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2018 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Round Three
Saudi Arabia
3-1-0
, 10 PTS
2
Australia
2-2-0
, 8 PTS
2
Taisir Al-Jassim
- 5'
Nassir Al-Shamrani
- 79'
Trent Sainsbury
- 45'
Tomi Juric
- 71'
Summary
Report
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
KSA
AUS
No.
Name
21
Yasser Al Mosailem
2
Mansour Al-Harbi
3
Osama Hawsawi
12
Hassan Muath Fallatah
5
Omar Othman
16
Motaz Hawsawi
7
Salman Al-Faraj
17
Taisir Al-Jassim
11
Abdulmalek Al Khaibri
20
Nawaf Al-Abid
9
Naif Hazazi
15
Nassir Al-Shamrani
8
Yahya Alshehri
19
Fahad Al-Muwallad
Substitutes
1
Waleed Ali
--
Mohammed Al-Owais
--
Mohammed Al Burayk
23
Mohammed Al-Fatil
--
Hasan Kadesh
--
Abdul Aziz Al-Jebreen
--
Salmon Al Moasher
18
Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili
--
Hussain Al Mogahwi
Game Information
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
6:45 PM, 6 October 2016
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Hashim Al Abdullah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Asian champs Australia held by Saudis
AFC World Cup Qualifying
May 17, 2023, 05:55 am - ESPN staff
Match Timeline
Saudi Arabia
Australia
5
23
45
45+2
54
61
66
70
71
79
85
86
FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings
Team
GP
W
D
L
GD
P
South Korea
4
3
1
0
+5
10
Jordan
4
2
1
1
+4
7
Iraq
4
2
1
1
+1
7
Oman
4
1
0
3
-3
3
Kuwait
4
0
3
1
-4
3
Palestine
4
0
2
2
-3
2
WCQ - AFC News
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In Son Heung-Min's absence, Oh Hyeon-Gyu stakes claim to be South Korea's main man in attack
South Korea's recent struggles to settle on their first-choice striker might just have been solved by Oh Hyeon-Gyu.