Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has made no changes to his starting XI for this evening's match with Australia at the World Cup.

The same lineup that hammered Spain 5-1 in their opening game of the tournament last week will take to the field in Porto Alegre.

Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben all feature for the Dutch, who can take a big step towards the second round if they defeat the Socceroos.

Meanwhile, Australia have made two changes following their opening loss to Chile as Ryan McGowan and Matt McKay come in for Mark Milligan and the injured Ivan Franjic.

Australia: Ryan; Wilkinson, Davidson, McGowan, Spiranovic; Oar, Jedinak, McKay, Bresciano; Cahill; Leckie
Subs: Langerak, Galekovic, Wright, Luongo, Milligan, Holland, Vidosic, Bozanic, Troisi, Halloran, Taggart

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Netherlands: Cillessen; Janmaat, Vlaar, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind; De Guzman, De Jong, Sneijder; Robben, Van Persie
Subs: Vorm, Krul, Verhaegh, Veltman, Kongolo, Depay, Lens, Clasie, Wijnaldum, Fer, Kuyt, Huntelaar

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Written by
Jack Prescott