A champion at a 13 000-seat ground
The final round takes Australia to Al Shabab Stadium, the smallest venue at the tournament and one that holds less than a fifth of the crowd they played in front of when they won this competition at home in 2015. Both Group D matches are played simultaneously, as the last round of a group always is.
Tajikistan will arrive at this fixture knowing exactly what it is worth, because the arithmetic in a four-team group is usually settled by the last round. Their quarter-final run in 2023 came at a first attempt and against expectations, and repeating anything like it starts with getting out of this group.
Australia have six Asian Cup appearances and one title, a strike rate three of the eight champions here beat and one more matches exactly. What they have not done since 2015 is go deep again, and a group stage that ends at a small ground in Riyadh is where that either starts to change or does not.
Australia 
Singapore
Tajikistan 
Iraq