The two nations lock horns in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte on Saturday morning (11am AEST).

A lot of the talk in the lead-up to the match was about the Matildas’ famous 1-0 victory over Brazil in the 2015 World Cup Round of 16 match in Moncton.

But when the idea of revenge came into the picture, Stajcic opted to bring up all the past encounters.

“I’ve got a long memory too – in the 2004 Olympics Brazil beat Australia. In the 2007 World Cup Brazil knocked out Australia and I watched that game. In 2011 (World Cup) Brazil beat Australia, so my memory is a bit longer than just last year,” Stajcic said.

“At the end of the day all these matches are just history and there’s a very good rivalry between the two teams, but none of those matches affect tomorrow’s game.

“Whoever comes here tomorrow night and plays the better game will win. There’s an excellent rivalry between the two and it’s always very close matches.

"Whoever plays better on the day will win.”

Organisers have already sold 30,000 tickets for the game, and the Matildas boss urged locals to turn up for the match, despite the 10pm kick off, local time.

Stajcic admitted the Brazilians will create an electric atmosphere but was confident the Australians will be unaffected.

“Whether it’s an advantage or disadvantage, it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day the crowd are here to support the game, they don’t play the game,” he said.

“On the field it’s 11 v 11 and that’s the main thing.

“Hopefully more people come and support women’s football, so the bigger the crowd for me the better.”

Matildas keeper Lydia Williams currently plays for NWSL side Houston Dash and could face club teammates Poliana and Andressinha on Saturday morning.

Brazil head into this game favourites as host nation but Williams believes that may work in the Australians favour.

“I think all Australian teams relish the fact they’re seen as underdogs, so I think leading into this game, we’ve proved we can battle with the best, but we’re still considered underdogs,” Williams said.

“Australia’s such a long way from everywhere, so we don’t get to travel with a huge group of supporters, but the ones who do are very close to us.

“We have family who have watched our careers a long time and it doesn’t matter how many people we have cheering against us or for us, we’re just going to perform to the best of our abilities.”