China vs Bahrain
World • Friendlies - Group Stage • 2026 • Group Stage
China17 November 2026
Bahrain
Match information
- Country
- World
- Competition
- Friendlies - Group Stage
- Season
- 2026
- Stage
- Group Stage
- Date
- 17 November 2026
- Kick-off
- Stadium
- Tianhe Stadium
Clubs
China
- Founded
- 1924
- Country
- China
- Stadium
- Beijing National Stadium
- City
- Beijing
- Capacity
- 91 000
- Surface
- grass
Bahrain
- Founded
- 1957
- Country
- Bahrain
- Stadium
- Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī (Bahrain National Stadium)
- City
- Riffa
- Capacity
- 35 580
- Surface
- grass
Recent form
ChinaDWLLL
BahrainWLLLL
Head-to-head
- 10 June 2025 • AFC World Cup Qualifiers • China PR 1 : 0 Bahrain (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 14 November 2024 • AFC World Cup Qualifiers • Bahrain 0 : 1 China PR (Half-time 0 : 0)
Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.
Coaches
- China
- Jiayi Shao
- Bahrain
- Felix Sanchez
Missing players
China
- 13Shenghao Huang - injured
Squad - China
| # | Player | Age | Apps | Goals | Assists | YC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||
| 1 |  Junling Yan | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 |
| 12 |  Dianzuo Liu | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Hao Li | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Bingliang Yan | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Defenders | |||||||
| 2 |  Tyias Browning | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
| 3 |  Haofan Liu | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 |  Zhunyi Gao | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.47 |
| 5 |  Chenjie Zhu | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 |
| 5 |  Yang Li | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 |  Zhen Wei | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 |
| 18 |  Pengfei Han | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| 19 |  Aihui Zhang | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 |  Yang Liu | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.42 |
| 23 | Alex Yang | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 |  Gengrui Wang | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Midfielders | |||||||
| 6 |  Shangyuan Wang | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.67 |
| 13 | Shenghao Huang injured | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 |  Tianyi Gao | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 |
| 15 |  Jin Cheng | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 |
| 16 |  Dun Ba | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Bunyamin Abdusalam | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 |  Jiahui Huang | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 |  Wai-Tsun Dai | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 |
| 21 |  Ming-Yang Yang | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 |  Pu Chen | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 |  Qianglong Tao | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 |  Weijie Mao | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 |  Wenneng Xie | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6.63 |
| Forwards | |||||||
| 7 |  Lei Wu | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 |
| 7 |  Mingrui Yang | 19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 |  Yuning Zhang | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.83 |
| 10 |  Shihao Wei | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.85 |
| 10 |  Yudong Wang | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 |
| 11 |  Liangming Lin | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.42 |
| 11 |  Serginho | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.30 |
| 14 | Songyuan Zhao | 17 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 |  Pengyu Zhu | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 |  Behram Abduweli | 23 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6.56 |
| 20 |  Ziming Wang | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| 21 |  Yuezheng Du | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Yihao Zhong | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Squad - Bahrain
| # | Player | Age | Apps | Assists | YC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 1 | Omar Salem | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| 22 |  Ebrahim Lutfalla | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.05 |
| 24 | Mohamed El Gharably | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Abdulrahman Abdulkarim | 46 | - | - | - | - | |
