LiontipsAustralia vs Bahrain. Prediction and bets on the World Cup qualifying match
Command Analysis
Current form
Since 2006, the Australian national team has qualified for every World Cup. Most likely, no one will prevent the Australians from reaching the world championship this time either, since the hosts have too few serious competitors. In the third stage of the qualification, Graham Arnold's team will play Japan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China and Indonesia. At the previous stage of the selection, the team did not concede a single goal from Lebanon (2:0 and 5:0), Bangladesh (2:0) and Palestine (5:0).
Disqualifications and injuries
Australia has no problems with the squad
Interesting trends for betting
- The hosts have not conceded a single goal in their last four matches.
- The Australians have not lost in regulation time in any of their last 13 matches
Estimated composition
Gauci, Behich, Burgess, Circati, Jones, Leckie, Baccus, Irvine, Boyle, Yengi, Taggart
Current form
Bahrain has never qualified for the World Cup, although it has been playing increasingly successfully at the Asian Cup. In 2023, it managed to reach the playoffs from first place, but in the 1/8 finals, the team lost to Japan (1:3). In the previous stage of the World Cup qualifiers, the Bahrain team managed to take second place in the group, losing only to the UAE. In the last matches, the visitors managed to defeat Nepal (5:0 and 3:0), and also draw with Yemen (0:0) and the UAE (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
Bahrain has no problems with its squad
Interesting trends for betting
- Bahrain have avoided defeat in their last four matches
- The team has not conceded a goal in three of its last five matches.
Estimated composition
Lutfallah, Dhiya, Baker, Al Khayyam, Mohamed, Al-Shaikh, Marhun, Haram, Al Aswad, Madan, Hasan
Trends
Bet Exact score 2:0
Two of the last three head-to-head matches ended with this score
5.50Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in the last four matches of the hosts
1.52Tip and bets
Australia is much stronger than their opponents and is unlikely to give away points from the very first match. The team needs to take first or second place in the group to immediately qualify for the World Cup, so we believe that in the first round the Australians will be set for victory and will be able to take three points.
Our betting tip is Asian handicap (-1.5) on Australia for 1.65
Bet on total
Both teams are playing well defensively and have avoided conceding goals in most of their recent matches. Although the hosts are much stronger than their opponents, the score is unlikely to be too big.
Betting Tip - total under 2.5 goals with odds of 2.25
Bet on corners
We don't think that the opponents will rely heavily on corners. Most likely, the teams will attack positionally, so we are unlikely to see many corner flag deliveries.
Betting Tip - total under 8.5 corners with odds of 2.03
