Uzbekistan hosts Saudi Arabia in round 5 of the second stage of the Asian World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, November 14th at Centralnyj Stadion Pachtakor (Tashkent)
Uzbekistan leads in Group D. The team has six points after three matches. But it played with obviously weaker rivals, with Yemen at home and Singapore away. Both matches ended with victories. Nevertheless, Uzbekistan lost to Palestine away (2-0).
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Saudi Arabia has five points, but it never lost in three matches. Draws with Yemen and Palestine. and the victory over Singapore. The Falcons are staffed with players of the local championship. But it does not prevent the French coach Renard from making them a combat-ready team, which they consider to be the main favorites in the group. And only one team will go further.
Uzbekistan has its field. The advantage is not small, especially considering that the away team has never won in nine head-to-head matches. There was only one draw. But it was the Falcons who got it playing in Tashkent. It happened in the qualification for the World Cup 2006. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia has more experience. They participated in five of the last seven World Cups. By the way, they even reached the 1/8 finals in the USA. And Uzbekistan has only ambitions and the psychology of the loser. The White Wolves have long been able to debut at the World Cup. But the Uzbeks lack confidence in key matches of qualifying rounds or playoff games. Uzbekistan as the host will try to attack. But the defense is far from perfect. Palestine scored the Uzbeks two goals. Singapore scored too. Even neighboring Kyrgyzstan scored in a friendly game. Saudi Arabia is much stronger than all these teams. If we look at their last 20 matches, the Falcons have not scored only seven times. But the rivals in those matches were rather tough - Palestine, Bahrain, Jordan, Japan (the finalist of the last Asian Cup), Qatar (the reigning Asian champion), South Korea (one of the strongest teams in Asia), and Brazil... And Arabia scored in 7 out of 9 matches in Uzbekistan. It will probably catch the hosts in the counterattack this time too.
Prediction for the match: Saudi Arabia to score over 0.5 goals
