Who: Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia
What: FIFA World Cup AFC qualifiers
Where: Alinma Bank Stadium at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
When: Wednesday, October 8, at 8:15pm (17:15 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 5:15pm (14:15 GMT) advance of our live text commentary stream.Indonesia face Saudi Arabia as the fourth round of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers for the FIFA 2026 World Cup kick off on Wednesday, with six teams still hoping to book their places at the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4LeBron James retiring? Cryptic social media post teases major announcementlist 2 of 4Cycling team to drop Israel name after mass pro-Palestinian Vuelta protestslist 3 of 4Trump says UFC fight at White House to be staged on his 80th birthdaylist 4 of 4Chelsea beat Liverpool with late Estevao goal as Arsenal top Premier Leagueend of listThe third round of qualifiers were completed in June, with six AFC teams confirming their qualification at that stage. The fourth round is not quite the last-chance saloon, however, with an intercontinental playoff still to come.Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at the qualifier and how the last teams standing can still progress to global football’s showpiece event next year.Why is Saudi Arabia staging the match with Indonesia?Saudi Arabia and Qatar were named in June as the cohosts for the current, and brief, fourth stage of AFC qualifiers.What is the format for the fourth round of AFC World Cup qualifiers?The six teams that still have a chance of reaching the FIFA 2026 World Cup have been divided into two groups. Each team will play each other once, with the top team progressing directly to next summer’s tournament.The teams that finish second will play a two-legged playoff, with the winner progressing to the intercontinental playoffs, which will be the final chance for teams around the globe to join those already qualified.What are the fourth qualifying round AFC groups?
