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Oman — Saudi Arabia, Gulf Cup of Nations

Gulf Cup of Nations
Oman D5 Dec 2025 · Home Morocco · 0:0W8 Dec 2025 · Home Comoros · 2:1L5 Jun · Away Indonesia · 0:3W7 Jun · Home Mozambique · 4:1D23 Sep · Away Iraq · 1:1L26 Sep · Home Saudi Arabia · 0:3
0:3
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Saudi Arabia D10 Jun · Home Senegal · 0:0D15 Jun · Home Uruguay · 1:1L21 Jun · Away Spain · 0:4D27 Jun · Away Cape Verde · 0:0W23 Sep · Home Kuwait · 1:0W26 Sep · Away Oman · 3:0
Venue: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex City: Muscat

In the Gulf Cup of Nations game on 26 September 2026, Saudi Arabia beat Oman 0:3. Match numbers: shots on target 2:5, corners 2:8.

Match report

Saudi Arabia beat Oman 3-0 in the Group Stage of the Gulf Nations Cup on 26 September 2026. The visitors took control early and never looked back, running out comfortable winners at home soil. It was a statement performance from the away side, who showed more urgency than the hosts throughout.

F. Al Buraikan opened the scoring in the eleventh minute, catching the home defence asleep. To be fair, Oman had already shown signs of nervousness — G. Al Habashi picked up a yellow card just seven minutes earlier. H. Kadesh doubled the lead in the eighteenth, and by then the match was effectively over. Al Buraikan added his second in the thirty-fourth, and the hosts had nothing to do all evening.

Oman made changes trying to find a way back, but the momentum was long gone. A. Hejji came on in the forty-sixth, followed by A. Fawaz and S. Al Marzouq in the fifty-eighth. H. Kadesh and H. Al Hammami were replaced together in the sixty-third, while G. Al Habashi and M. Kanno also saw their time come up. The substitutions came too late to alter the picture.

The numbers tell you what you saw. Saudi Arabia held 62 per cent possession with 550 passes compared to Oman's 333. They created more danger — five shots on target against two — though neither side generated a big chance. Oman made 23 clearances and lost 23 tackles, while Saudi Arabia were more composed in possession with 473 successful passes.

What it means for the group remains to be seen, but this was a clean sheet and three points without drama. Oman's recent form has been inconsistent, and this result adds to the questions. Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, have shown they can impose themselves even when not at their most expansive.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 38 – 62
Shots on target 2 – 5
Shots off target 4 – 7
Attacks 100 – 101

Match events

  1. 9' 0:0 Oman Yellow card G. Al Habashi
  2. 11' 0:1 Saudi Arabia Goal F. Al Buraikan assist: S. Abu Al Shamat
  3. 18' 0:2 Saudi Arabia Goal H. Kadesh assist: S. Abu Al Shamat
  4. 25' 0:2 Oman Yellow card I. Al Sabhi
  5. 34' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Goal F. Al Buraikan assist: S. Mandash
  6. 46' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Substitution A. Hejji off: Z. Al Johani
  7. 58' 0:3 Oman Substitution A. Fawaz off: M. Al Mamari
  8. 58' 0:3 Oman Substitution S. Al Marzouq off: H. Al Shahri
  9. 63' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Substitution H. Kadesh off: J. Thakri
  10. 63' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Substitution H. Al Hammami off: N. Al Dawsari
  11. 71' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Substitution M. Kanno off: A. Al Hamdan
  12. 73' 0:3 Oman Substitution G. Al Habashi off: Z. Al Aghbari
  13. 79' 0:3 Saudi Arabia Substitution S. Abu Al Shamat off: M. Mahzari

Statistics

38 Possession, % 62
2 Shots on target 5
4 Shots off target 7
0 Big chances 0
100 Attacks 101
2 Corners 8
10 Fouls 6
6 Free kicks 9
0 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 8
23 Throw-ins 19
All statistics
2 Blocked shots 1
23 Clearances 16
69 Failed passes 77
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
0.25 Shot accuracy 0.38
16/2370% Tackles 15/2171%
333 Total passes 550

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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D5 Dec 2025 · Home Morocco · 0:0W8 Dec 2025 · Home Comoros · 2:1L5 Jun · Away Indonesia · 0:3W7 Jun · Home Mozambique · 4:1D23 Sep · Away Iraq · 1:1L26 Sep · Home Saudi Arabia · 0:3

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