The White Wolves took an early lead through Eldor Shomurodov in the 16th minute of the game before Saudi skipper Salman Al Faraj equalized the scoring from a penalty-kick 7 minutes later.

After the restart, Uzbek side were awarded a penalty when Alshahrani was fouled for handling the ball and Shukurov made no mistake with the penalty kick.

However, goals from Saudi captain Al Faraj and Al Dawsari saw Saudi Arabia earned a 3-2 comeback victory Uzbekistan in the last minutes.