FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

India vs Qatar, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC
India
    FT
    0 - 3
    Qatar
    • 4': Moustafa Tarek Mashal
    • 47': Almoez Ali
    • 86': Yusuf Abdurisag

    About

    India are hosting Qatar at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Attempt missed. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 3': Foul by Udanta Singh (India).
    • 3': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Rahul Bheke.
    • 4': Goal! India 0, Qatar 1. Mostafa Meshaal (Qatar) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tameem Mansour following a corner.
    • 6': Foul by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
    • 6': Lalengmawia Ralte (India) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Nikhil Poojary.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) header from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 14': Foul by Udanta Singh (India).
    • 14': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hassan Al Haydos with a through ball.
    • 14': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Sandesh Jhingan.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Lucas Mendes (Qatar) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 16': Foul by Sandesh Jhingan (India).
    • 16': Mostafa Meshaal (Qatar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Sandesh Jhingan (India) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 16': Delay in match because of an injury Mostafa Meshaal (Qatar).
    • 18': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 19': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Lalengmawia Ralte.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Lucas Mendes (Qatar) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Mostafa Meshaal (Qatar) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 20': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Sandesh Jhingan.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Lucas Mendes (Qatar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 21': Hand ball by Pedro Miguel (Qatar).
    • 22': Foul by Lallianzuala Chhangte (India).
    • 22': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 22': Attempt saved. Akram Afif (Qatar) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tameem Mansour.
    • 22': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Amrinder Singh.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 26': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Rahul Bheke.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 28': Foul by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
    • 28': Lalengmawia Ralte (India) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Delay in match because of an injury Tameem Mansour (Qatar).
    • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 30': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Lallianzuala Chhangte.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Mostafa Meshaal (Qatar) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross.
    • 33': Ahmed Fathi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Udanta Singh (India).
    • 35': Attempt missed. Lalengmawia Ralte (India) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Anirudh Thapa.
    • 36': Foul by Udanta Singh (India).
    • 36': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Nikhil Poojary (India).
    • 37': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Ahmed Fathi (Qatar).
    • 39': Subhasish Bose (India) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Foul by Almoez Ali (Qatar).
    • 40': Suresh Wangjam (India) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Sunil Chhetri (India) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Anirudh Thapa (India) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sunil Chhetri.
    • 43': Offside, Qatar. Hassan Al Haydos tries a through ball, but Almoez Ali is caught offside.
    • 45': Offside, India. Subhasish Bose tries a through ball, but Lallianzuala Chhangte is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': Offside, Qatar. Mostafa Meshaal tries a through ball, but Tameem Mansour is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': Offside, India. Amrinder Singh tries a through ball, but Sunil Chhetri is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, India 0, Qatar 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins India 0, Qatar 1.
    • 45': Substitution, India. Mahesh Naorem replaces Udanta Singh.
    • 45': Substitution, Qatar. Yusuf Abdurisag replaces Tameem Mansour.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Boualem Khoukhi.
    • 47': Goal! India 0, Qatar 2. Almoez Ali (Qatar) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
    • 48': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Foul by Suresh Wangjam (India).
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 49': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Rahul Bheke.
    • 54': Foul by Suresh Wangjam (India).
    • 54': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 56': Ahmed Fathi (Qatar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 56': Foul by Lallianzuala Chhangte (India).
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 57': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Subhasish Bose.
    • 59': Offside, Qatar. Hassan Al Haydos tries a through ball, but Akram Afif is caught offside.
    • 63': Corner, India. Conceded by Pedro Miguel.
    • 63': Substitution, India. Sahal Abdul Samad replaces Anirudh Thapa.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Sahal Abdul Samad (India) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Suresh Wangjam.
    • 67': Attempt blocked. Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 68': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Suresh Wangjam (India).
    • 69': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Sahal Abdul Samad (India).
    • 69': Substitution, Qatar. Mohammed Muntari replaces Almoez Ali.
    • 70': Substitution, Qatar. Jassem Gaber replaces Mostafa Meshaal.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Mahesh Naorem (India) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sahal Abdul Samad.
    • 74': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Nikhil Poojary.
    • 76': Foul by Subhasish Bose (India).
    • 76': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 77': Substitution, Qatar. Mohammed Waad replaces Hassan Al Haydos.
    • 79': Mohammed Muntari (Qatar) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Yusuf Abdurisag.
    • 81': Offside, Qatar. Mohammed Muntari tries a through ball, but Yusuf Abdurisag is caught offside.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jassem Gaber.
    • 82': Substitution, India. Rahul Kannoly Praveen replaces Lallianzuala Chhangte.
    • 83': Substitution, India. Ishan Pandita replaces Sunil Chhetri.
    • 84': Foul by Mahesh Naorem (India).
    • 84': Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Goal! India 0, Qatar 3. Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohammed Waad with a cross.
    • 88': Substitution, Qatar. Bassam Al Rawi replaces Pedro Miguel.
    • 89': Foul by Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar).
    • 89': Lalengmawia Ralte (India) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Corner, India. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
    • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Rahul Bheke (India) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mahesh Naorem with a cross.
    • 90'+1': Corner, India. Conceded by Lucas Mendes.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar).
    • 90'+2': Subhasish Bose (India) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Ishan Pandita (India) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, India. Chungnunga Lal replaces Sandesh Jhingan.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, India 0, Qatar 3.
    • 0': Match ends, India 0, Qatar 3.

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

    Venue: Kalinga Stadium
    Location: Bhubaneswar, India
    Attendance: 11,389

    WCQ - AFC Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Qatar 2 +1 4
    2 United Arab Emirates 2 0 3
    3 Oman 2 -1 1
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    IND India (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    23 Amrinder Singh (GK)
    2 Rahul Bheke
    5 Sandesh Jhingan Yellow Card
    3 Subashish Bose
    21 Nikhil Poojari
    7 Anirudh Thapa
    10 Apuia
    8 Suresh Singh Wangjam
    11 Sunil Chhetri
    17 Lallianzuala Chhangte
    15 Udanta Singh
    India Substitutes:
    Rohit Kumar, Akash Mishra, Sahal Abdul Samad, Rahul Kannoly, Naorem Roshan Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Liston Colaco, Lalchungnunga, Naorem Mahesh Singh, Mehtab Singh, Vishal Kaith, Ishan Pandita.

    QAT Qatar (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    22 Meshaal Barsham (GK)
    12 Lucas Mendes
    16 Boualem Khoukhi
    14 Homam Ahmed
    2 Ró-Ró
    6 Ahmed Fathi
    23 Moustafa Tarek Mashal
    10 Hassan Al-Haydos
    20 Tameem Mansour Al Abdullah
    11 Akram Afif
    19 Almoez Ali
    Qatar Substitutes:
    Hazem Shehata, Yusuf Abdurisag, Yousof Hassan, Fahad Younis, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Jassem Gaber, Youssef Ayman, Tarek Salman, Mohammed Waad, Mohammed Muntari, Abdullah Marafee, Bassam Al-Rawi.

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