| Score | 2-1 to United Arab Emirates |
| Referee | Hiroyuki Kimura |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Asia group G |
| Venue | Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur |
| Attendance | 43,200 |
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Manager: Cheng Hoe Tan
| Syafiq Ahmad | 1 |
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| Janasekaran Partiban for Norshahrul Idlan | 61 |
| Syamer Kutty Abba for Mohamadou Sumareh | 66 |
| Akhyar Rashid for Syafiq Ahmad | 77 |
| Brendan Gan | 33 | Y |
Manager: Bert van Marwijk
| Ali Mabkhout | 43 |
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| Ali Mabkhout | 75 |
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| Omar Abdulrahman for Khalil Al Hammadi | 73 |
| Ismail Al Hammadi for Ali Saleh | 84 |
| Majid Surour for Jassem Yaqoob | 88 |
| Ali Mabkhout | 36 | Y |
| Ali Saleh | 84 | Y |
| Walid Abbas | 90 | Y |