Cape Verde Islands 0-0 Saudi Arabia: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Cape Verde Islands

Saudi Arabia

World Cup 2026

Group Stage - 3

June 27, 2026 12:00am

NRG Stadium, Houston

Key stats

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Cape Verde Islands 4-1-4-1

Saudi Arabia 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

Vózinha

7.2

Mohammed Al Owais

7.3

Defenders

João Paulo

7.3

Nawaf Boushal

6.3

Diney Borges

7.2

Hassan Tambakti

6.6

Pico

7.2

Abdulelah Al Amri

7.3

Wagner Pina

6.9

Saud Abdulhamid

7.0

Midfielders

Kevin Pina

7.2

Salem Al Dawsari

6.2

Willy Semedo

6.7

Nasser Al Dawsari

6.9

Jamiro Monteiro

6.0

Abdullah Al Khaibari

6.9

Deroy Duarte

7.3

Sultan Mandash

7.0

Ryan Mendes

7.0

Forwards

D. Livramento

6.2

Feras Al Brikan

6.2

Mohamed Kanno

7.0

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Highest rating

7.3

João Paulo

7.3

Mohammed Al Owais

Match Summary

On June 27, 2026 during the 2026 World Cup match, Cape Verde Islands faced off against Saudi Arabia at NRG Stadium, Houston. The game ended in a draw. With Cape Verde Islands possessing 51% of the ball compared to Saudi Arabia's 49%, and shots on goal at 2 to 3. Cape Verde Islands and Saudi Arabia both had the same percentage of successful passes. The outstanding efforts by João Paulo and Mohammed Al Owais played a key role

Lineup

4-1-4-1

4-4-2

Vózinha

7.2

Played:
94Min

Saves:
3 of 3

Accurate passes:
27/34

Pina

6.9

Played:
92Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
24/34

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Pico

7.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
46/51

Won duels:
6/8

Borges

7.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
57/63

Won duels:
4/7

Paulo

7.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
40/45

Won duels:
8/13

Dribbles:
1/3

Pina

7.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
53/60

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Mendes

7.0

Played:
71Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
27/35

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/13

Dribbles:
2/4

Duarte

7.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
32/39

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/9

Monteiro

6.0

Played:
71Min

Accurate passes:
22/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/7

Dribbles:
0/2

Semedo

6.7

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
15/15

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/13

Dribbles:
2/6

Livramento

6.2

Played:
61Min

Accurate passes:
7/8

Won duels:
1/6

Brikan

6.2

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/16

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Kanno

7.0

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
7

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
39/47

Won duels:
12/22

Dribbles:
1/1

Dawsari

6.2

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/18

Won duels:
5/13

Dribbles:
2/4

Dawsari

6.9

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
47/55

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
2/2

Khaibari

6.9

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
16/18

Won duels:
2/2

Mandash

7.0

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
8

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
7/8

Won duels:
10/18

Dribbles:
0/2

Boushal

6.3

Played:
82Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/37

Won duels:
1/4

Tambakti

6.6

Played:
33Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/20

Won duels:
1/1

Amri

7.3

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
44/52

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Abdulhamid

7.0

Played:
94Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
24/34

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
9/13

Dribbles:
1/1

Owais

7.3

Played:
94Min

Saves:
2 of 2

Accurate passes:
19/24

Substitutes

Coach

Pedro Leitao Brito

Varela

6.3

Played:
33Min

Accurate passes:
7/7

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Costa

7.2

Played:
33Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Rosa

Santos

Stopira

Costa

Moreira

Played:
0Min

Pires

Rodrigues

6.6

Played:
23Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Duarte

6.9

Played:
23Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Semedo

Cabral

Benchimol

Coach

Georgios Donis

Lajami

7.3

Played:
61Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
36/39

Won duels:
3/6

Juwayr

6.7

Played:
49Min

Accurate passes:
24/28

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Shamat

6.7

Played:
28Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/23

Won duels:
0/1

Dribbles:
0/1

Aqidi

Kassar

Majrashi

Harbi

6.3

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
9/10

Ahm

Kadesh

Yahya

Johani

Hajji

Ghannam

Hamdan

6.3

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
0/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Shehri

Stats

Ball Possession

Cape Verde Islands: 51%

Saudi Arabia: 49%

Total Shots

Cape Verde Islands: 15

Saudi Arabia: 7

Shots on Goal

Cape Verde Islands: 2

Saudi Arabia: 3

Corner Kicks

Cape Verde Islands: 4

Saudi Arabia: 2

Offsides

Cape Verde Islands: 1

Saudi Arabia: 0

Fouls

Cape Verde Islands: 10

Saudi Arabia: 16

Yellow Cards

Cape Verde Islands: 1

Saudi Arabia: 3

Red Cards

Cape Verde Islands: 0

Saudi Arabia: 0

Free Kicks

Cape Verde Islands: 9

Saudi Arabia: 8

Goals Prevented

Cape Verde Islands: 0

Saudi Arabia: 0

Total Passes

Cape Verde Islands: 438

Saudi Arabia: 439

Passes Accuracy

Cape Verde Islands: 373 (85%)

Saudi Arabia: 355 (81%)

Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Free Kicks

Goals Prevented

Total Passes

Passes Accuracy

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