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Qatar vs Panama: Qatar will go up against Panama in their season opener of the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021. The match will take place at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas. The two sides will compete in Group D of the competition alongside Honduras and Grenada.

The two sides will want to start the season with a victory and take their winning momentum going forward into the upcoming fixtures.

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Qatar comes into this fixture on the back of a victory, defeating El Salvador 1-0 in a friendly match on 4 July. Almoez Ali netted in a goal at the 69th minute to guide his side home with a victory. They last lost a game in November 2020 against South Korea.

Since then, they are unbeaten and will look to continue their run in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2021 as well.

Panama

The Los Canaleros lost their previous outing to Mexico in a friendly match early this month. The latter side found the net thrice and won the game with ease.

Qatar vs Panama: Head-to-Head

Both sides will meet each other for the first time on Wednesday.

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Qatar vs Panama: Team News

Qatar

The Hasan Al-Haydos led side have their full 23-man squad available for selection during the club’s season opener of the 2021 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Panama

All 23 players are available for their first game of the season.

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Qatar

Almoez Ali looks to lead the way for ?? Qatar in their #GoldCup21 debut! The forward has been in prolific form ?#GoldCup21 #ThisIsOurs pic.twitter.com/5EOPjeMw3F
— Gold Cup (@GoldCup) July 13, 2021

Saad Al Sheeb, Ro-Ro, Abdelkarim Hassan, Tarek Salman, Boulam Khouki, Abdulaziz Hatem, Mohammed Waad, Karim Boudiaf, Akram Akif, Hassan Al-Haydos, Almoez Ali

Panama

Jose Calderon, Adolfo Machado, Harold Cummings, Francisco Palacios, Andres Andrade, Alberto Quintero, Miguel Camargo, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Gabriel Torres, Jose Fajardo, Cecilio Waterman