Goal

List of goalscorers

0 - 1
22'
M. Salah
S. Al-Faraj
45'
1 - 1
S. Al-Dawsari
95'
2 - 1
Press

Match report in news

  • 94'
    What a dramatic end to the game!!! Salem Al Dawsari scores with a driven shot from inside the box to secure his nation´s first ever win in a World Cup game with literally the last kick of the game. The Egyptians are left in tears as they bow out of the tournament without a win and finishing bottom of the group.
  • 94'
    GOAL!!!! Saudi Arabia with what could be a very late winner!
  • 92'
    Egypt struggling to break through a resolute Saudi defence, with the quality of passing not quite good enough
  • 89'
    Salah trying to do his trade mark feints on the edge of the box, and the ball pinballs around before being cleared by the Saudis
  • 87'
    Hamed with a mistimed challenge just inside his own half
  • 86'
    Moghawi with an acrobatic attempt on goal from inside the box, but shoots over
  • 85'
    Salah caught offside again, a common theme of the afternoon
  • 83'
    Egypt with a great chance to take the lead, after the offside Mo Slaah feeds in a team mate who hits his shot straight at the keeper. Would have been ruled out on VAR review anyway
  • 81'
    Salah races in to the opposition box, but is crowded off the ball by the Saudi defenders
  • 79'
    Fathy gives away a needless freekick with a rash challenge. 35 yards out from the Egyptian goal, the shot is blocked by the wall
  • 77'
    Egypt turning up the pressure, with Salah trying his best to get in the game. A cross from Al Berik headed behind for a corner
  • 76'
    Warda with a shot blocked en route to the Saudi goal, after Salah had just tried to win a penalty
  • 74'
    Egypt with a promising attacking move down the right, but the ref gets in the way and they lose possession
  • 73'
    Al Dawsari brought down just outside Egypt´s box, a good position for a Saudi free kick, but it flies in to the stands
  • 71'
    Al Burayk brought down in his own half
  • 69'
    The ball is nicely left by Salah and goes in to the path of Elneny, who can only shoot over the cross bar from just outside the box
  • 68'
    Hamed brought down in his own box. Free kick to Egypt
  • 67'
    Great ball in to the box and Moghawi brings out a save from Al Hadry
Substitution

Substitution

at Egipto
  • 64'
    Bahbri is swapped out for Assiri on the wing for Saudi Arabia
Substitution

Substitution

at Egipto
  • 64'
    Mohsen makes way for Ramadan for Egypt
  • 62'
    Al Mogahwi goes for a spectacular volley from outside the box, and by Saudi Arabia´s standards it wasn´t far away
  • 60'
    Trezeguet concedes this one against Al Berik
  • 60'
    Bahbir with what seems to be the Saudi´s 100th shot from range that has gone way over Al Hadry´s goal
  • 56'
    Trezeguet with a chance from a header from the centre of the goal, but heads wide of the Saudi net
  • 54'
    Warda brought down on the edge of the Saudi box. Salah with a disappointing free kick from the right hand side
  • 53'
    Bahbir with a wonderful chance to volley his side ahead from inside the box, but blasts over the Egyptian goal from about 7 yards out
  • 52'
    Salah picked the ball up on the right wing for his side, but the Saudi Arabians get back and manage to block his cross
  • 49'
    The ball comes in from the corner but none of the Saudis can bring it under their spell.
  • 48'
    Al Shawari wins a corner on the left for his team
  • 47'
    Tame effort from Bahebri easily picked up by El Hadry in the Egyptian net
  • 46'
    Mohamed Elneny caught offside for the Pharoahs
  • 45'
    Saudi Arabia kick off the match again
  • 45'
    That´s the end of the half! An interesting one so far, not for the football as much as the misses!!! Saudi Arabia will be thrilled to have got their first goal, whereas Egypt will be frustrated at not being ahead after a host of good chances.
Penalty scored
Goaaaaal from a penalty!
de Arabia Saudí en el 45'
  • 45'
    SAUDI ARABIA SCORE!!!! It´s a composed penalty from Al Faraj, who strokes the ball home to the keeper´s right
  • 45'
    Yet another penalty for the Saudis, seems soft but Wilmar Perez is convinced and gives it
  • 38'
    El Hadary is down and being treated on the side of the pitch
  • 38'
    Wonderful save from El Hadry, tipping the ball on to the crossbar
  • 38'
    The Saudi Arabians have a penalty
  • 33'
    Treziguet misses two shots coming in from the left in as many minutes for Egypt
  • 30'
    The corner comes out to the edge of the box, and the shot from range fails. Again
  • 28'
    Salah getting his angles all wrong on the chip this time
  • 27'
    Egypt whip a ball in to the box, but Al Mosailem punches away easily in goal.
  • 25'
    Salah getting his angles all wrong on the chip this time
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Egipto en el 22'
  • 22'
    SALAH!! A wonderful lob of the keeper, punishing terrible passing from the Saudis in midfield.
  • 17'
    Salah again, caught quite a way offside
  • 17'
    Fould by Salah, chasing down a ball on the right flank
  • 15'
    Al Dawsari shoots over the cross bar from 25 yards. No trouble for the Egyptians
  • 14'
    Salah with a long ball for Mohsen to chase, but it´s too long
  • 11'
    Shot from distance from the Saudis, but it is nowhere near El Hadry´s goal
  • 9'
    Egypt get the ball down the left wing, but the cross finds no one in the box
  • 8'
    Al Faraj whips the ball in but it´s easily cleared by Egypt´s defence
  • 7'
    The coaches were seen embracing at the start of the game, does that show that this will be a friendly affair?
  • 6'
    Cagey start to the game, with neither team able to keep the ball for prolongued periods.
  • PRVW
    Fathy flies in to a challenge, and the referee has no choice but to give the Saudis a free kick around 30 yards put from the opposition goal
  • PRVW
    Keep an eye out for 21 year-old midfielder Abdullah Al Khaibari for Saudi Arabia, if any attacking threat is to come from his team it will come through him
  • PRVW
    Egypt will be relying on their star man Mohamed Salah to make the difference in this one. The Liverpool winger didn´t feature against Uruguay but managed to get a consolation penalty against Russia
  • PRVW
    Confirmation of Essam El Hadary´s record-breaking start for Egypt, making him the oldest player to play a game ever in a World Cup
  • PRVW
    The Saudi Arabian team have faced a difficult couple of games, particularly with the humiliation at the hands of the host Russia in the first match of the tournament. Following that game, the players were hugely criticised after that fixture, woth a government minister saying some of the players would be ´punished´following the defeat. But losing out just 1-0 to Uruguay was a huge improvement for the ´Green Falcons´which they will look to build on in this game.
  • PRVW
    A big debate leading up to this one has been whether Egyptian reserve goalkeeper Essam El Hadary would play in this game. Having sat out the previous two matches, his appearance in this game will make the 45 year-old become the oldest player to ever play in a World Cup game.
Info

Pre-match

25 June 2018, 16:00

Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Stadium: Volgograd Arena

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to this Group A match between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. With both teams already out of the tournament having lost to Russia and Uruguay in their previous two matches, this could be a tame affair. However, let´s not forget that the two teams are neighbours and so the two Arab teams will want to get the upper hand against their regional rivals and salvage some pride from what has been a disappointing World Cup for both teams.