The Socceroos will get a good look at their first Asian Cup enemies on Thursday night when little-known Arab opponents Oman unveil themselves within sight of Australia's spies.

A 10-minute drive from their hotel is all it will take for Socceroos coach Graham Arnold and his coaching staff to be in position to watch Oman take on North Korea in a friendly match in Singapore.

The Australians readily admit they know little about Oman - an Arab nation ranked 74 in the world - whom they play in their Asian Cup opener on July 8 in Bangkok.

But as the Socceroos continue their pre-tournament training camp in Singapore, Oman will play North Korea and Saudi Arabia in friendlies over the next few days, allowing Australia a much-needed glimpse of what lies ahead.

"We have the staff, the scouts, to go have a look," Socceroos midfielder Mark Bresciano said.

"They'll bring us back as much information as we can so we can get an idea of what we're going to be facing."

Oman are the seventh ranked side in Asia - four spots below the Socceroos and above Iraq, the team most believe will prove Australia's trickiest group opponent.

Meanwhile, Bresciano hopes to train fully on Thursday after a knee setback which has reduced his training workload at the camp.

Bresciano's keenness to be rock-hard fit for Saturday's friendly match against Singapore meant he decided to embark on some solo training while on a rare visit home to Melbourne to see his family last week.

Instead, two stints using a treadmill have left him running behind his teammates as he battles inflammation around the patella tendon.

"I'm the only one to blame. When I was in Australia having a break I had a couple of running sessions on the treadmill and that was the main cause of this problem," Bresciano said.

"One day I woke up and I was struggling to walk, getting pains in my knee.

"It's probably a different style of running, a different mechanism with the treadmill.

"(The knee's) coming up good - it's not 100 per cent but we're getting there."

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