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Australia 4-2 Saudi Arabia - February 29, 2012 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2014

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2014 - Group D

AAMI Park - Melbourne - Australia

February 29, 2012

Australia

4 - 2

Saudi Arabia

Assist by Mark Bresciano (left foot) Alex Brosque

43'

Assist by Alex Brosque (left foot) Harry Kewell

73'

Assist by Brett Emerton (header) Alex Brosque

75'

Assist by Mark Bresciano (right foot) Brett Emerton

76'

19'

Salem Al Dawsari (right foot)

45'

Nasser Al Shamrani (right foot) Assist by Hassan Muath Fallatah

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19' - Goal Salem Al Dawsari

43' - Goal Alex Brosque43

45' - Goal Nasser Al Shamrani

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62' - Substitution James Troisiis substituted by Archie Thompson62

66' - Substitution Ahmed Al Fraidiis substituted by Ahmed Ateef

73' - Goal Harry Kewell73

73' - Substitution Nasser Al Shamraniis substituted by Yasser Al Qahtani

75' - Goal Alex Brosque75

76' - Goal Brett Emerton76

79' - Substitution Mohamed Al Shalhoubis substituted by Naif Hazazi

82' - Substitution Matthew Spiranovicis substituted by David Carney82

87' - Substitution Alex Brosqueis substituted by Nick Carle87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Australia

4 - 2

Saudi Arabia

Australia Saudi Arabia

Team line-ups

Australia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Brosque437587

Alex Brosque

Australia

B.date12/10/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Kewell73

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age33 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Troisi62

James Troisi

Australia

B.date03/07/1988

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft Midfielder

Milligan

Mark Milligan

Australia

B.date04/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Bresciano

Mark Bresciano

Australia

B.date11/02/1980

Age32 years

H1m82

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Emerton76

Brett Emerton

Australia

B.date22/02/1979

Age33 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

Spiranovic82

Matthew Spiranovic

Australia

B.date27/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m88

positionVersatile Defender

Ognenovski

Sasa Ognenovski

Australia

B.date03/04/1979

Age32 years

H1m95

positionLeft central defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age33 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

North

Jade North

Australia

B.date07/01/1982

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age39 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		39	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Spiranovic	82	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		33	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sasa Ognenovski		32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Milligan		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jade North		30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Troisi	62	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Brosque	437587	28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton	76	33	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Bresciano		32	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Harry Kewell	73	33	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Saudi Arabia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Al Shamrani4573

Nasser Al Shamrani

Saudi Arabia

B.date23/11/1983

Age28 years

H1m75

positionCentre forward

Al Shalhoub79

Mohamed Al Shalhoub

Saudi Arabia

B.date08/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m63

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Al Fraidi66

Ahmed Al Fraidi

Saudi Arabia

B.date29/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

Al Dawsari19

Salem Al Dawsari

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/08/1991

Age20 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Al Jassam

Taiseer Al Jassam

Saudi Arabia

B.date25/07/1984

Age27 years

H1m69

positionVersatile Midfielder

Kariri

Saud Kariri

Saudi Arabia

B.date08/07/1980

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Al Dossary

Abdullah Al Dossary

Saudi Arabia

B.date02/01/1983

Age29 years

H1m77

positionLeft central defender

Al Mousa

Kamel Al Mousa

Saudi Arabia

B.date29/08/1982

Age29 years

H1m77

positionDefender

Hawsawi

Osama Hawsawi

Saudi Arabia

B.date31/03/1984

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Muath Fallatah

Hassan Muath Fallatah

Saudi Arabia

B.date27/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ali

Waleed Abdullah Ali

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/04/1986

Age25 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Waleed Abdullah Ali		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kamel Al Mousa		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Abdullah Al Dossary		29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Osama Hawsawi		27	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hassan Muath Fallatah		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Taiseer Al Jassam		27	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Saud Kariri		31	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Al Shalhoub	79	31	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ahmed Al Fraidi	66	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Salem Al Dawsari	19	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nasser Al Shamrani	4573	28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	David Carney	82	28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nick Carle	87	30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Archie Thompson	62	33	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Ahmed Ateef	66	28	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Naif Hazazi	79	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Yasser Al Qahtani	73	29	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jade North

