Jordan’s top soccer team came top of Group G by beating the Saudi hosts by two goals to Tuesday’s goal at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, in the sixth (last) round of Group G competitions in the second round of the 2026 Asian World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup joint qualifiers in Saudi Arabia.
The start of the meeting was strong, especially by the Saudi team, who pressed their rivals from the outset, and almost opened the scoring early on Saud Abdul Hamid’s shot, which was blocked by goalkeeper Yazeed Abu Leila with the help of the bar in the fourth minute, and was a warning point near the goal achieved after 12 minutes.
Prior to the match, Green avoided losing inside his home in qualifying, since the fall of 13 to Australia, 6 September 2011, at Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam.
After that loss, he made 23 appearances in the World Cup qualifiers at home, finishing 21 of them winners, and two tied, before the series was interrupted against Jordan during the 24th meeting.
This loss lost the Saudi national team to the top of the seventh round group for Jordan, which decided to qualify for the third and decisive round since the last round.
The two sides finished the group with 13 points, but the lead went to “Nashami” on goal difference.
The visiting team responded to their back-to-back loss to their rivals with a score of 02.
