📊 Form Guide

Qatar

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Qatar will be hoping to bounce back here after the 3-1 WC Qualifiers - Asia defeat last time out to Kyrgyzstan.

In that game, Qatar managed 54% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Kyrgyzstan got 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Valeriy Kichin (45') was the scorer for Kyrgyzstan.

Qatar have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they’ve also found ways to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Qatar have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those games.

Iran

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In their last fixture, Iran drew 2-2 in the WC Qualifiers - Asia match with Uzbekistan.

In that game, Iran had 61% possession and 20 shots on goal with 8 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Iran was Mehdi Taremi (52', 83'). Uzbekistan got 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. Khojimat Erkinov (16') and Abbosbek Fayzullaev (53') scored for Uzbekistan.

Illustrating their partiality to action-packed matches, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the previous 6 games in which Iran have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals per meeting. Their opponents have managed 7 of these goals. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might continue on in this upcoming match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes going back to 01/09/2016 shows us that Qatar have won 1 of these & Iran 5, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A total of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from Al-Annabi and 15 being from Team Melli. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league game featuring the two was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 4 on 15/10/2024 when it ended Iran 4-1 Qatar.

On that day, Iran managed 46% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The goalscorers were Sardar Azmoun (42', 48') and Mohammad Mohebi (66', 90').

For their opponents, Qatar got 11 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Almoez Ali (17') scored.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where Iran might well have a job on their hands to find the net against this Qatar lineup who we think should emerge victorious.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Qatar at the conclusion of the game.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Renata Leite, 18:01 05/06/2025