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Saudi Arabia vs China PR: betting odds 20 Mar 2025
Betting tips 20 Mar 2025
Saudi Arabia, who comfortably topped their group to qualify for the previous World Cup, now find themselves in serious danger of missing out on the next one. They have the same number of points as China, who sit bottom of the group. The loser of this match could see their qualification hopes all but disappear.
With six points from six matches, Saudi Arabia initially sat in second place, though far behind group leaders Japan. Their only victory so far came in the second round, a 2:1 away win against China. However, their campaign has been plagued by draws, particularly goalless ones, against Bahrain and Australia. After disappointing results under Roberto Mancini, the Saudi federation opted to part ways with the Italian and brought back Hervé Renard, the coach who led them to the 2022 World Cup. His influence has already been felt, with the team tightening up defensively.
China also saw a managerial change, replacing their head coach in February last year following a disastrous Asian Cup campaign. Croatian Branko Ivanković took charge and narrowly guided the team to the third round, edging out Thailand on head-to-head results. At the start of this stage, China lost their first three matches but responded with consecutive wins over Indonesia (2:1) and Bahrain (1:0) to climb to fourth place. However, a 1:3 defeat against Japan saw them drop back to the bottom. Their defence has been a major weakness, conceding 16 goals in six games, though they did manage a clean sheet against Bahrain.
Saudi Arabia remain the stronger side, and their main issue has been poor finishing, scoring just three goals in six matches. However, China’s defensive frailties suggest that the home side should find the net. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia have only conceded an average of one goal per game, which should keep the total score low.
AFC World Cup: previous matches in the tournament
H2H: Saudi Arabia — China PR
Group stage
Team lineups
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H. Renard
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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Line-up
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Nawaf Dhahi Faisal Al Shuweiti Al Aqidi
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
Saud Abdullah Salem Abdulhamid
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df. | 9 | 0 |
Hassan Kadish Yahya Mahbub
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df. | 8 | 2 |
Hassan Mohammed Osama Al Tambakti
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df. | 8 | 0 |
Nawaf Meshari Mohammed Bu Washl
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df. | 0 | 0 |
Musab Fahad Zaid Al Juwayr
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mf. | 8 | 2 |
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Salem Al-Dawsari
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mf. | 8 | 1 |
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Faisal Abdulrahman Saeed Al Marq Al Ghamdi
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mf. | 7 | 0 |
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Nasser Essa Shafi Al Shardan Al Dawsari
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mf. | 7 | 0 |
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Aiman Yahya Yahya Salem Ahmed
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
Feras Tariq Nasser Al Brikan
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fw. | 9 | 3 |
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Substitutes
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Ahmed Ali Hussein Al Kassar
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gk. | 5 | -3 |
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Hamed Abdullah Mohammed Yousef
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Ali Mohammed Ali Lajami
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df. | 8 | 1 |
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Muhannad Mustafa Suwailik Al Shanqiti
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Saad Mohammed Misfer Al Mosa
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Marwan Saeed Masoud Al Sahafi
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mf. | 4 | 0 |
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Jehad Abdullatif Ahmed Thikri
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
Muhannad Yahya Saeed Al Saad
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Turki Marwan Saad Al Ammar
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Ziyad Mubarak Eid Al Marwani Al Johani
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Hamddan
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fw. | 4 | 0 |
Abdullah Ibrahim Ahmed Al Salem
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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B. Ivanković
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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Line-up
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Dalei Wang
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gk. | 9 | -15 |
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Shenglong Jiang
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df. | 11 | 0 |
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Tyias Charles Browning
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df. | 8 | 0 |
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Lei Li
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df. | 6 | 0 |
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Zhunyi Gao
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Yongjing Cao
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Shangyuan Wang
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mf. | 12 | 1 |
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Wenneng Xie
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mf. | 7 | 1 |
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Yuning Zhang
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fw. | 11 | 3 |
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Shihao Wei
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fw. | 9 | 1 |
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Liangming Lin
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fw. | 6 | 1 |
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Substitutes
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Junling Yan
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gk. | 3 | -1 |
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Dianzuo Liu
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Hetao Hu
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df. | 3 | 0 |
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Zhen Wei
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Pengfei Han
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Zexiang Yang
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Yuanyi Li
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mf. | 8 | 0 |
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Haoyang Xu
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Haijian Wang
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Behram Abduweli
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fw. | 7 | 1 |
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Ziming Wang
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fw. | 2 | 0 |
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