Qatar v Senegal World Cup 2022: kickoff time, venue, stats and odds
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Senegal Training - Al Duhail SC 2, Doha, Qatar - November 20, 2022 Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly with teammates during training REUTERS/Albert Gea
DOHA : Qatar play Senegal in the World Cup in Doha on Friday.
When: Friday Nov. 25, 1600 local (1300 GMT/ 0800 ET)
Where: Al Thumama Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
Odds:
Qatar win: 5/1
Senegal win: 8/13
Draw: 13/5
Key stats:
* Both teams lost their first game, with Qatar falling 2-0 to Ecuador for the first ever loss by a host country in the opening match and Senegal to Netherlands by the same score.
* The game in Al Thumama stadium will be a meeting between the current Asian and African champions.
* Regional governing bodies CAF and the AFC have previously organised two intercontinental tournaments together, one for the continents' club sides and the other for national teams.
* Senegal shocked the world by reaching the quarter-finals 20 years ago on their first World Cup appearance in Japan and South Korea. A 16-year wait to return to the finals followed but at Russia 2018 their hearts were broken as they were eliminated in the group stage by Japan on a fair play tiebreaker.
* Qatar hope to avoid becoming only the second World Cup hosts to be eliminated in the first round at the finals after South Africa in 2010.
Previous meetings:
This will be the first meeting between the two sides. (This story has been corrected to clarify South Africa are the only hosts to be eliminated in the first round)
