FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage · Group [object Object]

Cameroon 1–0 Saudi Arabia

Thursday 6 Jun 2002 · Saitama, Japan (neutral)

Cameroon1–0Saudi Arabia

Goals1

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Eto'o

66′1–0Samuel Eto'o Cameroon

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Cameroon

Came on

20Salomon OlembéMF↑46′
11Pius NdiefiFW↑74′
6Pierre NjankaDF↑84′

Saudi Arabia

Came on

20Al Hasan Al-YamiFW↑35′
15Abdullah Al-JumaanMF↑72′
8Mohammed NoorMF↑86′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Cameroon: 1880 → 1897
Saudi Arabia: 1721 → 1704

Expected score for Cameroon: 71.4% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 5 of 5, 1982–2002.

Cameroon wins: 2
Draws: 1
Saudi Arabia wins: 2

Form either side

Cameroon

Before

2–2 v Argentina 27 Mar 2002 · Friendly
0–0 v Austria 17 Apr 2002 · Friendly
1–2 v Denmark 17 May 2002 · Friendly
2–2 v England 26 May 2002 · Friendly
1–1 v Republic of Ireland 1 Jun 2002 · FIFA World Cup 2002

After

0–2 v Germany 11 Jun 2002 · FIFA World Cup 2002
0–3 v Ivory Coast 11 Feb 2003 · Friendly
2–0 v Madagascar 27 Mar 2003 · Friendly
0–1 v Tunisia 30 Mar 2003 · Friendly
1–0 v Brazil 19 Jun 2003 · Confederations Cup 2003

Saudi Arabia

Before

0–2 v Estonia 14 Mar 2002 · Friendly
1–0 v South Africa 20 Mar 2002 · Friendly
3–2 v Uruguay 27 Mar 2002 · Friendly
3–2 v Senegal 14 May 2002 · Friendly
0–8 v Germany 1 Jun 2002 · FIFA World Cup 2002

After

0–3 v Republic of Ireland 11 Jun 2002 · FIFA World Cup 2002
1–1 v Lebanon 13 Dec 2002 · Friendly
2–1 v Bahrain 17 Dec 2002 · Arab Cup 2002
1–0 v Lebanon 19 Dec 2002 · Arab Cup 2002
3–0 v Syria 24 Dec 2002 · Arab Cup 2002

Group E

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Germany	3	2	1	0	+10	7
2Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	+3	5
3Cameroon	3	1	1	1	-1	4
4Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	-12	0

Road through the tournament

Cameroon

Saudi Arabia

Every Cameroon v Saudi Arabia match5

From Cameroon's side.


6 Jun 2002	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2002	Group stage
6 Oct 1992	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Away	Friendly	—
4 Oct 1985	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Away	Friendly	—
15 Sep 1985	Saudi Arabia	4–1	Home	Friendly	—
12 Oct 1982	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Away	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: Fjelstul · Cards: Fjelstul