46th min: There will be one additional minute of added on time.
45th min: From a deep free kick, Wright gets out the back, goal-side, for the flick, but is deemed to be offside. That was an interesting moment. Australia look dangerous from set-pieces.
43rd min: Boyle once again drives a dangerous cross through the area but Peru just manage to clear for a corner. Boyle has been the most dangerous player on the park by some distance.
40th min: Hrustic drives into space once more, feeds out right to the dangerous Boyle. The winger hangs up a cross to the middle of the penalty area, Irvine again wins the header but can’t get any pace or direction on it.
34th min: The Socceroos are giving the ball away too easily in recent minutes. It seems Graham Arnold’s team is starting to tire. It’s now a really crucial period leading into half time.
29th min: Peru have started to settle into the game the last few minutes. You feel as if they are set for a good period to end the half. Australia really went for it early but couldn’t get a breakthrough.
25th min: Australia has been doing most of the attacking in this first half. There hasn’t been a huge amount of clear cut chances. Game is being played at a good pace however.
20th min: Boyle darts in between two defenders on the right. He gets into the box, flings a cross through but Duke can’t quite get there.
16th min: Australia win a corner. Mooy swings it in, Irvine gets his head to the ball first but it balloons over the bar.
13th min: From the resulting free kick, Mat Ryan comes for the cross, then retreats, but the Socceroos scramble the ball clear before Peru can get a shot away.
12th min: YELLOW CARD – Nathaniel Atkinson goes into the book for tugging the shirt of his opponent.
11th min: Been a reasonable start by the green and gold. Plenty of energy and verve in their efforts so far.
7th min: Duke gets another half chance on goal after twisting and turning at the top of the penalty area, but it’s another misdirected shot.
5th min: Rowles is beaten at the front post to the cross but the Peruvian attacker’s header drifts harmlessly into Mat Ryan’s hands.
3rd min: Australia start well with a high press. Duke has an effort at goal from long-range but it’s complete harmless for the Peruvian keeper to deal with.
Kickoff: We are off and running in Doha. Who will reach the World Cup? Australia or Peru?
20 minutes until kickoff: “It won’t be any type of distraction,” says Socceroos boss Graham Arnold about the fact that the stadium will be taken over by Peru fans:
“We’ve played a hell of a lot of games without Australian fans…and we’ve learned how to just get on with it”
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold chats pre-game about calming the storm of Peruvian fans in his sides must win match this morning#AUSvPER pic.twitter.com/txuumQN2mJ
— 10 Football (@10FootballAU) June 13, 2022
20 minutes until kickoff: Here’s the breakdown of both lineups.
“If we give up chances like we did against UAE…I don’t think Peru will be as kind”
We break down the Starting XIs for @Socceroos and @SeleccionPeru and pin-point the danger men for each side.#AUSvPER pic.twitter.com/dnxuJNrgCV
— 10 Football (@10FootballAU) June 13, 2022
30 minutes until kickoff: Atmosphere is already electric for warmups:
SE PONEN A PUNTO
Perú🇵🇪 y Australia🇦🇺 vienen realizando el calentamiento de rigor en el gramado de juego. Choque está pactado para la 1 de la tarde🕐.
📹 @negrinilosabe pic.twitter.com/kys1ih694C
— Ovacion.pe (@ovacionweb) June 13, 2022
45 minutes until kickoff: Peruvian fans will be loud tonight:
Peruvian fans out in Doha in full force! Peru face Australia at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium tonight for a place at #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/aYhf650bOf
— Road to 2022 (@roadto2022en) June 13, 2022
60 minutes until kickoff: Both nations are going for their sixth World Cup appearance. The full list for each follows below:
Tanto Perú como Australia van por su SEXTA participación en una Copa del Mundo🏆
Perú 🇵🇪:
-Uruguay 1930
-México 1970
-Argentina 1978
-España 1982
-Rusia 2018
Australia 🇦🇺:
-Alemania 1974
-Alemania 2006
-Sudáfrica 2010
-Brasil 2014
-Rusia 2018 pic.twitter.com/rgFxvD0KGc
— Pablo Giralt (@giraltpablo) June 13, 2022
90 minutes until kickoff: Here’s a four-minute preview of the match by Australia’s Optus Sport:
“Peru has players in Europe. Australia’s best plays in Frankfurt, and the rest don’t count…” 👀
The Socceroos against South American opponents to get to the World Cup. We’ve seen it before.
Backs to the wall again.@mmescobar_ and @@RenzoGaliano on #AUSvPER.#OptusSport pic.twitter.com/K8C0Vf5bRX
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) June 13, 2022
2 hours until kickoff: Welcome to Sporting News’ live blog for this do-or-die World Cup play-off match! Will it be Australia or Peru booking their ticket to Qatar 2022?
Socceroos vs. Peru lineups
Graham Arnold makes one change from the 2-1 win against the UAE with Mitchell Duke coming on for Craig Goodwin at left wing.
Australia starting XI (4-1-4-1, right to left): 1-Ryan (GK) — 4-Aktinson, 8-Wright, 17-Rowles, 16-Behich — 22-Irvine, 13-Mooy — 6-Boyle, 10-Hrustic, 7-Leckie — 15-Duke
Australia subs (12): 12-Redmayne (GK), 18-Vukovic (GK), 2-Degenek, 20-Sainsbury, 3-Karacic, 5-Genreau, 11-Mabil, 14-McGree, 19-Goodwin, 21-Tilio, 9-MacLaren, 23-D’Agostino
The injury concerns for Peru leading up to the match were real because Yoshimar Yotun, Marcos Lopez and Pedro Aquino are not in the starting lineup. Christofer Gonzales, Miguel Trauco and Renato Tapia take their place in the XI.
Peru starting XI (4-3-3, left to right): 1-Pedro Gallese — 6-Miguel Trauco, 22-Alexander Callens, 5-Carlos Zambrano, 17-Luis Advincula — 16-Christofer Gonzales, 13-Renato Tapia, 8-Sergio Pena — 10-Christian Cueva, 9-Gianluca Lapadula, 8-Andre Carrillo
Peru subs (12): 21-Carvallo (GK), 12-Campos (GK), 3-Corzo, 15-Araujo, 2-Abram, 4-Lopez, 14-Cartagena, 23-Aquino, 19-Calcaterra, 20-Flores, 7-Valera, 11-Ormeno
Australia vs Peru TV channel, live stream
| Country | Date/Time | TV | Stream |
| Australia | Tues, June 14 4 a.m. AEST |
Channel 10 | 10 Play, Paramount+ |
| Canada | Mon, June 13 2 p.m. ET |
TSN 1/5 | TSN GO, TSN Direct |
| UK | Mon, June 13 7 p.m. BST |
— | BBC site/app |
| USA | Mon, June 13 2 p.m. ET |
FS1 (English), Telemundo (Spanish), Universo (Spanish) | fuboTV, Fox Sports GO/app |