Saudi Arabia 1-0 China: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings | AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

Saudi Arabia

Salem Al Dawsari 50'

China

AFC World Cup Qualification 2026

3rd Round - 7

March 20, 2025 6:15pm

Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh

Key stats

Ball Possession

80%

20%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Saudi Arabia 4-4-2

China 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

Nawaf Al Aqidi

6.9

Wang Dalei

8.3

Defenders

Nawaf Boushal

7.5

Li Lei

6.9

Hassan Kadesh

7.0

Jiang Shenglong

6.3

Hassan Tambakti

7.3

Jiang Guangtai

6.6

Saud Abdulhamid

8.2

Gao Zhunyi

6.6

Midfielders

Salem Al Dawsari

8.5

Xie Wenneng

6.2

Nasser Al Dawsari

8.0

Wang Shangyuan

6.6

Faisal Al Ghamdi

7.2

Lin Liangming

5.5

Ayman Yahya

7.9

Wei Shihao

6.3

Cao Yongjing

6.3

Forwards

Feras Al Brikan

7.7

Zhang Yuning

6.9

Musab Al Juwayr

7.3

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Highest rating

8.5

Salem Al Dawsari

8.3

Wang Dalei

Match Summary

On March 20, 2025 during the 2026 AFC World Cup Qualification match, Saudi Arabia faced off against China at Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh. The game concluded with Saudi Arabia securing a victory. With 80% possession, Saudi Arabia versus China's 20% and shots on goal at 7 to 0. Saudi Arabia had 91% successful passes (of 737 passes) over China which had 68% successful passes (of 184 passes). The outstanding efforts by Salem Al Dawsari and Wang Dalei played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

4-2-3-1

Aqidi

6.9

Played:
93Min

Accurate passes:
22/23

Abdulhamid

8.2

Played:
54Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
27/31

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
9/10

Dribbles:
3/4

Tambakti

7.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
88/94

Won duels:
6/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Kadesh

7.0

Played:
53Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
29/29

Won duels:
5/6

Boushal

7.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
68/75

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/12

Dribbles:
0/3

Yahya

7.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
46/53

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
2/4

Ghamdi

7.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
82/85

Won duels:
8/14

Dawsari

8.0

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
61/68

Won duels:
8/12

Dribbles:
3/3

Dawsari

8.5

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
76/85

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
4/4

Dribbles:
2/2

Juwayr

7.3

Played:
72Min

Accurate passes:
66/75

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Brikan

7.7

Played:
73Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
8/11

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Yuning

6.9

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/13

Liangming

5.5

Played:
46Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
3/11

Dribbles:
0/3

Shihao

6.3

Played:
63Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
3/11

Dribbles:
1/4

Yongjing

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/10

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Wenneng

6.2

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/3

Shangyuan

6.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Lei

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
5

Accurate passes:
17/22

Won duels:
6/13

Shenglong

6.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/29

Won duels:
4/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Guangtai

6.6

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
14/17

Zhunyi

6.6

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
5/10

Won duels:
1/3

Dalei

8.3

Played:
93Min

Saves:
7 of 8

Accurate passes:
14/27

Substitutes

Coach

Herve Renard

Lajami

6.9

Played:
40Min

Accurate passes:
41/44

Shanqiti

7.0

Played:
39Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
33/34

Won duels:
1/2

Hamdan

7.0

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
18/18

Key passes:
1

Salem

6.7

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
3/7

Key passes:
1

Kassar

Yousef

Mosa

Ahm

Sahafi

6.3

Played:
8Min

Accurate passes:
4/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/3

Johani

Ammar

Saad

Coach

Branko Ivanković

Pengfei

6.9

Played:
48Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
7/7

Won duels:
0/1

Zexiang

6.6

Played:
48Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
3/3

Abduweli

6.5

Played:
48Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
0/2

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
0/1

Haoyang

6.5

Played:
30Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
2/5

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Yuanyi

6.7

Played:
30Min

Accurate passes:
5/8

Won duels:
1/1

Dianzuo

Junling

Hetao

Played:
2Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Zhen

Haijian

Ziming

Stats

Ball Possession

Saudi Arabia: 80%

China China: 20%

Total Shots

Saudi Arabia: 20

China China: 2

Shots on Goal

Saudi Arabia: 7

China China: 0

Corner Kicks

Saudi Arabia: 5

China China: 2

Offsides

Saudi Arabia: 5

China China: 0

Fouls

Saudi Arabia: 4

China China: 9

Yellow Cards

Saudi Arabia: 0

China China: 1

Red Cards

Saudi Arabia: 0

China China: 1

Total Passes

Saudi Arabia: 737

China China: 184

Goals Prevented

Saudi Arabia: 0

China China: 0

Passes Accuracy

Saudi Arabia: 672 (91%)

China China: 126 (68%)

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

Saudi Arabia vs China

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