Australia's 3-1 victory over Oman saw the Socceroos create history by becoming the first nation to ever win 11 consecutive FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in a single campaign. Their run began with a 3-0 win over Kuwait back in September 2019 and they have not looked back since.

Another country who just can't stop winning, Saudi Arabia's incredible run of form in 2021 continued in their 1-0 victory over Japan. Firas Al Buraikan scored the only goal of the game as Herve Renard's team made it three wins from three in Group B and extended their winning run to eight straight games this year.

While Son Heung-min scored from the spot against Lebanon in the second round of Asian Qualifiers back in June, you have to go back almost two years to the day since his last goal for Korea Republic from open play. Nine appearances on from that 8-0 victory over Sri Lanka on October 10, 2019, the Tottenham Hotspur forward's late winner against Syria finally ended the drought.

With all 12 teams in the final round of AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar having now played three games, seven players sit on two goals apiece: Australian trio Awer Mabil, Mitchell Duke and Martin Boyle, Iranian duo Mehdi Taremi and Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Saudi Arabia's Saleh Al Shehri and China PR's Wu Lei.

While the aforementioned players have been amongst the goals, Iraq and Lebanon remain the only two teams yet to have found the back of the net. Thursday's goalless stalemate between the pair means the sides have now gone 270 minutes without scoring in the final round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers.

China PR's dramatic 3-2 victory over Vietnam was the highest-scoring game in the three rounds of fixtures to date, with all five goals coming in the second half as Wu Lei's stoppage-time winner cancelled out Nguyen Tien Linh's 90th-minute equaliser.

Indeed, it was the second half when the goals began to flow. There was a total of 14 goals over the six matches on Thursday, and 12 of them came after the interval. Only Australia's Awer Mabil and Oman's Al Mandhar Al Alawi netted in the first half.

Islamic Republic of Iran went nine straight games without conceding in the final round of AFC Asian Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and they've started the current campaign in similar fashion. The 1-0 victory over the United Arab Emirates marked goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand's third successive shutout and the Iranians are now the only team with a perfect defensive record.

Finally, after three rounds of fixtures, just one team remains in the hunt for their first points: Vietnam. The Golden Stars can consider themselves unfortunate, however, after levelling late against China only to be denied a point at the death. Park Hang-seo's side will hope for better luck on Matchday Four against Oman.