Australia's World Cup preparations step up another notch with the Socceroos playing their first game since arriving in South Africa against Denmark at Ruimsig Stadium in suburban Johannesburg tonight at 10pm AET. Our coverage will begin around 9.45pm.

It will be the very last chance for those on the fringe of the final 23-man World Cup squad to push their case for inclusion with coach Pim Verbeek set to name his final squad after the match. It will also provide those who didn't play in the previous match against New Zealand a chance to get some match practice with the first game against Germany less than a fortnight away.

Australian squad:
1.Mark Schwarzer, 2.Lucas Neill, 3.Craig Moore, 4.Tim Cahill, 5.Jason Culina, 6. Michael Beauchamp, 7.Brett Emerton, 8.Luke Wilkshire, 9.Josh Kennedy, 10.Harry Kewell, 11.Scott Chipperfield, 12.Adam Federici, 13.Vince Grella, 14.Brett Holman, 15.Mile Jedinak, 16. Carl Valeri, 18.Brad Jones, 19.Richard Garcia, 20.Mark Milligan, 21.David Carney, 22.Rhys Williams, 23.Mark Bresciano, 24.Eugene Galekovic, 25.Dario Vidosic, 26.Shane Lowry, 28.James Holland, 30.Tommy Oar, 31.Nikita Rukavytsya,

Denmark squad: 
Goalkeepers: Thomas Sorensen (Stoke City), Stefan Andersen (Brondby), Jesper Christiansen (FC Copenhagen)
Defenders: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Simon Kjaer (Palermo), Per Kroldrup (Fiorentina), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn Rovers), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ), William Kvist Jorgensen (FC Copenhagen), Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga)
Midfielders: Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Christian Eriksen (Ajax), Jakob Poulsen (AGF), Martin Jorgensen (AGF), Mikkel Beckmann (Randers), Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen), Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Jesper Gronkjaer (FC Copenhagen)
Forwards: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Soeren Larsen (Duisburg).

Head-to-head
Played 1, Wins: Denmark 1, Australia 0

Previous meeting
Australia 1, Denmark 3. London, February 2007

Past five matches:
Australia:
Australia 2, New Zealand 1, Melbourne, May 24, 2010
Australia 1, Indonesia 0, Brisbane, March 3, 2010
Kuwait 2, Australia 2, Kuwait City, January 6, 2010
Oman 1, Australia 2, Muscat, November 14, 2009
Australia 1, Oman 0, Melbourne, October 14, 2009

Denmark:
Denmark 2, Senegal 0, Aalborg, May 28, 2010
Austria 2, Denmark 1, Vienna, March 4, 2010
Thailand 0, Denmark 3, Thailand, January 23, 2010
Denmark 5, Singapore 1, Thailand, January 20, 2010
Poland 1, Denmark 3, Thailand, January 27, 2010