Concacaf Gold Cup

FT Saturday, June 28, 2025
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State Farm Stadium · 45,225 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Mexico sees off Saudi Arabia to make Gold Cup semifinals

Alexis Vega scored the crucial opening goal early in the second half to help Mexico to a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia in the Gold Cup quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
0
39.7
Possession
60.3
1
SHOTS
14
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
478
359
Passes
544
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
46
17
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
8
20
Effective Clearances
15
20
Clearances
15

Head to Head

MEX leads series 1-0

Lineups

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 1Ángel MalagónG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 4Edson ÁlvarezCD-R
  4. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  5. 22Julián AraujoRB
  6. 6Érik LiraCM
  7. 7Gilberto MoraLM
  8. 14Marcel RuizRM
  9. 9Raúl JiménezF
  10. 10Alexis VegaLF
  11. 25Roberto AlvaradoRF

KSA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Nawaf Al-AqidiG
  2. 5Abdullah MaduCD-L
  3. 4Abdulelah Al-AmriCD-R
  4. 13Nawaf BoushalLB
  5. 26Ali MajrashiRB
  6. 16Ziyad Al-JohaniCM-L
  7. 6Ali Al-HassanCM-R
  8. 24Abdulrahman Al-ObudLM
  9. 12Saud AbdulhamidRM
  10. 11Saleh Al-ShehriCF-L
  11. 9Feras Al-BrikanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45'+8' Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45'+8' Ali Majrashi (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 49' Goal! Mexico 1, Saudi Arabia 0. Alexis Vega (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  4. 53' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Sulaiman replaces Abdulelah Al Amri.
  5. 60' Substitution, Mexico. Mateo Chávez replaces Jesús Gallardo.
  6. 60' Substitution, Mexico. Santiago Giménez replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  7. 69' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Turki Al Ammar replaces Saleh Al Shehri.
  8. 69' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Marwan Al Sahafi replaces Ali Majrashi.
  9. 69' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Abdullah Al Salem replaces Abdulrahman Al Obud.
  10. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Julián Quiñones replaces Alexis Vega.
  11. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Carlos Rodríguez replaces Gilberto Mora.
  12. 78' Ziyad Al Johani (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 81' Own Goal by Abdullah Madu, Saudi Arabia. Mexico 2, Saudi Arabia 0.
  14. 85' Substitution, Mexico. Orbelín Pineda replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  15. 88' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Faisal Al Ghamdi replaces Ali Al Hassan.

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