Socceroos coach Holger Osieck is set to reward the players who secured a 1-1 draw with Japan last week by keeping the same starting side for Tuesday night's World Cup qualifier against Jordan in Melbourne.

Fairfax Media understands the German coach has already decided against making any changes, despite the availability of regular starters Alex Brosque and Mile Jedinak, who were absent in Saitama due to injury. There has also been a strong push for striker Josh Kennedy to get game time at Docklands Stadium, but if he does feature, it will only be from the bench.

As usual, Osieck wasn't giving much away at the pre-match media conference on Monday.

''In football, you never look back, and the only thing you get from looking back is a sore neck, so I look ahead because Jordan is a different game,'' he said. ''I don't think it's the right time for a team meeting now, to give some tactical instructions, but there's always a number of options in how to operate.''