Kuwait vs Iraq: match report

Kuwait 4-1-4-1

Coach: Hélio Sousa

1. 23 Saud Al-Hoshan GK
2. 4 Rashed Al Dousari DEF
3. 25 Yousef Al Haqan DEF
4. 26 Abdul Aziz Mahran DEF
5. 12 Mohsen Ghareeb DEF
6. 13 Khaled Al-Mershed MID
7. 7 Mohammad Daham MID
8. 18 Athbi Saleh MID
9. 9 Naser Faleh MID
10. 16 Mubarak Al Faneni MID
11. 20 Yousef Nasser FWD

Bench

• 22 Abdulrahman Al Fadhli GK
• 1 Khalid Al Rashidi GK
• 3 Moaath Al Dhafiri DEF
• 6 Khaled Al Fadhli DEF
• 2 Abd Al Wahab Awadi MID
• 21 Jasem Al-Mutar MID
• 11 Eid Al Rashedi MID
• 14 Redha Hani MID
• 8 Ahmad Al Dhefiri MID
• 5 Fahad Al Hajeri MID
• 10 Shabaib Al Khaldi FWD
• 15 Yousef Majed FWD

Iraq 4-2-3-1

Coach: Graham Arnold

1. 1 Ahmed Basil Fadhil GK
2. 8 Ibrahim Bayesh DEF
3. 4 Zaid Tahseen DEF
4. 25 Josef Al-Imam DEF
5. 23 Merchas Doski DEF
6. 14 Zidane Iqbal MID
7. 16 Amir Al-Ammari MID
8. 11 Ahmed Qasem FWD
9. 19 Mohammad Qasem MID
10. 17 Ali Jasim FWD
11. 13 Saif Rasheed MID

Bench

• 12 Mohammed Salih GK
• 3 Mustafa Saadoun DEF
• 2 Maytham Jabbar DEF
• 7 Jussef Nasrawe MID
• 6 Zaid Ismael MID
• 10 Hasan Abdulkareem MID
• 20 Karar Nabeel FWD
• 18 Ayman Hussein FWD
• 24 Mohammad Dlawer DEF
• 15 Ahmed Al Hajjaj DEF
• 21 Hayder Abdulkareem MID
• 9 Mustafa Qabeel Mustafa FWD

Kuwait

No reported absences.

Iraq

• Hussein Ali injury, back Late November 2026
• Kevin Yakob injury, back Day to day