Iran national football team takes on the visitors Uzbekistan national football team at “Azadi Stadium” in the gameweek eight of the Asian Football Confederation’s Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The match will be played in Tehran on Monday, June 12th.
Since the 11th of June 2015 Iran has lost only one single encounter, gained 16 victories and five draws. After seven rounds Iran is the leader of the Group A of the qualifying competition with 17 points taken and 6-0 goal difference. And in case of a win in the forthcoming clash it will guarantee itself a place in the Mundial’s final stage. Carlos Queiroz‘s side conducted three matches at its own turf in the qualifying cycle and won all of them: vs. Qatar 2:0, vs. South Korea 1:0 and vs. China PR 1:0. Reliable play in defense and good realization of the moments are the key elements of Iranian team’s power.
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Uzbekistan cannot boast with such stability in results despite the fact that the team won its two back-to-back games: vs. Qatar 1:0 and vs. Thailand 2:0. In seven matchdays of the qualification Uzbekistan earned 12 points with 6-4 goal difference and occupies the third place in the Group A which enables to play in the Play Offs, but still, Samvel Babayan‘s team has neither lost its chances to get a direct pass to Russia not to be thrown out of top-3 sides. The Uzbek A-team conducted three clashes on the road in this qualifying cycle resulting in 1:0 triumph over Qatar 1:0 as well as two defeats: to South Korea 1:2 and to Syria 0:1.
Iran and Uzbekistan have played each other six times recording one draw, single win in favour of the Uzbeks and four victories gained by the Iranians. It should be noted that the teams managed to score more than one goal only in one encounter. I believe that the head-to-heads statistics will be saved and even two goals won’t be scored in the upcoming game.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 scored goals.
