International Friendly

Saudi Arabia vs Croatia, 2022 International Friendly

· International Friendly
Saudi Arabia
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    Croatia
    • 82': Andrej Kramaric

    About

    Saudi Arabia are hosting Croatia at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
    • 2': Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Ali Al Bulayhi (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Bruno Petkovic (Croatia).
    • 9': Attempt saved. Mario Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 12': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
    • 12': Saud Abdulhamid (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Hand ball by Borna Barisic (Croatia).
    • 13': Foul by Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia).
    • 13': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Salman Al Faraj.
    • 14': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
    • 16': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Luka Sucic.
    • 17': Dominik Livakovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Ali Al Bulayhi (Saudi Arabia).
    • 21': Foul by Feras Al Brikan (Saudi Arabia).
    • 21': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 23': Foul by Abdulelah Al Amri (Saudi Arabia).
    • 24': Feras Al Brikan (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 24': Foul by Borna Barisic (Croatia).
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 25': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Borna Barisic.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Salman Al Faraj with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Foul by Abdulelah Al Amri (Saudi Arabia).
    • 26': Mario Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Feras Al Brikan (Saudi Arabia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari.
    • 35': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
    • 35': Borna Barisic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia).
    • 37': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 37': Foul by Abdulelah Al Amri (Saudi Arabia).
    • 38': Attempt missed. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yasir Al Shahrani with a cross.
    • 39': Offside, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic tries a through ball, but Mario Pasalic is caught offside.
    • 42': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Salem Al Dawsari with a cross following a corner.
    • 45': Offside, Croatia. Dejan Lovren tries a through ball, but Nikola Vlasic is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Saud Abdulhamid.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Martin Erlic.
    • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Salman Al Faraj with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Saudi Arabia. Saleh Al Shehri tries a through ball, but Ali Al Bulayhi is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Saudi Arabia 0, Croatia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Saudi Arabia 0, Croatia 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Mateo Kovacic replaces Luka Sucic.
    • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
    • 45': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Hassan Tambakti replaces Ali Al Bulayhi.
    • 47': Foul by Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia).
    • 47': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Dejan Lovren.
    • 52': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Croatia).
    • 52': Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Mislav Orsic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Josip Stanisic with a cross.
    • 53': Foul by Saleh Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia).
    • 53': Martin Erlic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Petkovic.
    • 58': Foul by Abdulelah Al Malki (Saudi Arabia).
    • 58': Lovro Majer (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 58': Substitution, Croatia. Domagoj Vida replaces Dejan Lovren.
    • 58': Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Bruno Petkovic.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Mislav Orsic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Erlic.
    • 59': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Abdulelah Al Amri.
    • 61': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Haitham Asiri replaces Saleh Al Shehri.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Haitham Asiri.
    • 64': Abdulelah Al Malki (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Lovro Majer (Croatia).
    • 65': Substitution, Croatia. Ivan Perisic replaces Mario Pasalic.
    • 65': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Modric replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
    • 68': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Nawaf Al Abid replaces Salman Al Faraj.
    • 69': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Mislav Orsic.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Abdulelah Al Amri (Saudi Arabia) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left. Assisted by Nawaf Al Abid with a cross following a corner.
    • 72': Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Nawaf Al Abid.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 73': Offside, Croatia. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Mislav Orsic is caught offside.
    • 77': Attempt missed. Haitham Asiri (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right following a fast break.
    • 79': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Ali Al Hassan replaces Abdulelah Al Malki.
    • 80': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Hattan Bahbri replaces Feras Al Brikan.
    • 80': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Nasser Al Dawsari replaces Mohammed Kanno.
    • 82': Goal! Saudi Arabia 0, Croatia 1. Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luka Modric.
    • 87': Offside, Croatia. Borna Barisic tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Yasir Al Shahrani.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Martin Erlic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 90'+1': Hand ball by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Saudi Arabia 0, Croatia 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Saudi Arabia 0, Croatia 1.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 8
    1 Saves 1
    58.1 Possession 41.9
    7 SHOTS 13
    2 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    452 Accurate Passes 289
    527 Passes 362
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 8
    7 Crosses 22
    0.3 Cross % 0.4
    58 Long Balls 54
    34 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    3 Effective Tackles 7
    11 Tackles 10
    0.3 Tackle % 0.7
    5 Interceptions 12
    14 Effective Clearances 4
    14 Clearances 4

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
    Location: King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia
    Attendance: 8,287

    Line-Ups

    KSA Saudi Arabia (4-4-1-1)

    No. Name
    21 Mohammed Al-Owais (GK)
    5 Ali Al-Bulayhi
    4 Abdulelah Al-Amri
    13 Yasser Al-Shahrani
    12 Saud Abdulhamid
    8 Abdulelah Al-Malki
    23 Mohamed Kanno
    10 Salem Al-Dawsari
    9 Feras Al-Brikan
    11 Saleh Al-Shehri
    7 Salman Al-Faraj
    Saudi Arabia Substitutes:
    Mohammed Al-Burayk, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Riyadh Sharahili, Hassan Al-Tombakti, Sami Al-Najei, Mohammed Al-Yami, Abdullah Otayf, Haitham Asiri, Abdullah Madu, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Nawaf Al-Abid, Ali Al-Hassan, Abdulrahman Al-Obud, Hatan Bahbri, Sultan Al-Ghannam.

    CRO Croatia (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
    5 Martin Erlic
    6 Dejan Lovren
    11 Marcelo Brozovic
    3 Borna Barisic
    2 Josip Stanisic
    7 Lovro Majer
    25 Luka Sucic
    13 Nikola Vlasic
    15 Mario Pasalic
    16 Bruno Petkovic
    Croatia Substitutes:
    Ivo Grbic, Ante Budimir, Kristijan Jakic, Andrej Kramaric, Mateo Kovacic, Josip Sutalo, Ivan Perisic, Ivica Ivusic, Marko Livaja, Luka Modric, Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa, Mislav Orsic, Domagoj Vida, Josip Juranovic.

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