{"id":520080,"date":"2026-03-05T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520080\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:17:09","slug":"australia-matildas-vs-iran-at-womens-asian-cup-live-updates-and-scores-team-news-mary-fowler-starts-start-time-aedt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/520080\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Matildas vs Iran at Women\u2019s Asian Cup live updates and scores, team news, Mary Fowler starts, start time AEDT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Matildas are trying to clinch a spot in the Women\u2019s Asian Cup knockout stage with a win tonight over Iran. Starts at 8pm AEDT!<\/p>\n<p>MATCH CENTRE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/la-liga\/match?matchid=WAC20260202\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Australia\u2019s Matildas vs Iran at Women\u2019s Asian Cup live scores and updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the biggest Aussie sports &amp; the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgeneric-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-grc-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Australia has made five changes from the side that struggled to break through the Philippines\u2019 defence in a 1-0 win in Perth earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>That includes Mary Fowler starting for the first time in over a year while Steph Catley has been benched.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussies are favoured to get the job done tonight and book a group-deciding match against South Korea on Sunday night in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The South Koreans have won both of their matches at this tournament 3-0 meaning the Matildas could do with a boost to their goal difference, or else they\u2019ll need to win on Sunday to win the group.<\/p>\n<p>Australia XI: Chloe Lincoln (GK), Courtney Nevin, Clare Hunt, Ellie Carpenter, Alanna Kennedy, Charlie Rule, Emily van Egmond, Amy Sayer, Mary Fowler, Sam Kerr, Caitlin Foord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Matildas are trying to clinch a spot in the Women\u2019s Asian Cup knockout stage with a win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-520080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}