SYDNEY. Australia and Saudi Arabia didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday..
The match was played at the Marconi Stadium stadium in Sydney on Thursday and it started at 9:10 am local time. The referee was Hyung-Jin Ko with the support of Sang-Jun Park and Jae-Yeol Yoon. The 4th official was Woo-Sung Kim. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 14.7 degrees Celsius or 58.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 12 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 79 Attack 70
- 59 Dangerous attack 31
- 65 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 0
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 1
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Australia was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Saudi Arabia that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Australia was was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Australia to win the match.
Australia shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Saudi Arabia shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Australia received 1 yellow card (A. Nabbout). On the other side, Saudi Arabia received 2 yellow cards (A. Albulayhi and A. Al Amri).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Australia will have 10 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Saudi Arabia will have 13 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Asia, Australia will play away with China PR on the 16th of November with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Australia (1 draw).
Saudi Arabia will play away agasint Vietnam on the 16th of November with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Saudi Arabia (0 draws).
Australia – Formation
Australia
78'
89'
Australia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Graham Arnold decided to play with the following team: Mathew Ryan , Rhyan Grant , Trent Sainsbury , Harry Souttar , Aziz Behich , Martin Boyle , James Jeggo , Jackson Irvine , Awer Mabil , Ajdin Hrustić and Mathew Leckie .
The home team had on the bench: Gianni Stensness, Jamie MacLaren, Lawrence Thomas, Fran Karačić, Mitchell Duke , Denis Genreau, Kenneth Dougall, Miloš Degenek , Callum Elder, Riley McGree, Danny Vukovic and Andrew Nabbout .
Australia could not rely on the presence of M. Degenek (injured).
Substitutions
Australia made 5 changes: A. Mabil for M. Duke (67′), H. Souttar for M. Degenek (78′), M. Leckie for A. Nabbout (78′), M. Boyle for R. McGree (87′) and A. Hrustic for K. Dougall (87′).
Best player: Mathew Ryan
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Australia was the goalkeeper: Mathew Ryan. His rating is 7.61. He performed 3 saves.
Saudi Arabia – Formation
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Hervé Renard played with: Mohammed Al Yami , Sultan Al-Ghannam , Abdulelah Al-Amri , Ali Al-Boleahi , Nasser Al-Dawsari , Abdulelah Al Malki , Mohamed Kanno , Fahad Al Muwallad , Salman Al-Faraj , Salem Al-Dawsari and Firas Albirakan .
They had on the bench: Zaid Al-Bawardi, Ziyad Al-Sahafi, Ali Al-Asmari, Sami Al-Najei, Saud Abdulhamid, Ali Al-Hassan, Ahmed Sharahili, Mohammed Al-Burayk, Abdulrahman Alobud, Saleh Al-Shehri , Nawaf Alaqidi and Abdulrahman Ghareeb.
Substitutions
Saudi Arabia made only 1 change substituting F. Al Brikan for S. Al Shehri (73′).
Best player: Mohammed Al Yami
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Saudi Arabia was the goalkeeper: Mohammed Al Yami. His rating is 8.00. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Asia.
- Korea Republic – United Arab Emirates – 1-0
- Iraq – Syria – 1-1
- Lebanon – IR Iran – 1-2
- Australia – Saudi Arabia – 0-0
- China PR – Oman – 1-1
- Vietnam – Japan – 0-1
