Syria vs AfghanistanResult, Lineups & H2H

Asian Cup Qualification

2027

Syria

Alsalkhadi1'

Al-Hallaq54'

Al-Mustafa58'

Al-Mustafa82'

Al-Aswad90+1'

-FT

Mar 31, 2026

Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium

Afghanistan

Panahi9'

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Mohammad Al-Mustafa

Syria

Goals

8.4

Goal!

5-1

Mahmoud Al-Aswad

90'+1·Syria

⚽

Goal!

4-1

Mohammad Al-Mustafa

82'·Syria

⚽

70'Yellow Card

Mohammad Alsalkhadi

Syria

70'Yellow Card

Mahboob Hanifi

Afghanistan

66'Yellow Card

Ali Reza Panahi

Afghanistan

Goal!

3-1

Mohammad Al-Mustafa

58'·Syria

⚽

Goal!

2-1

Mohammad Al-Hallaq

54'·Syria

⚽

Goal!

1-1

Ali Reza Panahi

9'·Afghanistan

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Mohammad Alsalkhadi

1'·Syria

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Statistics of the Game

Syria

Afghanistan

58%Ball Possession42%

10Shots Total4

6Shots On Target3

7Corners3

8Fouls7

1Yellow Cards2

4Offsides1

2Saves1

465Passes309

1Shots Off Target1

1Attacks0

7Shots Inside Box0

3Shots Outside Box4

5Goals1

0Free Kicks1

3Shots Blocked0

5Tackles5

403Accurate Passes251

9Total Crosses5

3Accurate Crosses2

14Interceptions12

Syria

Manager: José María Lana Fernández

Starting XI

Shaher Al-Shakhir

6.5

Zakaria Hanan

6.7

Abdullah Alshami

Abdulrazzak Al Mohammad

Almekdad Ahmad

Ahmed Al-Ashkar

7.2

Mahmoud Nayef

6.6

Mohammad Alsalkhadi

7.3

Mahmoud Al-Aswad

6.9

Anas Dahhan

6.8

Mohammad Al-Hallaq

7.9

Substitutes

Ahmad Madanieh

Khalil Ibrahim

Fares Arnaout

Khaled Al-Hajjah

Homam Mahmoud

6.5

Mohamad Zeid Ghrir

Haitham Allouz

Mohammad Al-Mustafa

8.4

Yahya Karak

Mohammad Khoja

Mohammed Saraqbi

Maksim Sarraf

Afghanistan

Manager: Ashley Westwood

Starting XI

Keyvan Mottaghian

5.5

Ali Baset Nazari

5.7

Ahmad Shekib Mehri

5.8

Amid Arezou

Mahboob Hanifi

6.0

Nawid Mahbobi

Akbar Said Aref

Mosawer Ahadi

6.0

Elias Mansor

Ali Reza Panahi

6.7

Mohammad Zarif Arefi

Substitutes

Mohammad Jan Mohammadi

Samir Samandari

6.5

Ali Reza Rahimi

6.0

Sahil Sawari

Yaser Safi

Habibullah Hotak

6.5

Elias Daftarie

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Mohammad Al-Mustafa FW	8.4	38'	2	0	2/2	7	-	3/5
Mohammad Al-Hallaq FW	7.9	90'	1	1	1/2	27	1	2/9
Mohammad Alsalkhadi MF	7.3	90'	1	0	2/3	37	-	7/20
Ahmed Al-Ashkar MF	7.2	90'	0	0	0/1	61	1	8/16
Mahmoud Al-Aswad MF	6.9	90'	1	0	1/1	34	-	9/21
Anas Dahhan MF	6.8	90'	0	0	-	28	-	3/12
Zakaria Hanan DF	6.7	90'	0	1	-	47	-	8/16
Mahmoud Nayef MF	6.6	90'	0	0	0/1	55	1	3/9
Homam Mahmoud MF	6.5	9'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Shaher Al-Shakhir GK	6.5	90'	0	0	-	29	-	-
Abdullah Alshami DF	-	90'	0	0	-	50	1	4/11
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total50 Accurate45 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls4 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles1 Tackles Won0 Interceptions1 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total11 Won4 Lost7 Won %36% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches65 Dribbles2/2 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Almekdad Ahmad DF	-	84'	0	0	-	34	-	1/8
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total34 Accurate29 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls4 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions0 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total8 Won1 Lost7 Won %13% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches45 Dribbles1/2 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls1 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Abdulrazzak Al Mohammad DF	-	90'	0	0	-	45	-	5/9
