The first Saudi team seeks to continue its victory, achieve its fifth victory in a row, and approach its qualification when it meets its Australian counterpart today, Thursday, at the Compank Stadium, in Sydney, at 12:10 pm Saudi time. This is part of the second group matches of the final Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Green leads the group with a full score (12) points from 4 consecutive victories, three points ahead of the Australian team (second), and Oman and Japan, who face China and Vietnam, respectively, occupy third and fourth places with 6 points, while the latter two occupy fifth place with 3 points, and the last of without straight points.

In tomorrow’s match, the Saudi team will miss the trio Muhammad Al-Owais, Yasser Al-Shahrani and Abdullah Mado due to the injury of some and the lack of medical readiness for others, and therefore will count on the likes of Abdul-Ilah Al-Omari, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Salman Al-Faraj, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki, Saleh Al-Shehri, Muhammad Kno and Salem Al-Dosari, who will return again after his absence from the confrontations with China and Japan due to injury.

The situation of the Australian team is not much different, as it started its career in a distinguished manner, recording three consecutive victories, before receiving its first loss against Japan, and is looking forward to restoring its balance and returning to the winning path.

Australia's squad includes many professional players abroad, as well as some players from the local international, but he will miss the trio of Celtic's Tom Rogic, Aaron Moi, Shanghai's Chinese player, and Adam Taggart due to injury and quarantine.

Yesterday evening, the Saudi national team concluded its preparations for the match.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Football Association, Yasser Al-Mishal, met with the players of "Al-Akhdar" before the start of the training session and praised the morale and high discipline that he witnessed from the players, stressing the importance and strength of the match being on the opponent's land, expressing his confidence in everyone and wishing them success in achieving victory.

Al-Akhdar leads the second group with 12 points with 4 victories, 3 points ahead of the "second" Australia. Oman and Japan are in third and fourth places, respectively, with 6 points, China in fifth, with 3 points, and finally Vietnam is in sixth and last place without points.