Saudi Arabia vs Iraq match stats & report

1–0 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 7 · King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah · Ref Valentin Kovalenko, Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia stats & fixtures · Iraq stats & fixtures

Saudi Arabia beat Iraq 1–0 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 7) on 28 March 2017. Iraq had 51% of the ball.

Saudi Arabia vs Iraq match statistics

Saudi ArabiaIraq

49% Ball possession 51%
5 Total shots 7
1 Shots on target 3
4 Shots off target 4
6 Corners 9
7 Fouls 13
3 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
3 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

53' Goal Yahia Al Shehri (assist Nawaf Al Abid) Saudi Arabia
66' Yellow card Saudi Arabia
74' Yellow card S. Al Faraj Saudi Arabia

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Saudi Arabia

Confirmed B. van Marwijk

22 Yasser Al Mosailem —
3 Osama Hawsawi Defender
2 Mansour Al Harbi —
13 Yasir Al Shahrani —
5 Omar Hawsawi Defender
17 Taisir Al Jassim —
11 Abdulmalek Al Khaibri Midfielder
8 Yahia Al Shehri —
18 Nawaf Al Abid —
7 S. Al Faraj Midfielder
10 Mohammad Al Sahlawi —

Bench Mohammed Al Burayk , Salman Al Moasher , Nasser Al Shamrani , Hassan Muath Fallatah , Motaz Hawsawi , Mohammed Al Fatil , Hussain Al Mogahwi , Hassan Kadish , Abdullah Al Muaiouf , Waleed Abdullah , Naif Hazazi , Abdulmajeed Al Ruwaili

Iraq

Confirmed Radhi Shenaishil

20 Mohammed Hameed —
2 Ahmed Ibrahim —
15 Dhurgham Ismail Defender
22 Rebin Solaka —
6 A. Adnan Defender
17 Alaa Ali Mhawi —
9 Ahmed Yasin Ghani Mousa Attacker
21 Saad Abdul Ameer Midfielder
11 Amjed Attwan —
7 Hammadi Ahmad —
8 Mohannad Abdulraheem —

Bench Ali Husni , Ala'a Abdul Zahra , Mahdi Kamil , Mohammed Gassid , Jalal Hassan Hachim , Amjad Kalaf , Mohammed Jabbar Shwkan , Bashar Rasan Bonyan , Ali Faez Atiyah , Waleed Salim , Mustafa Nadhim , Ali Bahjat Fadhil

Form guide

Saudi Arabia at home

4–4–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 2.3 per game
Shots on target: 1.8 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Iraq away

1–3–3 in 7 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 2.0 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 7
Corners: 3.2 per game
Shots on target: 1.8 per game

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Saudi Arabia vs Iraq head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
6 Sep 16	Iraq v Saudi Arabia	1–2

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Saudi Arabia vs Iraq head-to-head record