Iran welcome the visitors Oman in the Asian Cup – Playoffs – 1/8 Finals. The match will be held on Sunday, January 20th, at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi).
The Irani national team have passed the group stage in their own style – they did it confidently, with no waste of efforts. Their first-round 5:0 win was little confusing, as they normally don’t feature such outcomes, outclassing the opponents with a 1:0 or 2:0 scorelines. Looks like the team couldn’t but smash Yemen, and then we saw the ordinary Iran. The Sunday hosts easily outclassed Vietnam, 2:0, and drawed tactically against the Iraqi side. As a result, Iran’s goal difference at the group stage was 7 to 0. Scoring to them is quite a challenge. Even the world national teams became fully convinced in that last summer. Iran’s attack is very well-thought. The 5:0 score against Yemen is rather an exclusion than a rule. The team can deservedly be called underscoring.
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As far as Oman are concerned – they can clearly be happy with their Asian Cup run. Not best in football in Asia, they advanced to the playoffs! Their tactics is pretty clear to all – the team will shut out and look for penalties. As it’s a tough task to score to the Irani, Oman need to ensure they don’t allow in 120 minutes. This is hardly possible though. It is noteworthy that the Sunday opponents met in the World Cup qualification in 2015 and 2016. At home, Iran drawed against Oman, 1:1, and lost to them out, 0:2. So, the Omani team have some positive experience in opposing Iran.
We choose to bet on the underscoring outcome of the coming clash. This bet is seen very promising – the Irani are hardly scoring, they are not expected to be effective tomorrow. The underscoring scenario seems very likely. Something fantastic should happen for Abu Dhabi evening football to see 4+ goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals.