| Defenders | ||||||
| 2 |  Amine Benaddi | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6.88 |
| 3 |  Waleed Al Hayam | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Vincent Emmanuel | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 16 |  Mahdy Baqer Sayed | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.50 |
| 16 | Qayoom Mohamed | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Ahmad Khaled Rabeea | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Mubarak Bughammar Ahmed | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Abdul Kayoum Mohamed | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 23 |  Abdulla Al Khalasi | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmed Dhiya | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Saleh Al Zubaidi | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 4 | Sayed Dhiya | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Hamad Al Shamsan | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.86 |
| 6 | Abbas Fadhel Al Asfoor | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.65 |
| 8 |  Mohamed Marhoon | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.71 |
| 11 | Ibrahim Al Khatal | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Omar Saber | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Ali Humood Al Dosari | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Rashid Al Dosari | 46 | - | - | - | - | |
| Forwards | ||||||
| 7 |  Ali Madan | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6.68 |
| 9 |  Hashim Sayed | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 |
| 10 |  Komail Al Aswad | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 |  Mahdi Abduljabbar | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| 13 |  Mohamed Al Romaihi | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
| 15 |  Jassim Al Shaikh | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 |
| 20 |  Mahdi Humaidan | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | Ali Al Karani Hasan | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayed Mahdi Sharaf | 23 | - | - | - | - | |
Head-to-head
Last 2 meetings
China wins2
Draws0
Bahrain wins0
- Goals: China
- 2 (1.0)
- Goals: Bahrain
- 0 (0.0)
- Goals per match
- 1.0
- Both teams scored
- 0 / 2
- Over 2.5 goals
- 0 / 2
Results
- 10 June 2025 • AFC World Cup Qualifiers • China PR 1 : 0 Bahrain (Half-time 0 : 0)
- 14 November 2024 • AFC World Cup Qualifiers • Bahrain 0 : 1 China PR (Half-time 0 : 0)
Form: last 10 matches
| China | Bahrain | |
|---|---|---|
| W-D-L | 4-2-4 | 2-0-8 |
| Scored (per match) | 10 (1.0) | 9 (0.9) |
| Conceded (per match) | 14 (1.4) | 23 (2.3) |
| Clean sheets | 4 / 10 | 1 / 10 |
| Both teams scored | 2 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 5 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
Recent form - China
- L6 October 2026 • Friendlies • China 0 : 1 Tajikistan (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L2 October 2026 • Friendlies • China 0 : 5 Palestine (Half-time 0 : 3)
- L27 September 2026 • Friendlies • China 0 : 3 New Zealand (Half-time 0 : 2)
- W24 September 2026 • Friendlies • China 3 : 0 Maldives (Half-time 0 : 0)
- D9 June 2026 • Friendlies • China 0 : 0 Thailand (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W5 June 2026 • Friendlies • Singapore 1 : 2 China (Half-time 0 : 2)
- L31 March 2026 • Fifa Series - Group Stage • China 0 : 2 Cameroon (Half-time 0 : 2)
- W27 March 2026 • Fifa Series - Group Stage • China 2 : 0 Curacao (Half-time 1 : 0)
- D26 January 2026 • Friendlies • Uzbekistan 2 : 2 China
- W15 July 2025 • EAFF E-1 Football Championship • China PR 1 : 0 Hong Kong, China (Half-time 1 : 0)
Recent form - Bahrain
- L30 September 2026 • Gulf Cup of Nations • Bahrain 2 : 5 Yemen (Half-time 1 : 4)
- L27 September 2026 • Gulf Cup of Nations • Bahrain 0 : 3 United Arab Emirates (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L24 September 2026 • Gulf Cup of Nations • Qatar 2 : 0 Bahrain (Half-time 0 : 0)
- L5 June 2026 • Friendlies • Georgia 2 : 0 Bahrain (Half-time 0 : 0)
- W9 December 2025 • Arab Cup • Bahrain 3 : 1 Sudan (Half-time 1 : 0)
- L6 December 2025 • Arab Cup • Bahrain 1 : 5 Algeria (Half-time 1 : 3)
- L3 December 2025 • Arab Cup • Iraq 2 : 1 Bahrain (Half-time 2 : 0)
- W26 November 2025 • Arab Cup • Bahrain 1 : 0 Djibouti (Half-time 1 : 0)
- L21 November 2025 • Friendlies • Bahrain 0 : 1 Somalia (Half-time 0 : 1)
- L17 November 2025 • Friendlies • Bahrain 1 : 2 Somalia (Half-time 1 : 1)