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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2022 - Round 4 - Groupe B 2e phase

King Abdullah Sports City - Jeddah - Saudi Arabia

October 12, 2021

54 124

Saudi Arabia

3 - 2

China

(right foot) Sami Al Najai

15'

Assist by Sultan Al Ghanam (left foot) Sami Al Najai

38'

Assist by Mohamed Kanno (right foot) Firas Al Birakan

72'

46'

Aloisio (right foot) Assist by Alan

87'

Xi Wu (left foot)

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15' - Goal Sami Al Najai15

38' - Goal Sami Al Najai38

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46' - Goal Aloisio photo Alan

46' - Substitution Ang Liis substituted by Alan photo Aloisio

46' - Substitution Jingdao Jinis substituted by Aloisio

60' - Substitution Zhongguo Chiis substituted by Xizhe Zhang photo Elkeson

60' - Substitution Yuning Zhangis substituted by Elkeson

69' - Substitution Mohammed Al Owaisis substituted by Fawaz Al Qarni photo Firas Al Birakan

69' - Substitution Saleh Al Shehriis substituted by Firas Al Birakan69

72' - Goal Firas Al Birakan72

75' - Substitution Saud Abdul Hamidis substituted by Ali Al Bulayhi photo Abdulrahman Al Obod

75' - Substitution Sami Al Najaiis substituted by Abdulrahman Al Obod75

81' - Substitution Linpeng Zhangis substituted by Zhunyi Gao

87' - Yellow card Abdulelah Al Malki87

87' - Goal Xi Wu

96' - Substitution Abdulelah Al Malkiis substituted by Ali Al Hassan96

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Saudi Arabia

3 - 2

China

Saudi Arabia China

Team line-ups

Saudi Arabia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Al Shehri69

Saleh Al Shehri

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/11/1993

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

16Al Najai381575

Sami Al Najai

Saudi Arabia

B.date07/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

7Al Faraj

Salman Al Faraj

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/08/1989

Age32 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

19Al Muwallad

Fahd Al Muwallad

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Al Malki90+687

Abdulelah Al Malki

Saudi Arabia

B.date11/10/1994

Age27 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

23Kanno

Mohamed Kanno

Saudi Arabia

B.date22/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

12Abdul Hamid75

Saud Abdul Hamid

Saudi Arabia

B.date18/07/1999

Age22 years

H1m65

positionRight full-back

3Madu

Abdullah Madu

Saudi Arabia

B.date15/07/1993

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

17Al Amri

Abdulelah Al Amri

Saudi Arabia

B.date15/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Al Ghanam

Sultan Al Ghanam

Saudi Arabia

B.date06/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

21Al Owais69

Mohammed Al Owais

Saudi Arabia

B.date10/10/1991

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Mohammed Al Owais	69	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abdullah Madu		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Abdulelah Al Amri		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Saud Abdul Hamid	75	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sultan Al Ghanam		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Abdulelah Al Malki	90+687	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Salman Al Faraj		32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Mohamed Kanno		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sami Al Najai	381575	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Fahd Al Muwallad		27	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Saleh Al Shehri	69	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

China

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Y. Zhang60

Yuning Zhang

China

B.date05/01/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

7Lei Wu

Lei Wu

China

B.date19/11/1991

Age29 years

H1m72

positionVersatile Forward

3S. Wang

Shenchao Wang

China

B.date08/02/1989

Age32 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

15Xi Wu87

Xi Wu

China

B.date19/02/1989

Age32 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

19Chi60

Zhongguo Chi

China

B.date26/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

13Jin46

Jingdao Jin

China

B.date18/01/1992

Age29 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

5L. Zhang81

Linpeng Zhang

China

B.date09/05/1989

Age32 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

2Li46

Ang Li

China

B.date15/09/1993

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6Browning

Tyias Browning

China

B.date27/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

14Zhu

Chenjie Zhu

China

B.date23/08/2000

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

1Yan

Junling Yan

China

B.date28/01/1991

Age30 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Junling Yan		30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ang Li	46	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Chenjie Zhu		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Linpeng Zhang	81	32	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tyias Browning		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Shenchao Wang		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Jingdao Jin	46	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Xi Wu	87	32	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Zhongguo Chi	60	31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Yuning Zhang	60	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Lei Wu		29	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Fawaz Al Qarni	69	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
1	G	Zaid Al Bawardi		24
5	D	Ali Al Bulayhi	75	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mohamed Al Khabrani		27
13	D	Hussain Qasim		24
14	M	Ali Al Hassan	90+6	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nasser Al Dawsari		22
15	M	Ayman Yahya		20
9	F	Firas Al Birakan	7269	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Abdulrahman Al Obod	75	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Abdulrahman Ghareeb		24
10	F	Mohamed Al Kuwaykibi		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Dianzuo Liu		31
23	G	Dalei Wang		32
4	D	Zhunyi Gao	81	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Dabao Yu		33
8	M	Xin Xu		27
20	M	Qiuming Wang		28
10	M	Xizhe Zhang	60	30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Aloisio	4646	33	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Elkeson	60	32	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Alan	46	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Tianyu Guo		22
17	F	Binbin Liu		28

