Cape Verde Islands vs Saudi Arabia - World Cup, Group Stage - 3 (Sat, 27 June 2026)
Full time
NRG Stadium, Houston
Match reportCape Verde reach World Cup knockouts with three draws and no winsCape Verde Saudi Arabia ended 0-0 as Cape Verde reached the World Cup Round of 32, finishing second in Group H with three draws from three. Events
First half
- 4' Yellow card: S. Abdulhamid
- Yellow card: W. Pina 9'
- 33' Substitution: H. TambaktiA. Lajami
Second half
- 46' Substitution: A. Al KhaibariM. Al Juwayr
- Substitution: D. LivramentoN. Da Costa 61'
- Substitution: W. SemedoH. Varela 61'
- 66' Substitution: S. Al DawsariM. Abu Al Shamat
- 66' Substitution: S. MandashA. Al Hamdan
- 67' Yellow card: N. Al Dawsari
- Substitution: R. MendesG. Rodrigues 71'
- Substitution: J. MonteiroL. Duarte 71'
- 82' Substitution: N. BoushalM. Al Harbi
- 90+3' Yellow card: F. Al Buraikan
- Substitution: W. PinaS. Moreira 90+4'
Stats
Cape Verde IslandsSaudi Arabia
- 51% Possession 49%
- 15 Shots 7
- 2 On target 3
- 1.52 xG 0.27
- 4 Corners 2
- 10 Fouls 16
All stats
- 438 Passes 439
- 85% Pass accuracy 81%
- 3 Saves 2
- 1 Offsides 0
- 1 Yellow cards 3
Player of the match
Lineups & ratings
1
14
3
20 ↓71'
10 ↓71'
4
Pico
6
Lenini
17 ↓61'
8
24 ↓90'
19 ↓61'
20 ↓66'
15 ↓46'
Al-Khaibari
9
Al-Buraikan
6
Al-Dawsari
10 ↓66'
23
5 ↓33'
21
4
Al-Amri
12
13 ↓82'
Boushal
Cape Verde Islands
4-1-4-1 Coach Pedro Leitao Brito
1
14
3
20 ↓71'
10 ↓71'
4
Pico
6
Lenini
17 ↓61'
8
24 ↓90'
19 ↓61'
- 21 Nuno Da Costa for D. Livramento
- 26 Hélio Varela for W. Semedo
- 11 Garry Rodrigues for R. Mendes
- 15 Laros Duarte for J. Monteiro
- 22 Steven Moreira for W. Pina
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 12 Márcio Rosa
- 16
- 23
- 25
Saudi Arabia
4-4-2 Coach Georgios Donis
20 ↓66'
15 ↓46'
Al-Khaibari
9
Al-Buraikan
6
Al-Dawsari
10 ↓66'
23
5 ↓33'
21
4
Al-Amri
12
13 ↓82'
Boushal
20 ↓66'
15 ↓46'
Al-Khaibari
9
Al-Buraikan
6
Al-Dawsari
10 ↓66'
23
5 ↓33'
21
4
Al-Amri
12
13 ↓82'
Boushal
- 3 Ali Lajami for H. Tambakti
- 7 Musab Al Juwayr for A. Al Khaibari
- 19 Abdullah Al-Hamdan for S. Mandash
- 26 Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat for S. Al Dawsari
- 24 Moteb Al-Harbi for N. Boushal
- 1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
- 2 Ali Majrashi
- 8 Ayman Yahya
- 11
- 14
- 16 Ziyad Aljohani
- 17
- 18 Ala'a Al-Hejji
- 22 Ahmed Al-Kassar
- 25 Jehad Thakri
Bench · Cape Verde Islands
- 21 Nuno Da Costa for D. Livramento
- 26 Hélio Varela for W. Semedo
- 11 Garry Rodrigues for R. Mendes
- 15 Laros Duarte for J. Monteiro
- 22 Steven Moreira for W. Pina
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 12 Márcio Rosa
- 16
- 23
- 25
Bench · Saudi Arabia
- 3 Ali Lajami for H. Tambakti
- 7 Musab Al Juwayr for A. Al Khaibari
- 19 Abdullah Al-Hamdan for S. Mandash
- 26 Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat for S. Al Dawsari
- 24 Moteb Al-Harbi for N. Boushal
- 1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
- 2 Ali Majrashi
- 8 Ayman Yahya
- 11
- 14
- 16 Ziyad Aljohani
- 17
- 18 Ala'a Al-Hejji
- 22 Ahmed Al-Kassar
- 25 Jehad Thakri


