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3 — 1 Dec 09, 2025 · 08:00 PM IST

Kuwait

FIFA Arab Cup · Round 3

Venue Stadium 974, ad-Dōha (Doha)

Player of the Match Yahya Al Ghassani 9.1 79' played

Match Events

8' Away Fawaz Al Otaibi ↗

16' Home ⚽ Yahya Al Ghassani — 1-0

18' Home ⚽ Yahya Al Ghassani — 2-0

27' Away Fahad Al Hajeri

HT

51' Away ↔ Hasan Hamdan → Khaled Al Fadhli

55' Away Sultan Al Enezi ↗

59' Away ↔ Eid Al Rashedi → Youssef Majed

59' Away ↔ Naser Faleh → Fawaz Al Otaibi ↗

59' Away ⚽ Fahad Al Hajeri — 2-1

66' Home ⚽ Nicolás Giménez — 3-1

68' Home ↔ Yahia Nader → Bruno

79' Home ↔ Richard Akonnor → Yahya Al Ghassani

79' Home ↔ Sultan Adil → Nicolás Giménez

85' Away ↔ Athbi Shehab → Ahmad Al Dhefiri

85' Away ↔ Shabaib Al Khaldi → Yousef Al Sulaiman

89' Home ↔ Issam Faiz → Rúben Canedo

89' Home ↔ Mohammad Juma ↗ → Caio

FT

Match Stats

51 49

Ball possession

10 7

Total shots

5 2

Shots on target

25 7

Touches in opposition box

3 1

Big chances

1 1

Big chances missed

333 (84%) 298 (79%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

2 4

Corners

Lineups

UAE (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Cosmin Olăroiu

Starting XI

22 Hamad Al Meqbaali ↗ 6.2

16 Marcus Meloni 7.4

3 Lucas Pimenta 7.1

6 Saša Ivković 6.8

2 Rúben Canedo 7.2

18 Majid Rashid 7.3

14 Nicolás Giménez 8.1

20 Yahya Al Ghassani 9.1

11 Bruno 7

7 Ali Saleh 8.3

10 Caio 7.8

Substitutes

15 Yahia Nader 6

8 Richard Akonnor 6.2

23 Sultan Adil 6.3

13 Mohammad Juma ↗

12 Issam Faiz

1 Ali Khaseif

17 Adel Al Hosani

4 Kouame Kouadio

19 Khaled Ebraheim

Kuwait (4-3-3)

Coach: Hélio Sousa

Starting XI

1 Khaled Al Rashidi 5.8

12 Abd Al Wahab Awadi 6.1

5 Fahad Al Hajeri 6.5

13 Khaled Al Fadhli 6.3

3 Moaath Al Dhafiri 5.7

8 Ahmad Al Dhefiri 5.8

6 Sultan Al Enezi ↗ 5.7

10 Fawaz Al Otaibi ↗ 5.8

15 Youssef Majed 6.4

20 Yousef Al Sulaiman 6.3

7 Mohammad Daham 7.4

Substitutes

2 Hasan Hamdan 5.9

11 Eid Al Rashedi 5.8

9 Naser Faleh 6.6

18 Athbi Shehab

17 Shabaib Al Khaldi

22 Sulaiman Abdulghafoor

23 Saud Al Hoshan

21 Nasser Khader ↗

4 Rashed Al Dosary

14 Redha Hani

19 Moath Al Enezi ↗

16 Mohammad Talal ↗