Dhaka, November 15: The Australian football team arrives at Dhaka to play their away match of the Fifa World cup Qualifiers against Bangladesh at 6:00 pm on Monday. The match will be played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.

The Socceroos are preparing in Singapore before heading to the Bangladeshi capital on Monday.

Socceroos defender Trent Sainsbury said to Sky News the team still have to be professionals despite heading into Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Bangladesh as unbackable favourites.

Security threats aside, Australia should have no problems accounting for Bangladesh, the world's 180th-ranked side, having waltzed to an easy 5-0 victory in their last meeting in September at Perth's nib Stadium.

On that night, the Bengal Tigers could barely keep up with the Socceroos, who broke whatever feint resistance they had with three goals inside the first 20 minutes.

Heavy losses to Kyrgyzstan, Jordan and Tajikistan followed, leaving Bangladesh dead last on the Group B ladder and officially out of the World Cup reckoning.

'Bangladesh is probably a young footballing nation, I guess,' said Sainsbury, who wasn't part of the team that faced them in his home town of Perth.

'They're only going to get better with time, but it's going to be a while before they start challenging the better teams in Asia.'

'I think they're going to sit off with quite a few numbers behind the ball and we're going to have the majority of possession.'

'I don't think they're going to trouble too much in terms of going forward but, at the same time, we've got to pay them a little bit of respect on their home ground.'

'(Coach) Ange (Postecoglou) keeps pointing out to us that you're there wearing the green and gold, so be professional.'

Their trip comes little more than a month after Cricket Australia cancelled a planned two-Test tour of Bangladesh due to concerns about possible terrorist attacks against Australian interests.