On November 14, Beijing time, in the 5th round of Group C of the round of 18, Australia played Saudi Arabia at home. In the first half, both teams had chances, but neither team could score; In the second half, the offense of the two teams was even more disorganized, and the Saudi Arabian team's stoppage time stunner was blown away, and finally 0-0 ended with a blank draw, and the two teams each scored 1 point to 6 points, leading the national football team by 3 points in one more game.
The first 4 rounds of both teams are 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, but in the previous 7 meetings, Australia won 4 and drew 2 and only lost 1, including 3 meetings with Saudi Arabia at home, Australia won 2 and drew 1, but Goodwin was suspended and absent.
In the 7th minute, Australia won a free kick from the edge of the penalty area, and Hrustic took the penalty, but hit the ball against the wall.
In the 13th minute, Saudi goalkeeper Qassal knocked down Duke, and the referee blew for a penalty kick at the first time, but VAR intervened to determine that the foul was on the edge of the box, and then Australia's free-kick threatened, but Suttar fired wide from close range.
In the 27th minute, there was a mistake in the Australian defence, Dosari counter-attacked with the ball into the penalty area, and the final shot from a tight angle was saved.
In the 35th minute, Hrustic got the ball with his back in front of the goal, turned to get rid of the defense and shot but was blocked.
In the 45th minute, Australia had another good chance, but several players conceded to each other and in the end, Hrustic's low shot was confiscated without a threat.
In first-half stoppage time, Owen teamed up with a team-mate on the edge of the box to kick the wall, but the final shot was slightly over target.
In the first half, the two teams drew 0-0.
In the 60th minute, Duke took the ball in the penalty area and shot hard, but was blocked by a defender.
In the 65th minute, Australia crossed from the right, and Duke's sweeping shot in front of the goal was blocked.
In the 79th minute, Sahafi's cross from the right failed to create a threat.
In the 84th minute, Australia missed the opportunity to take the lead, Borrello did not choose to shoot in the penalty area, but crossed in front of goal, only to miss a good chance in the end.
In the third minute of stoppage time, Al-Dosari took a free-kick from the left and sent it to goal, but the ball was cleared by a defender to the edge of the box, and Ganham's low shot drilled into the far corner, but the linesman ruled that the Saudi player was offside and interfered with the goalkeeper, and the winner was whistled.
In the end, Australia drew 0-0 with Saudi Arabia.
Australia line-up: 18-Gossi; 8-Jeria, 21-Burgess, 19-Suta, 22-Owen, 10-Hrustic (46 mins 7-Velupilé 73 mins 6-Cáceres), 14-McGree (65' yellow card), 13-O'Neal, 3-Miller, 5-Bose (82 mins 16-Beshi), 15-Duke (73 mins 11-Borrelo)
Saudi line-up: 22-Qassal (15' yellow card), 13-Shahrani, 5-Blahi (63' yellow card), 17-Tambati, 12-Abdulhamid, 6-N. al-Dosari, 10-Al-Juwaiil (55 mins 15-Khaybari), 8-Sahafi, 11-Shehri (56 mins 14-Hamdan), 9-Buraikan, 16-Ghamdi