Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia Preview
Indonesia have lost their last two qualifiers but had been defeated just once in the previous eight matches. Saudi Arabia have won just once in their last six matches and not scored in three. I'm taking value for a low-scoring draw.
- Indonesia have failed to score in 4 of their last 5 home matches.
- Indonesia drew their last match against Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia have drawn their last 2 matches 0-0
- Saudi Arabia are winless in 5 of their last 6 matches
- Saudi Arabia have failed to score in their last 3 matches.
Head to Head
Saudi Arabia lead the head to head 5-0 with two draws. One of those draws was earlier in this qualifying campaign with a 1-1 stalemate in Saudi Arabia.
Indonesia Form
Indonesia are winless in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers, picking up three points from five games.
Tae-yong Shin’s side started with three straight draws in qualifying with a 1-1 stalemate in Saudi Arabia followed by a 0-0 draw against Australia and 2-2 draw in Bahrain.
Indonesia lost 2-1 in China in the last international break and they were thumped 4-0 at home to Japan last week and sit bottom of the group.
Indonesia Squad & Team News
Goalkeepers: Nadeo Argawinata, Muhammad Riyandi, Maarten Paes
Defenders: Pratama Arhan, Rizky Ridho, Jordi Amat, Sandy Walsh, Justin Hubner, Shayne Pattynama, Jay Idzes, Calvin Verdonk, Muhammad Ferarri, Yance Sayuri, Kevin Diks
Midfielders: Witan Sulaeman, Ricky Kambuaya, Egy Maulana Vikri, Marselino Ferdinan, Yakob Sayuri, Ivar Jenner, Nathan Tjoe-A-On, Thom Haye, Eliano Reijnders
Forwards: Rafael Struick, Ramadhan Sananta, Ragnar Oratmangoen, Hokky Caraka
Saudi Arabia Form
Saudi Arabia started this qualifying round with a frustrating 1-1 draw against Indonesia before pulling off an upset when winning 2-0 in China.
Since then, the Green Falcons had failed to score in three games and have picked up two points to drop to third in the group standings.
A 2-0 defeat against Japan was followed by a 0-0 draw against Bahrain in the last international windown and Roberto Mancini left as a result and was replaced by Herve Renard.
Last week, it was another blank for Saudi Arabia as they had to settle for another point from a goalless draw with Australia.
Saudi Arabia Squad & Team News
Goalkeepers: Ahmed Al-Kassar, Hamed Al-Shanqiti, Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi, Mohammed Al-Rubaie
Defenders: Saud Abdulhamid, Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Ali Lajami, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Abdulelah Al-Amri
Midfielders: Sultan Al-Ghannam, Mohamed Kanno, Salman Al-Faraj, Musab Al-Juwayr, Abdulellah Al-Malki, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Saad Al-Nasser
Forwards: Salem Al-Dawsari, Marwan Al-Sahafi, Abdullah Al-Hamdan, Ayman Fallatah, Faisal Al-Ghamdi, Nasser Al-Dawsari, Firas Al-Buraikan, Saleh Al-Shehri, Abdullah Radif
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