📏 Form Guide

Australia

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Australia will play in this game after a 1-1 WC Qualifiers - Asia stalemate against Japan.

In that game, Australia had 35% possession and 1 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Australia was Cameron Burgess (76' Own goal). At the other end, Japan got 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Shogo Taniguchi (58' Own goal) was the scorer for Japan.

Their more recent scorelines show that huge efforts have been put in by the Australia backline. Australia have kept it tight, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past 6 games standing at 3.

Saudi Arabia

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Previously, Saudi Arabia drew 0-0 in the WC Qualifiers - Asia match with Bahrain.

In that game, Saudi Arabia had 67% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Bahrain had 4 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Throughout their six previous matches, Roberto Mancini's Saudi Arabia have fired home a total of 7 times thus giving them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/02/2012 tells us that Australia have won 3 of these games & Saudi Arabia 1, with the number of drawn results being 2.

A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 12 of them for The Socceroos and 9 created by KSA. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league encounter between the two was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 10 on 29/03/2022 when the final score was Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia.

In that game, Saudi Arabia managed 58% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Salem Al Dawsari (65').

For their opponents, Australia had 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Saudi Arabia have the capability to score against this Australia outfit, although that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Australia at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 09:00 14/11/2024