When: Saturday, February 10 at 6pmWhere: Lusail Stadium, LusailCapacity: 88,000Referee: Ning Ma (China)ODDSJordan win: 3/1Qatar win: 6/5Draw: 11/5PREVIOUS MEETINGSJordan wins: 6Qatar wins: 12Draws: 5ROAD TO FINALJordanGroup E: Beat Malaysia 4-0Drew with South Korea 2-2Lost to Bahrain 1-0Last 16: Beat Iraq 3-2Quarter-final: Beat Tajikistan 1-0Semi-final: Beat South Korea 2-0QatarGroup A: Beat Lebanon 3-0Beat Tajikistan 1-0Beat China 1-0Last 16: Beat Palestine 2-1Quarter-final: Beat Uzbekistan 3-2 on penalties (1-1 aet)Semi-final: Beat Iran 3-2ASIAN CUP RECORDJordanPrevious appearances: 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019Best performance: Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)FIFA world ranking: 87QatarPrevious appearances: 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019Best performance: Winners (2019)FIFA world ranking: 58KEY STATS• Jordan have reached the Asian Cup final for the first time.• Qatar are defending champions and are playing in their second final.• Qatar’s Akram Afif has scored five goals in the tournament so far. Only Iraq’s Aymen Hussein has scored more (six). Yazan al-Naimat and Musa al-Taamari (both Jordan) and Hassan al-Haydos (Qatar) have three goals each.• Jordan goalkeeper Yazid Abu Layla has kept three clean sheets.• Jordan beat Qatar 2-1 in a friendly match in Doha in January, before the Asian Cup kicked off.
February 10, 2024 | 12:41 AM