Australia and Saudi Arabia national teams will play against each other on the upcoming Thursday at the Socceroos’ field. This is the most important encounter within the World Cup qualification, the final part of which will be held in Russia in 2018. The Australians are approaching the match as the clear favorites in the couple, however Saudi Arabia plays very decently in the current qualification, therefore one should not underestimate the Asian team.
After seven played rounds in the WC qualification, the Australian national team has managed to gain 13 points, which give the team an opportunity to occupy the third position in the Asian qualification Group B tournament table. The Australian national team has had three domestic matches in the current tournament: Iraq and the UAE were defeated with the same score of 2:0 and a 1:1 draw happened with Japan.
The upcoming game is extremely important for Saudi Arabia, whereas even a draw will suffice for the future guests, as the team currently has 16 points in the asset and the second position, i.e. Saudi Arabia is three points ahead of the Australians in the tournament table. The Saudi have had three away matches in the current tournament: Iraq and Thailand were defeated 2:1 and 3:0 respectively and a 1:2 loss to Japan team. In these three matches over 3.5 goals have never been scored.
The forthcoming game between the national teams of Australia and Saudi Arabia is very important for both competitors, as the fate of the second ticket to 2018 WC from the group B is decided and such encounters are often happen to be efficient. The Australian team doesn’t concede that often at its home ground plus the Saudi perform decently in defense away.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 goals in the match
