Australia coach Tony Gustavsson is banking on the home crowd to back the Matildas in the FIFA Women’s World Cup semi-final against England on Wednesday.
The 10th-ranked Australia will feature in the semis at a major global tournament for the first time, whereas England qualified for the last four in the previous two FIFA World Cups.
"If you look at rankings they're favourites, if you look at where their players play, they have starting players in top clubs in top leagues all over the world," Gustavsson told reporters on Tuesday.
"Not just the starting 11, down to 15, 16. We have bench players in those teams. We have players playing in mid-table teams in Sweden.
"So if you look at all that and you look at resources, financially, obviously they are massive favourites going into this game.
"But the one thing that we have that they don't have is the support and belief from the fans. That in itself is going to be massive tomorrow."
The home team is likely to have the backing of another sellout crowd of around the 75,000 mark at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Striker Sam Kerr is fit but her place in the starting XI is not confirmed as her workload is still being managed because of the calf injury that made her miss Australia's first three matches.
"There'll be a meeting tonight again to see the best starting 11, the best finishing 11 and whether we plan for 90 minutes or plan for an extra time," he said.
"There'll be some tough decisions again tonight but Sam is definitely available for selection."
The 50-year-old Swede, was an assistant coach for the US teams that clinched the last two World Cups in 2015 and 2019, expects a tight game with possibility of extra-time and penalties.
"All it takes is one moment," he said. "That's why you need to play in every single moment out there ... like that one moment can decide whether you win or lose.
"You need to live in every single moment because that's how small the margins are in the semi-final or final."
