Australia takes on the visitors UAE at “Westpack” in the gameweek seven of the Asian Football Confederation’s Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Sydney on Tuesday, March 28.
Australian national team comes up to the match with the six-match unbeaten streak having lost last time on the 7th of June 2016 followed it with two wins and four draws. It should be noted that Australians four recent matches ended with draws. After six matchdays of the Preliminary Competition Australia occupies the third place in its group with 10 points gained and 9:6 goal difference. At their own turf the Australians played two matches: they got 2:0 vs. Iraq and 1:1 draw vs. Japan.
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For the UAE team the start of the year was unsuccessful as it lost to Japan 0:2 on their own turf on the 23rd of March which made their task to progress to Mundial much harder. In its turn, UAE takes the fourth place in the group with nine points gained and 7-8 goal difference after six games played and now it’s Australia team it has to fight with for the third place as it is unlikely to get a higher place. On the road UAE side played twice in the current Preliminary Competition having defeated Japanese 2:1 and lost to Saudi Arabia 0:3.
Australia and UAE teams have met four times in their history recording two 0:0 draws and two Australians’ wins 2:0 and 1:0. The upcoming match is a decisive game for the both teams in regards to promotion to the World Cup. I believe neither of teams would risk and the match will end with the minimal number of the goals scored which is typical for the teams’ rivalry.
Prediction for the match: under 3.0 scored goals.