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total45 Accurate43 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls2 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions1 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total9 Won5 Lost4 Won %56% Aerials Won3 Ground Won0 Possession Touches57 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls1 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Khaled Al-Hajjah DF	-	9'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total0 Accurate0 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions0 Clearances0 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total0 Won0 Lost0 Won %0% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches0 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Yahya Karak MF	-	21'	0	0	-	7	1	1/4
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total7 Accurate7 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles1 Tackles Won0 Interceptions0 Clearances0 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total4 Won1 Lost3 Won %25% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches9 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls1 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0
Mohammad Khoja FW	-	21'	0	0	-	4	-	0/1
Shots Total0 On Target0 Off Target0 Blocked0 Passes Total4 Accurate4 Accuracy0% Key Passes0 Long Balls0 Through Balls0 Defense Tackles0 Tackles Won0 Interceptions0 Clearances1 Ball Recovery0 Duels Total1 Won0 Lost1 Won %0% Aerials Won0 Ground Won0 Possession Touches6 Dribbles0/0 Dispossessed0 Other Fouls0 Fouls Drawn0 Chances Created0 Crosses0/0

Syria vs Afghanistan — computed insights

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Syria	15	W3	4	0	7	0	10/15	16-6
Afghanistan	15	L1	0	10	2	2	2/15	3-6

Syria — last 5 games

L1-3 @ United Arab Emirates2025-09-04
D2-2 vs Kuwait2025-09-08
W5-1 vs Myanmar2025-10-09
W3-0 @ Myanmar2025-10-14
W5-0 @ Pakistan2025-11-18

Afghanistan — last 5 games

L1-2 @ Myanmar2025-03-25
L0-1 vs Syria2025-06-10
D0-0 @ Pakistan2025-10-09
D1-1 vs Pakistan2025-10-14
L1-2 vs Myanmar2026-03-26

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 2
Period covered: 2007-10-26 – 2025-06-10
Syria wins: 2
Draws: 0
Afghanistan wins: 0
Avg goals per meeting: 2
Over 2.5 goals: 50%
Both teams scored: 50%
Home side won: 0%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted

Most recent meetings

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-06-10	Afghanistan	0-1	Syria
2007-10-26	Afghanistan	1-2	Syria

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 11 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Syria	1	5	15	15	WWWWW	1	0
Afghanistan	3	5	2	-3	LLDDL	3	0

Table context

Points gap: 13 ptsSyria 15 · Afghanistan 2
Positions: #1 vs #3

How we calculate this

Previous Meetings

Last 2 matches

Won 100%

(2/2)

Draw 0%

(0/2)

Won 0%

(0/2)

Goals

3-1

Total matches

Recent matches

Asian Cup Qualification•Jun 10, 2025

Afghanistan

0-1

Syria

WC Qualification Asia•Oct 26, 2007

Afghanistan

1-2

Syria

Head to Head

Last 2 matches

Syria wins

Draws

Afghanistan wins

Goals Scored

3 - 1

Jun 10, 2025 • Asian Cup Qualification

Afghanistan

0-1

Syria

Oct 26, 2007 • WC Qualification Asia

Afghanistan

1-2

Syria

Matchday 6 — Asian Cup Qualification

Match summary

Afghanistan had gone 10 matches without a win before this one.

More details:

Syria — live results and schedule Afghanistan — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Syria vs Afghanistan — computed insights

Previous Meetings

Previous Meetings

Recent matches

Head to Head

Head to Head

Last 2 matches

Matchday 6 — Asian Cup Qualification

Match summary