The green and gold begin their campaign for Qatar with a tough trip to the Middle East.

Australia start the process to qualify for the 2022 World Cup with a match on the road against Kuwait on Wednesday (AEST).

The green and gold will be bidding to make their fifth consecutive appearance at the tournament, which will be held during the winter months in Qatar during 2022.

Both sides will be keen to get off to a flying start in a qualifying group also featuring Jordan, Chinese Taipei and Nepal.

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Australia will be hot favourites to start their World Cup qualifying campaign with three points as they meet Kuwait in the Middle Eastern nation's capital on Wednesday (AEST).

In a swashbuckling performance last time they met when the Socceroos crushed the Kuwaitis 4-0 with Apostolos Giannou, Tom Rogic, Awer Mabil and an own goal doing the damage during the October 2018 friendly.

The 156th-ranked Kuwait side have already started their path to Qatar with a 7-0 thrashing of Nepal last week and are currently equal-top of Group B alongside Jordan.

Centre-half Trent Sainsbury feels the squad is starting to gel after another period of training together and talked of a positive feeling among the team leading into the match.

"I think any time together as a group is always good," Sainsbury said. "It is always special when you come into these camps.

"We have got a good core group of players together now, a lot younger than what we have had in the past. So I think any time together over a certain time period is always good for us.

"And leading into this campaign as a World Cup qualifier it is always nice to kick it off with a few extra days in camp together.

"Leading into this game we are feeling really good and together as a team there is a good bond there."