Mathew Ryan vs Mile Jedinak
Australia against Australia. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Mathew Ryan
Australia · 2013–25 · GK
- Almanac rating
- 84
- Rank in Australia
- #9 of 33
- Caps
- 101 · 0 goals
- Clubs
- Central Coast Mariners, Club Brugge K.V., Brighton & Hove Albion
Ryan was winning his hundredth cap in Jeddah on 10 June 2025 when he beat out Salem Al-Dawsari's penalty in the 84th minute, and Australia held on to win 2-1 and reach a sixth straight World Cup. He won the 2015 Asian Cup at home and its Golden Glove, the Belgian Cup with Club Brugge, the A-League double with Central Coast in 2013, and kept two clean sheets in Qatar, a Socceroos record at a World Cup. Career record: 101 caps and 0 goals for Australia; club career at Central Coast Mariners, Club Brugge K.V., Brighton & Hove Albion.
Mile Jedinak
Australia · 2013–19 · CDM
- Almanac rating
- 85
- Rank in Australia
- #5 of 33
- Caps
- 79 · 20 goals
- Clubs
- Sydney United, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa
Everything Australia needed in the Honduras second leg on 15 November 2017 came off his boot: a free kick that clipped the wall on 54 minutes and two penalties for a 3-1 win and a fourth straight World Cup. He captained Australia to the 2015 Asian Cup, scored 20 goals in 79 caps, two of them at World Cups, led Crystal Palace up through the 2013 playoff final and went up again with Aston Villa in 2019. Career record: 79 caps and 20 goals for Australia; club career at Sydney United, Crystal Palace, Aston Villa.
The verdict
The almanac puts Mile Jedinak ahead by 1 rating point, 85 against 84.
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