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Another game from the Arabian Golf Cup is between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both teams are under pressure to score their first points in this year's tournament, with Yemen losing their opening match narrowly 0:1 to Iraq. The team was solid defensively, but as is often the case, they lacked the final punch offensively to create compelling chances. One of the attackers in the squad Al Brawny and Abdulrab have not even scored a single goal for their national team. Saudi Arabia had a more exciting but ultimately disappointing start to the tournament. Their 2:3 loss to Bahrain showed that Saudi Arabia is dangerous in attack, but their defense is a weak place. Saudi Arabia must bring stability to their defence in order not to fall behind again. At the same time the attack has proven with two goals that it is capable of scoring goals. Each of the last 7 direct games between the two nations in this competition always ended in the same way as the Saudis winning without conceding a goal. Also Yemen has never advanced from the group stage of this competition.