Thailand suffered a double blow ahead of their Asian Cup qualifiers against Taiwan as Buriram United duo Supachai Chaided and Sasalak Haiprakhon pulled out of the national team with injuries on Monday.
Both Supachai and Sasalak picked up injuries on Sunday night when Buriram dropped points for the first time in Thai League 1 this season.
The Thunder Castle were held to a 2-2 draw by BG Pathum United at home in a riveting battle that kept the hosts atop the Thai League table.
Thailand head coach Masatada Ishii has called up Channarong Promsrikaew of Chonburi to take Supachai’s place in the squad, while Sasalak has been replaced by Wanchai Jarunongkran of Bangkok United.
The War Elephants will host Taiwan at Bangkok’s Rajamangala Stadium on Thursday before facing the same opponents again on Oct 14 in Taipei.
Earlier on Sunday night, Pathum took the lead in the 25th minute when Kritsada Kaman set up Seydin Ndiaye for a thundering header.
Buriram levelled in the 31st minute through a long-range strike from Guilherme Bissoli.
At the 33rd minute, substitute Sanchai Nontasil fired a low shot past Buriram goalkeeper Neil Etheridge to restore Pathum’s lead at 2-1.
In first-half stoppage time, a dramatic VAR review changed the course of the match as the hosts were awarded a penalty, which Bissoli converted with ease.
Buriram head coach Osmar Loss Viera said after the game: “We are very disappointed with this result. We planned to take three points today.
“The first half did not go to plan, but at half-time we discussed our tactics and the players understood them, which made the team play better in the second half.
“If there had to be a winner, it should have been us, Buriram United, but that is football; when you have chances to finish, you must be sure.”