All you need to know: All Whites v Socceroos

You wait 11 years for a trans-Tasman men’s football international then another comes along within three days. The All Whites went down 1-0 to Australia’s Socceroos on Thursday night at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane but will have another chance to claim their first win over their neighbours since 2002 at Eden Park in Auckland this afternoon.

AT A GLANCE

Where: Eden Park, Auckland When: today, 4pm

Live coverage: Sky Sport 1, live updates on Stuff

The odds: Australia $2.20, Draw $3.20, All Whites $3.30 Played 65: Australia 41 wins, All Whites 13 wins, 11 draws

The Socceroos have won nine of the past 11 matches, including each of the past five.

Awer Mabil’s first-half goal separated the two teams on Thursday in their first meeting since a 3-0 Australian win in Adelaide in 2011. The All Whites last hosted the Socceroos during the final of the 2002 Oceania Nations Cup and that was also the last time they won a trans-Tasman clash, courtesy of a goal from former captain Ryan Nelsen.

The talk

All Whites coach Danny Hay: ‘‘Winston Reid in particular has been saved and rested [on Thursday]. It’s going to be a big moment for him and a big moment for his friends and family, and for us because he’s been such an integral part of the national team over such a long period. He’s one of those iconic players so we wanted to make sure he was at his best, and hopefully that will be the case’’. Socceroos coach Graham Arnold: ‘‘I wanted to pretty much reward the boys that helped us and gave a lot of sacrifices and got us through the campaign and obviously that’s the older group, and they’re all staying here [in

Australia] or going straight back home [to their clubs], the starting XI – maybe one will stay. Now it’s for the kids’’.