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Dreadful excellence for the Falcons
Saudi Arabia enter the 2027 Asian Cup high on confidence, with a long history of superiority over their rivals, as Al-Akhdar look to exploit the ground and community workers to restore their continental glory and go for the much-anticipated title.
The Saudi Arabian team has an outstanding record in previous encounters against the teams in their group, having imposed their advantage on numerous official occasions, giving them an important morale advantage ahead of the start of the tournament, which Saudi fans are eagerly awaiting.
As ambitions rise on Saudi Arabia’s sporting street, the Green Brigade appear to have an ideal opportunity to assert their historic dominance, especially given that the team possesses a host of distinctive elements that could make a difference in the upcoming Asian Championship game.
National team of Saudi Arabia
The draw for the 2027 Asian Cup has seen hosts Saudi Arabia drawn in Group One alongside Kuwait, Palestine and Oman in a group that looks balanced and has plenty of challenges from the first round.
Al-Akhdar will enter the next tournament amid high expectations from their fans, who hope to take advantage of playing on Saudi soil to regain the missing continental title, especially as the team has a long experience of dealing with Asian tournaments and big games.
The Saudi Arabian team also compete with an important morale advantage given their outstanding historical record against Arab teams in the Asian Cup, having managed to impose their advantage in many previous encounters, giving them a strong boost ahead of the highly anticipated match.
Saudi Sports Street hopes that Al-Akhdar will continue its strong presence in Asia, taking advantage of strong public support and team-specific elements to deliver an exceptional tournament that will see it compete strongly for the continental title on home soil and among its fans.
Saudi Arabia vs Oman
The Saudi Arabian national team has a clear historical advantage in the confrontations against the Oman national team, as the two teams have met in the previous 26 matches in different competitions, during which the “green” team managed to win 16 confrontations, compared to 7 victories in favor of Oman, and 3 matches ended in a draw.
The encounters between the two teams witnessed a long rivalry that spanned many tournaments, notably the Arabian Gulf Cup, in addition to World Cup qualifiers and the Asian Cup, as well as friendlies, where the Saudi Arabian team imposed its dominance in many periods, especially in the eighties and nineties.
The first meeting between the two sides took place in the 1976 Gulf Cup, which Al-Akhdar managed to win (3-1), before achieving the biggest win in the history of the two teams’ meetings in 1984 when they beat Oman (6-0) in a friendly match.
The rivalry between the two teams has continued in recent years as the two sides have exchanged wins on more than one occasion, but the Saudi Arabian national team maintained its historical advantage, with its most recent victory over Oman (2-1) in the 2025 Arab Cup, after it had previously won the 2023 Asian Cup by the same margin in early 2020.
Complete history before Palestine
The Saudi Arabian national team has a clear advantage in the historical confrontations against the Palestinian national team, as the two teams have met in the previous 10 matches in different competitions, during which the “green” team managed to win 6, against 4 draws, while not losing a single one so far.
Matches between the two teams have been witnessed in a number of tournaments, most notably the Arab Cup, in addition to World Cup qualifiers and some friendlies, where the Saudi Arabian team has more than once been able to impose its attacking edge and achieve strong results.
The first official meeting between the two sides took place in the 1992 Arab Cup, which Al-Akhdar managed to win (2-1), before achieving their biggest win against Palestine in 2021 after beating them (5-0) in a World Cup qualifier.
Despite Saudi Arabia’s historical superiority, some of the recent encounters have been characterized by competition, with the Palestinian team forcing draws on several occasions, notably in the 2015 and 2019 World Cup qualifiers, in addition to a 1-1 draw in the 2021 Arab Cup.
The last meeting between the two teams took place in the 2025 Arab Cup, during which Al-Akhdar managed to win (2-1), continuing their unbeaten record against the Palestinian national team.
Balanced record against Kuwait
The Saudi Arabian national team has a long and rich history against the Kuwaiti national team in one of the strongest tournaments in the Persian Gulf for decades, as the two teams have faced 43 official and friendly matches in various competitions.
Al-Akhdar have managed to win 17 matches compared to the Kuwaiti side’s 13 wins and 13 matches have ended in a draw, reflecting the size of the big club that has always dominated the matches between the two sides on various occasions.
Initially, the Kuwaiti team was clearly superior, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, when it achieved several notable victories in the Arabian Gulf Cup and World Cup qualifiers, before the Saudi Arabian team managed to gradually turn things around in the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium.
Saudi Arabia’s first victory over Kuwait was recorded in 1984. In the Asian Cup (1-0), a game that marked a turning point in the history of the two teams’ encounters, while Al-Akhdar went on to excel several times, be it in the Gulf Cup or the World Cup qualifiers.
The Saudi Arabian national team also achieved some impressive results against Kuwait, most notably a 4-0 victory in the 2012 Arab Cup, in addition to important victories in the 1993 and 2005 World Cup qualifiers.
On the other hand, the Kuwaiti team has maintained its ability to upset Al-Akhdar in recent years with more than one important victory in the Gulf championships, confirming the continuation of the historic rivalry between the two teams until now.
The last meeting between the two sides was in March 2021, when the Saudi national team managed to win an unanswered goal in a friendly match, continuing their relative advantage against the Blues of Kuwait.
