🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland 3–0 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
2002 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
3–0 Republic of Ireland win
Goals
Republic of Ireland ▲ Saudi Arabia ▼ 0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' Robbie Keane 7' 7 Keane Gary Breen 61' 61 Breen Damien Duff 87' 87 Duff
Starting line-ups
List Pitch
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
Shay Given · GK 1 Given Gary Breen · CB 14 Breen Steve Finnan · RB 2 Finnan Ian Harte · LB 3 Harte Steve Staunton · CB 5 Staunton Kevin Kilbane · LM 11 Kilbane Mark Kinsella · CM 12 Kinsella Gary Kelly · RM 18 Kelly Matt Holland · CM 8 Holland Robbie Keane · CF 10 Keane Damien Duff · CF 9 Duff 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Al-Deayea · GK 1 Al-Deayea Hussein Abdulghani · LWB 13 Abdulghani Mohammed Al-Jahani · RWB 2 Al-Jahani Redha Tukar · CB 3 Tukar Abdullah Zubromawi · CB 4 Zubromawi Fouzi Al-Shehri · CB 6 Al-Shehri Abdulaziz Al-Khathran · LM 14 Al-Khathran Khamis Al-Dosari · CM 16 Al-Dosari Nawaf Al-Temyat · RM 18 Al-Temyat Ibrahim Suwayed · CM 7 Suwayed Al-Hasan Al-Yami · CF 20 Al-Yami Players sit in vertical bands (GK · defence · midfield · attack) by their listed position — no
left/right placement is inferred. Order within a band is squad-sheet order, not a formation.
Pre-match model (Elo→Poisson, 90-min W/D/L)
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland 68.8% draw 20.5% 10.7% Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
Model P(result)
68.8%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#391
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
0.54
−log₂ P(observed)
Republic of Ireland's run D 🇨🇲 1–1 Cameroon, Group D 🇩🇪 1–1 Germany, Group W 🇸🇦 3–0 Saudi Arabia, Group D 🇪🇸 1–1 Spain, Round of 16 Saudi Arabia's run L 🇩🇪 0–8 Germany, Group L 🇨🇲 0–1 Cameroon, Group L 🇮🇪 0–3 Republic of Ireland, Group
Head-to-head at the World Cup No prior World Cup meetings.