Saudi Arabia vs China
Ref: O. Al Ali
Match recap
Saudi Arabia beat China 1–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Asia fixture. Salem Al Dawsari scored for Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia held 80% possession to 20% for China.
First Half
21'
Wang Shangyuan
Yellow Card
VAR
Goal cancelled
45+1'
Lin Liangming
Red Card
⇄
Hassan Kadesh
45'
⇄
Jiang Guangtai
Second Half
46'
⇄
Cao Yongjing
46'
⇄
Gao Zhunyi
⚽
Salem Al Dawsari
Assist: Saud Abdulhamid
⇄
Saud Abdulhamid
63'
⇄
Zhang Yuning
63'
⇄
Wei Shihao
⇄
Musab Al Juwayr
⇄
Feras Al Brikan
⇄
Nasser Al Dawsari
90+1'
⇄
Xie Wenneng
Match Statistics
Saudi ArabiaChina
13Won
Statistical edge
13–2
battles won across 16 metrics
Attack6 · 0 won
19
Shots
4
7
Shots on target
0
16
Shots in the box
3
3
Shots outside box
1
8
Shots off goal
0
5
Corners
3
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
80%
Possession
20%
743
Total passes
187
677
Accurate passes
128
91%
Pass accuracy
68%
Discipline3 · 1 won
4
Fouls
9
0
Yellow cards
1
0
Red cards
1
5
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
7
4
Blocked shots
4
Saudi Arabia
4-4-2China
4-2-3-1Saudi Arabia
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1Nawaf Al AqidiG
- 6Nasser Al DawsariM
- 7Musab Al JuwayrF
- 9Feras Al BrikanF
- 10Salem Al DawsariM
- 12Saud AbdulhamidD
- 13Nawaf BoushalD
- 14Hassan KadeshD
- 15Ayman YahyaM
- 16Faisal Al GhamdiM
- 17Hassan TambaktiD
Substitutes
- 2Muhannad Al ShanqitiD
- 3Saad Al MosaD
- 4Ali LajamiD
- 5J. Thakri
- 8Marwan Al SahafiM
- 11Abdullah Al HamdanF
- 18Muhannad Al SaadM
- 19Turki Al AmmarM
- 20Abdullah Al SalemF
- 21Hamed Abdullah YousefG
- 22Ahmed Al KassarG
- 23Ziyad Al JohaniM
China
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2Jiang GuangtaiD
- 3Gao ZhunyiD
- 4Li LeiD
- 6Wang ShangyuanM
- 9Zhang YuningF
- 10Wei ShihaoM
- 11Lin LiangmingM
- 14Wang DaleiG
- 16Jiang ShenglongD
- 19Cao YongjingM
- 20Xie WennengM
Substitutes
- 1Yan JunlingG
- 5Wei ZhenD
- 7Xu HaoyangM
- 8Li YuanyiM
- 12Liu DianzuoG
- 13Hu HetaoD
- 15Yang ZexiangD
- 17SerginhoM
- 18Han PengfeiD
- 21Wang HaijianM
- 22Wang ZimingF
- 23Behram AbduweliF
Saudi Arabia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Al-Dawsari(C) | M | 90 | 8.5 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2/2 |
| Saud Abdulhamid | D | 54 | 8.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3/4 |
| Nasser Al-Dawsari | M | 85 | 8.0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3/3 |
| Hassan Al Tambakti | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Ayman Yahya | M | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2/4 |
| Firas Al-Buraikan | F | 73 | 7.7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Nawaf Boushal | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/3 |
| Musab Al Juwayr | F | 72 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Faisal Al-Ghamdi | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hassan Kadesh | D | 45 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nawaf Al-Aqidi | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jehad Thakri | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saad Al-Mousa | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamed Al-Shanqiti | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ziyad Aljohani | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muhannad Al Saad | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Turki Al-Ammar | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ahmed Al-Kassar | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abdullah Al-Hamdan | F | 18 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Muhannad Shanqeeti | D | 36 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ali Lajami | D | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abdullah Al-Salem | F | 17 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marwan Alsahafi | M | 9 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
China
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalei Wang(C) | G | 90 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lei Li | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuning Zhang | F | 63 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Shangyuan Wang | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Zhunyi Gao | D | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyias Browning | D | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yongjing Cao | M | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shihao Wei | M | 63 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Shenglong Jiang | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wenneng Xie | M | 89 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Liangming Lin | M | 46 | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Serginho | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ziming Wang | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haijian Wang | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dianzuo Liu | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zhen Wei | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junling Yan | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hetao Hu | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pengfei Han | D | 45 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuanyi Li | M | 27 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Zexiang Yang | D | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baihelamu Abuduwaili | F | 45 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Haoyang Xu | M | 27 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |


