FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Palestine vs Kuwait, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

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  • 41': Wessam Ali (P)
  • Red Card 55': Camilo Saldaña
  • 90'+3': Zeid Qunbar
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2 - 2
  • 31': Yousef Naser (P)
  • 80': Yousef Naser

About

Palestine are hosting Kuwait at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

Match Timeline

  • 8': Hamad Al Harbi (Kuwait) Substitution at 8'
  • 22': Mousa Farawi (Palestine) Substitution at 22'
  • 22': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) Yellow Card at 22'
  • 31': Yousef Naser (Kuwait) Penalty - Scored at 31'
  • 33': Ahmad Al Dhefiri (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 33'
  • 41': Wessam Ali (Palestine) Penalty - Scored at 41'
  • 45': Oday Dabbagh (Palestine) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Tamer Seyam (Palestine) Substitution at 45'
  • 55': Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) Red Card at 55'
  • 66': Mohammad Daham (Kuwait) Substitution at 66'
  • 66': Sami Al-Sanea (Kuwait) Substitution at 66'
  • 66': Azbi Shehab (Kuwait) Substitution at 66'
  • 75': Eid Al-Rasheedi (Kuwait) Substitution at 75'
  • 75': Zeid Qunbar (Palestine) Substitution at 75'
  • 80': Yousef Naser (Kuwait) Goal at 80'
  • 82': Mohammad Daham (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 82'
  • 90'+2': Yousef Naser (Kuwait) Yellow Card at 92'
  • 90'+3': Zeid Qunbar (Palestine) Goal at 93'
  • 90'+6': Tamer Seyam (Palestine) Yellow Card at 96'

Statistics

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19 Fouls 20
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
44.9 Possession 55.1
6 SHOTS 16
4 ON GOAL 4
0.7 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 1
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
0 Accurate Passes 0
0 Passes 0
0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
0 Accurate Crosses 0
0 Crosses 0
0.0 Cross % 0.0
0 Long Balls 0
0 Accurate Long Balls 0
0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
1 Blocked Shots 5
0 Effective Tackles 0
0 Tackles 0
0.0 Tackle % 0.0
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
0 Clearances 0

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 1,827

WCQ - AFC Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 South Korea 8 +7 16
2 Jordan 8 +6 13
3 Iraq 8 +1 12
4 Oman 8 -2 10
Full Table

Line-Ups

PLE Palestine (4-4-2)

No. Name
22 Rami Hamada (GK)
20 Ameed Mahajna
5 Mohammed Saleh
12 Camilo Saldaña Yellow Card
7 Musab Battat
3 Mohammed Rashid
6 Odai Kharoub
18 Jonathan Cantillana
10 Mahmoud Abuwarda
19 Wessam Ali
13 Omar Faraj

KUW Kuwait (4-4-2)

No. Name
22 Sulaiman Abdulghafoor (GK)
4 Khaled Ebrahim
5 Fahad Al-Hajeri
3 Meshari Ghanam
13 Rashed Al Dousari
14 Redha Abujabarah
8 Ahmad Al Dhefiri Yellow Card
16 Moath Al-Enezi
15 Yousef Majed
9 Salman Al Awadhi
20 Yousef Naser

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