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Saud Abdul Hamid

Yaser Al Shahrani

OUT

Sami Al Najai

Abdulrahman Ghareeb

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Zhongguo Chi

Xizhe Zhang

OUT

Ang Li

Elkeson

OUT

Chenjie Zhu

Gang Wang

OUT

Jingdao Jin

Binbin Liu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hervé Renard

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Renard vs China

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2021

Renard vs Li

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Tie Li

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Li vs Saudi Arabia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2021

Li vs Renard

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2021

Referee

Ilgiz Tantashev

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Saudi Arabia3 matches	General total	China3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Saudi Arabia2 matches	Season total	China1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 30, 2024					Latest figure on October 12, 2021

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Key figures

End of streak for Saudi Arabia after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs China at home (since 03/10/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/12/1988 (2 matches)

It's the first time Firas Al Birakan scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Saudi Arabia keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a loss vs China running (since 06/11/1997). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/01/1994 (3 matches)

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Saudi Arabia	12 pts	4 rd
-1	2	Australia	9 pts	4 rd
+1	3	Oman	6 pts	4 rd
-1	4	Japan	6 pts	4 rd
	5	China	3 pts	4 rd

General ranking

-1	2	Australia	9 pts	4 rd
+1	3	Oman	6 pts	4 rd
-1	4	Japan	6 pts	4 rd
	5	China	3 pts	4 rd
	6	Vietnam	0 pt	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSaudi Arabia 5-0 Palestine30/03/2021

VSaudi Arabia 3-0 Yemen05/06/2021

VSingapore 0-3 Saudi Arabia11/06/2021

VSaudi Arabia 3-0 Uzbekistan15/06/2021

VSaudi Arabia 3-1 Vietnam02/09/2021

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Japan07/10/2021

Overall

VSaudi Arabia 3-0 Yemen05/06/2021

VSingapore 0-3 Saudi Arabia11/06/2021

VSaudi Arabia 3-0 Uzbekistan15/06/2021

VSaudi Arabia 3-1 Vietnam02/09/2021

VOman 0-1 Saudi Arabia07/09/2021

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Japan07/10/2021

Current form

Away

VThailand 0-2 China02/06/2018

LQatar 1-0 China07/09/2018

DBahrain 0-0 China10/09/2018

VMaldives 0-5 China10/09/2019

DPhilippines 0-0 China15/10/2019

LSouth Korea 1-0 China15/12/2019

Overall

VChina 2-0 Philippines07/06/2021

VChina 5-0 Maldives11/06/2021

VChina 3-1 Syria15/06/2021

LAustralia 3-0 China02/09/2021

LChina 0-1 Japan07/09/2021

VChina 3-2 Vietnam07/10/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	8
Unbeaten streak	7	8
Drawless streak	9	15
Scoring streak	9	10
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	11
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	5
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
0.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	5-0 (1 times)

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Salem Al Dawsari	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Lei Wu
Fahd Al Muwallad	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Elkeson
Salem Al Dawsari	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Lei Wu
Salem Al Dawsari	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Elkeson
Fahd Al Muwallad	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Hongbo Yin
Saleh Al Shehri	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Firas Al Birakan	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	10 goals, 2 assists during the last 11 matches	Lei Wu

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

10 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

1 d

5 l

5 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

4 d

7 l

22 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

5 v

1 d

1 l

9 gf

5 ga

Away

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

10 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

4 d

7 l

21 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 04, 2009
Home	2 - 0	December 16, 1984

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 13, 1994
Away	4 - 2	November 12, 1981

Latest head to head

January 10, 2015 - Coupe d'Asie 2015

Saudi Arabia

0 - 1

China

November 19, 2013 - Eliminatoires Coupe d'Asie 2015

China

0 - 0

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

February 06, 2013 - Eliminatoires Coupe d'Asie 2015

Saudi Arabia

2 - 1

China

June 04, 2009 - Rencontres amicales 2009

China

1 - 4

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

October 04, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Saudi Arabia

2 - 0

China

Best historical scorers against China

Naif Hazazi	2 goals	2009 - 2013
Sami Al Jaber	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Mohamed Noor	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Abdulaziz Al Saran	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Hamza Idris	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Majed Abdullah Mohammed	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Saudi Arabia

Ning Jiang	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Xuri Zhao	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Hai Yu	1 goal	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs China

Mohamed Al Deayea	6 matches	1994 - 2000
Naif Hazazi	4 matches	2009 - 2015
Osama Hawsawi	4 matches	2009 - 2015
Waleed Abdullah Ali	4 matches	2009 - 2015
Hassan Muath Fallatah	3 matches	2009 - 2013
Taiseer Al Jassam	3 matches	2009 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Saudi Arabia

Zhi Zheng	4 matches	2009 - 2015
Hai Yu	3 matches	2009 - 2015
Lin Gao	3 matches	2009 - 2013
Dabao Yu	2 matches	2013 - 2013
Xu Yang	2 matches	2013 - 2015
Ning Jiang	2 matches	2009 - 2013