
Qatar vs India 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Second Round
Introduction
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 37': Goal! Qatar 0, India 1. Lallianzuala Chhangte (India) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+1': Ahmed Al Rawi (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Ahmed Al Ganehi (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Substitution, Qatar. Homam Ahmed replaces Hazem Shehata.
- 45': Substitution, Qatar. Khaled Ali replaces Ahmed Al Ganehi.
- 45': Substitution, Qatar. Ali Nader replaces Shehab Ellethy.
- 58': Brandon Fernandes (India) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Substitution, Qatar. Tameem Mansour replaces Mohamed Gouda.
- 64': Substitution, India. Liston Colaco replaces Rahim Ali.
- 64': Substitution, India. Sahal Abdul Samad replaces Brandon Fernandes.
- 70': Substitution, Qatar. Abdullah Al Yazidi replaces Nabil Erfan.
- 73': Goal! Qatar 1, India 1. Youssef Ayman (Qatar) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hashmi Al Hussain following a set piece situation.
- 79': Substitution, India. Vikram Partap Singh replaces Manvir Singh.
- 85': Goal! Qatar 2, India 1. Ahmed Al Rawi (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Al Hassan.
- 87': Substitution, India. Edmund Lalrindika replaces Jay Gupta because of an injury.
- 87': Substitution, India. Nandhakumar Sekar replaces Lallianzuala Chhangte.
- 90'+1': Rahul Bheke (India) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+7': Anwar Ali (India) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+8': Sahal Abdul Samad (India) is shown the yellow card.
Game Information
Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 2,816
Statistics
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QAT![]() |
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13 | Fouls | 7 |
4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
4 | Offsides | 2 |
1 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
5 | Saves | 1 |
44.9 | Possession | 55.1 |
9 | SHOTS | 18 |
2 | ON GOAL | 8 |
0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
268 | Accurate Passes | 362 |
390 | Passes | 474 |
0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
0 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
7 | Crosses | 13 |
0.0 | Cross % | 0.2 |
82 | Long Balls | 69 |
25 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
6 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
18 | Tackles | 17 |
0.3 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
13 | Interceptions | 17 |
8 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
8 | Clearances | 18 |
Qatar (3-4-2-1)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Shehab Ellethy (GK) |
6 | Youssef Ayman |
5 | Hashmi Al Hussain |
12 | Nabil Irfan |
17 | Naif Al Hadhrami |
20 | Abdullah Al Ahrak |
2 | Hazem Shehata |
7 | Mohamed Gouda |
10 | Ahmed Husham Ali Alrawi ![]() |
8 | Ibrahim Al Hassan |
9 | Ahmed Al Ganehi ![]() |
India (3-4-1-2)
No. | Name |
---|---|
1 | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK) |
2 | Rahul Bheke ![]() |
4 | Anwar Ali ![]() |
5 | Mehtab Singh |
8 | Suresh Singh Wangjam |
15 | Jeakson Singh |
10 | Brandon Fernandes ![]() |
6 | Jay Gupta |
9 | Manvir Singh |
11 | Rahim Ali |
17 | Lallianzuala Chhangte |
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