Yemen take on Saudi Arabia in the round 1 match of Gulf Cup of Nations. The match will be played on Friday, January 6th.
Yemen clearly looks like the weakest side of this quartet, in the company of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Yemen pulls in fourth place. The team is now in very poor condition, since 2019 they have not been able to beat anyone, and it’s already 2023 in the yard ... In 10 meetings in a row, Yemen cannot even hit the opponents’ goal, although sometimes the opponents are quite modest - like Mongolia, but even to them Yemen manages to lose a couple of goals. In fact, there is no doubt that this duel for Yemen will end in defeat, and it is unlikely that any significant struggle on their part can be expected here. As we mentioned, the team has already forgotten how to score, and sometimes they concede a lot. Here, in fact, a fairly confident victory for the Arabian team emerges here.
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Of course, Saudi Arabia will not be in its main team at this tournament, because the main team has just played at the world championship. But, for sure, this will not really prevent the team from performing adequately in this tournament. So Saudi Arabia will have a more than suitable opponent for the first round, because perhaps there is no team weaker than Yemen in this tournament. The teams met relatively recently as part of the selection for the World Cup, and then Saudi Arabia was able to get a 3-0 victory in the class. Now the same alignment may well turn out, and again Yemen will be beaten without much chance for itself.
The odds for a clear victory for Saudi Arabia are modest, but there are quite weighty arguments for trying to play a minus handicap for Saudi Arabia. Yemen has not even scored for a long time, and loses a couple of goals consistently. Here, in fact, I will stop here on the variant of the bet - a handicap (-1.5) on Saudi Arabia. Quite a realistic bet, for good odds.
Prediction for the match: Saudi Arabia to win with-1.5 handicap.