Luke Wilkshire

OUT

James Troisi

Carl Valeri

OUT

Alex Brosque

Mile Jedinak

OUT

Mark Bresciano

Matt McKay

OUT

Sasa Ognenovski

Joshua Kennedy

OUT

Mark Milligan

Brett Holman

OUT

Harry Kewell

Michael Zullo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Salem Al Dawsari

Mohamed Noor

OUT

Taiseer Al Jassam

Ahmed Ateef

OUT

Nasser Al Shamrani

Naif Hazazi

OUT

Kamel Al Mousa

Osama Al Muwallad

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Holger Osieck

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Osieck vs Saudi Arabia

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 29, 2012

Osieck vs Rijkaard

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 29, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Frank Rijkaard

Success rate in this team:

14 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Rijkaard vs Australia

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 29, 2012

Rijkaard vs Osieck

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 29, 2012

Referee

Dong-jin Kim

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Australia1 match	General total	Saudi Arabia5 matches	1 victory	1 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Australia1 match	Season total	Saudi Arabia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 29, 2012					Latest figure on January 17, 2019

Videos

November 26, 2017

Comments

29/02/2012 at 12:44

by FiglioMilan

I Predicted 4-2 in half time

Key figures

It's the first time Salem Al Dawsari scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone

End of streak for Saudi Arabia after 4 consecutive matches without a loss away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone (since 15/10/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Australia keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Saudi Arabia at home running (since 09/07/1988). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAustralia 1-0 Paraguay09/10/2010

VAustralia 3-0 New Zealand05/06/2011

DAustralia 0-0 Serbia07/06/2011

VAustralia 2-1 Thailand02/09/2011

VAustralia 5-0 Malaysia07/10/2011

VAustralia 3-0 Oman11/10/2011

Overall

VAustralia 2-1 Thailand02/09/2011

VSaudi Arabia 1-3 Australia06/09/2011

VAustralia 5-0 Malaysia07/10/2011

VAustralia 3-0 Oman11/10/2011

LOman 1-0 Australia11/11/2011

VThailand 0-1 Australia15/11/2011

Current form

Away

VYemen 0-4 Saudi Arabia22/11/2010

VBahrain 0-1 Saudi Arabia31/12/2010

DJordan 1-1 Saudi Arabia13/07/2011

VHong Kong 0-5 Saudi Arabia28/07/2011

DOman 0-0 Saudi Arabia02/09/2011

DThailand 0-0 Saudi Arabia11/10/2011

Overall

DOman 0-0 Saudi Arabia02/09/2011

LSaudi Arabia 1-3 Australia06/09/2011

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Indonesia07/10/2011

DThailand 0-0 Saudi Arabia11/10/2011

VSaudi Arabia 3-0 Thailand11/11/2011

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Oman15/11/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	13	1
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	8	4
Winless streak	2	1
Goalless streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.43
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joshua Kennedy	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Nasser Al Shamrani
Joshua Kennedy	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Mohamed Noor
Luke Wilkshire	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mohamed Noor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mohamed Noor
Brett Emerton	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Mohamed Noor
Matt McKay	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Joshua Kennedy	4 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Mohamed Noor

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

6 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

2 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	July 09, 1988
Home	3 - 0	July 09, 1988

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	December 16, 1997
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

September 06, 2011 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2014

Saudi Arabia

1 - 3

Australia

December 16, 1997 - Coupe des Confédérations 1997

Saudi Arabia

1 - 0

Australia

October 09, 1996 - Rencontres amicales 1996

Saudi Arabia

0 - 0

Australia

July 09, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Australia

3 - 0

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Best historical scorers against Saudi Arabia

Joshua Kennedy	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Frank Farina	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Scott Ollerenshaw	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Luke Wilkshire	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Australia

	Nasser Al Shamrani	1 goal	2011 - 2011
	Mohamed Al Khilawi	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Saudi Arabia

Robbie Slater	2 matches	1988 - 1997
Harry Kewell	2 matches	1996 - 1997
Mark Schwarzer	2 matches	1996 - 2011
Lucas Neill	2 matches	1996 - 2011
Craig Moore	1 match	1996 - 1996
Luke Wilkshire	1 match	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Australia

Mohamed Al Deayea	2 matches	1996 - 1997
Ahmed Al Dokhi	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ibrahim Al Harbi	1 match	1997 - 1997
Hamad Al Montashari	1 match	2011 - 2011
Khamis Al Owairan	1 match	1997 - 1997
Rashed Al Raheeb	1 match	2011 - 2011