Malaysia vs Chinese Taipei, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Malaysia

53': Safawi Rasid
69': Paulo Josué
90'+6': Muhammad Adib Bin Abdul Ra'Op

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3 - 1

Chinese Taipei

20': Yao-Hsing Yu

About

Malaysia are hosting Chinese Taipei at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 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.
20': Goal! Malaysia 0, Chinese Taipei 1. Yu Yao-hsing (Chinese Taipei) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ange Kouamé.
29': Nooa Laine (Malaysia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Malaysia 0, Chinese Taipei 1.
45': Second Half begins Malaysia 0, Chinese Taipei 1.
45': Substitution, Chinese Taipei. Fong Shao-chi replaces Liang Meng-hsin.
45': Substitution, Malaysia. Ezequiel Agüero replaces Matthew Davies.
53': Goal! Malaysia 1, Chinese Taipei 1. Safawi Rasid (Malaysia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ezequiel Agüero.
56': Wang Jian-Ming (Chinese Taipei) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Goal! Malaysia 2, Chinese Taipei 1. Paulo Josué (Malaysia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by La'Vere Corbin-Ong.
71': Substitution, Chinese Taipei. Chen Hao-wei replaces Yu Yao-hsing.
74': Substitution, Malaysia. Adib Ra'op replaces Akhyar Rashid.
74': Substitution, Malaysia. Haqimi Azim Rosli replaces Safawi Rasid.
76': Substitution, Malaysia. Engku Shakir replaces Endrick.
77': Substitution, Chinese Taipei. Chen Chao-an replaces Emilio Estevez.
78': Substitution, Chinese Taipei. Chen Wei-chuan replaces Chen Po-liang.
81': Chen Ting-yang (Chinese Taipei) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Substitution, Malaysia. Daniel Ting replaces Dominic Tan.
90': Substitution, Chinese Taipei. Huang Yung-chun replaces Chen Ting-yang.
90'+6': Goal! Malaysia 3, Chinese Taipei 1. Adib Ra'op (Malaysia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Malaysia 3, Chinese Taipei 1.
0': Match ends, Malaysia 3, Chinese Taipei 1.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Attendance: 14,731

Line-Ups

Malaysia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Azri Ghani (GK)
6	Dominic Tan
13	Muhammad Mazlan
22	La'Vere Corbin-Ong
2	Matthew Davies
15	Nooa Laine
19	Akhyar Rashid
11	Safawi Rasid
17	Paulo Josué
10	Endrick
21	Dion Cools

Malaysia Substitutes:

Sergio Agüero, Haqimi Rosli, Stuart Wilkin, Syamer Kutty Abba, Brendan Gan, Kalamullah Al-Hafiz, Muhammad Adib Bin Abdul Ra'Op, Daniel Sang Ting, Sikh Izhan Nazrel, Shahrul Saad, Engku Nur Shakir, Declan Lambert.

Chinese Taipei (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Wen-Chieh Pan (GK)
3	Ting-Yang Chen
11	Chun-Ching Wu
5	Meng-Hsin Liang
16	Geon-Myeong Wang
17	Po-Liang Chen
19	Miguel Sandberg
18	Emilio Estevez
10	Ange Kouamé
9	Yao-Hsing Yu
20	Wei-Jie Huang

Chinese Taipei Substitutes:

Jason Hsu, Shao-Chieh Tu, Chao-An Chen, Yung-Chun Huang, Shao-Chi Fong, Derrek Chan, Chiu-Lin Huang, Wei-Chuan Chen, Kuan-Yu Kao, Hao-Wei Chen, Meng-Cheng Tsai, Chien-Wei Liu.

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