LIVE: Matildas veteran strikes in tense first half

Australia cannot judge what has happened!

After moving truthful hard to get the lead, the Matildas concede an equaliser with virtually the past footwear of the archetypal half.

It's a deflected shot into the container and Uchenna Kanu knocks it successful astatine the backmost post.

Work to bash for Tony Gustavsson's team! It's 1-1 heading into the half.

EMILY VAN EGMOND STRIKES!

What an inclusion from Tony Gustavsson!

The seasoned No.10 was brought successful for the injured Mary Fowler and she finishes brilliantly aft a nie shot into the container from Caitlin Foord.

Van Egmond runs consecutive to the arms of Sam Kerr to observe that goal.

Australia breathes a immense suspiration of alleviation aft a investigating archetypal half.

Hayley Raso misses a immense chance!

She finds herself connected the backmost station arsenic the shot is floated successful and gets her footwear to it but is incapable to usher it home.

Nigeria survives for now, but Australia is opening to drawstring immoderate existent bully shot together. They've had 67 per cent of the shot successful the past 10 minutes.

We're inactive 0-0 arsenic we tick implicit 32 minutes into this one. 

This is not bully for the Matildas, Cortnee Vine is connected the turf and she's taking a portion to get up.

She landed awkwardly aft a coming-together with a Nigerian hostile and looks to beryllium dealing with a spot of whiplash.

The Matildas tin ill-afford different wounded stroke with some Sam Kerr and Mary Fowler already sidelined.

Vine is forced to bash an on-field concussion trial by the Matildas aesculapian unit but looks to person travel done it well.

Matildas skipper Steph Catley with the archetypal large accidental arsenic the Nigerian keeper is forced into a bully save!

Catley got the shot backmost aft a country and was afforded acold excessively overmuch abstraction connected the close wing, and Nigeria is precise fortunate that she's not scored there.

Early informing shot.

It's been a agleam commencement from Nigeria successful this one, with the Aussie defence forced into immoderate enactment successful the opening 5 minutes.

End to extremity worldly present successful Brisbane.

Nigeria kicks disconnected and we're underway present astatine Suncorp Stadium!

The Matildas kicking to the close of surface successful the archetypal half, portion the Super Eagles volition footwear to the left.

We're conscionable minutes distant from the kick-off present arsenic the Matildas and Nigeria hole for the Welcome to Country and the 2 nationalist anthems.