The final will be the the eighth sell-out crowd for a tournament infamously labelled a 'lemon' by AFL club Collingwood's president, Eddie McGuire.

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Among the numbers that have far exceeded the expectation of tournament organisers and critics alike are the 561,178 fans that have attended 30 matches over 21 days in five cities.

SOLD OUT!! One nation will #MakeHistory at #AC2015 in front of a full house at Stadium Australia! #ACFinal pic.twitter.com/qwBtYyQFVa — AFC Asian Cup (@afcasiancup) January 30, 2015

Five of the eight sell-outs were for Socceroos games.

Final sold out. 80,000 + hundreds of millions of viewers. Wonderful. Great occasion for Australia, Australian sport, Australian football — Craig Foster (@Craig_Foster) January 30, 2015

Ange Postecoglou's entertaining team has attracted more than 190,000 fans to its five matches in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle, at an average of 38,233 fans per game.

ASIAN CUP IN NUMBERS: AUSTRALIA & SOUTH KOREA



Games won: Australia 4 Korea Republic 5

Games lost: Australia 1 Korea Republic 0

Goals scored: Australia 12 Korea Republic 7

Goals conceded: Australia 2 Korea Republic 0

Shots on target: Australia 35 Korea Republic 29

Shots off target: Australia 35 Korea Republic 20

Leading scorers: Australia Tim Cahill 3 Korea Republic Son Heung-min 2 Lee Jeong-hyeop 2

Clean sheets: Australia 3 Korea Republic 5

Shots faced: Australia 17 Korea Republic 14

Passing accuracy: Australia 86.7 per cent Korea Republic 81.9 per cent

Fouls won: Australia 52 Korea Republic 83

Fouls conceded: Australia 77 Korea Republic 61

Yellow cards: Australia 8 Korea Republic 10

Red cards: Australia 0 Korea Republic 0