Match Report
10 points and 1 places separated them: Australia 1st with 18, Palestine 2nd with 8. Palestine had been under-performing their position — 26th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Australia were scoring 3.67 and conceding 0, Palestine 1 and 1, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Australia, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Australia led 3-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
Australia: 5 goals with no recorded scorer