Iraq 2-2 Kuwait: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Iraq

Akam Rahman 90' +3

Ibraheem Bayesh 90' +11

Kuwait

Yousef Al Sulaiman 39'

Yousef Al Sulaiman 70'

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 7

March 20, 2025 6:15pm

Basra International Stadium, Basra

Key stats

Ball Possession

63%

37%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Iraq 4-2-3-1

Kuwait 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Ahmed Basil

6.3

Khaled Al Rashidi

7.2

Defenders

Merchas Doski

7.3

Mohammad Al Nassar

6.9

Rebin Solaka

6.9

Jasem Al Mutar

7.2

Frans Putros

6.9

Khaled Hajiah

7.0

Hussein Ali

6.7

Fahad Al Hajeri

6.7

Midfielders

Zidane Iqbal

7.2

Sultan Al Enezi

6.6

Osama Rashid

6.7

Ahmad Al Dhefiri

6.6

Ali Jasim

7.7

Mohammad Daham

7.2

P. Gwargis

6.6

Khaled Al Mershed

6.3

Ahmad Zanki

6.3

Forwards

Aymen Hussein

6.9

Yousef Al Sulaiman

8.5

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7.7

Ali Jasim

8.5

Yousef Al Sulaiman

Match Summary

On March 20, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Iraq faced off against Kuwait at Basra International Stadium, Basra. The game ended in a draw. With Iraq possessing 63% of the ball compared to Kuwait's 37%, and shots on goal at 7 to 2. Iraq had 81% successful passes (of 442 passes) over Kuwait which had 69% successful passes (of 284 passes). The outstanding efforts by Ali Jasim and Yousef Al Sulaiman played a key role

Lineup

4-2-3-1

Basil

6.3

Played:
103Min

Saves:
1 of 3

Accurate passes:
18/20

Ali

6.7

Played:
73Min

Accurate passes:
23/34

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Putros

6.9

Played:
103Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
52/63

Won duels:
3/5

Solaka

6.9

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
63/70

Won duels:
6/8

Doski

7.3

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
37/42

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/11

Dribbles:
1/2

Rashid

6.7

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
28/37

Won duels:
2/4

Iqbal

7.2

Played:
84Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
37/47

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Gwargis

6.6

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
14/16

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/11

Dribbles:
2/3

Jasim

7.7

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
35/42

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
2/4

Hussein

6.9

Played:
103Min

Accurate passes:
7/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/15

Dribbles:
1/1

Sulaiman

8.5

Played:
87Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
16/22

Won duels:
9/17

Dribbles:
1/3

Daham

7.2

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
20/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
2/3

Mershed

6.3

Played:
67Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
7/13

Won duels:
0/3

Zanki

6.3

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
5/8

Won duels:
1/4

Enezi

6.6

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/32

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Dhefiri

6.6

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/42

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
0/3

Nassar

6.9

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
19/33

Won duels:
3/3

Mutar

7.2

Played:
75Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
21/22

Won duels:
7/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Hajiah

7.0

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/26

Won duels:
9/10

Hajeri

6.7

Played:
103Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/19

Won duels:
4/7

Rashidi

7.2

Played:
103Min

Saves:
5 of 7

Accurate passes:
6/24

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Jesús Casas

Bayesh

7.3

Played:
58Min

Accurate passes:
18/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
3/6

Ammari

6.9

Played:
37Min

Accurate passes:
18/20

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Amyn

6.6

Played:
30Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/2

Hashim

6.5

Played:
30Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Won duels:
1/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Rahman

7.3

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Key passes:
1

Hadi

Hachim

Al-Hajjaj

Younus

Ghasem

Al-Taay

Coach

Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroija

Al-Enezi

6.3

Played:
37Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/5

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
0/3

Harbi

6.2

Played:
36Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
0/2

Ashkanani

6.2

Played:
28Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/4

Won duels:
0/3

Abdulghafoor

Fadhli

Dhafiri

6.3

Played:
17Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/1

Sanea

Otaibi

Rashedi

Mubailish

Awadi

6.9

Played:
16Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

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Stats

Ball Possession

Iraq Iraq: 63%

Kuwait Kuwait: 37%

Total Shots

Iraq Iraq: 18

Kuwait Kuwait: 4

Shots on Goal

Iraq Iraq: 7

Kuwait Kuwait: 2

Corner Kicks

Iraq Iraq: 12

Kuwait Kuwait: 0

Offsides

Iraq Iraq: 0

Kuwait Kuwait: 0

Fouls

Iraq Iraq: 9

Kuwait Kuwait: 10

Yellow Cards

Iraq Iraq: 1

Kuwait Kuwait: 6

Red Cards

Iraq Iraq: 0

Kuwait Kuwait: 1

Total Passes

Iraq Iraq: 442

Kuwait Kuwait: 284

Goals Prevented

Iraq Iraq: 0

Kuwait Kuwait: 0

Passes Accuracy

Iraq Iraq: 360 (81%)

Kuwait Kuwait: 197 (69%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Iraq vs Kuwait

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline