📏 Form Guide

UAE

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UAE are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 WC Qualifiers - Asia success over Korea DPR.

In that game, UAE had 69% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For their opponents, Korea DPR got 7 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Paulo Bento's UAE have netted 11 times in their prior six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures stands at 5.

Uzbekistan

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

In that match, Uzbekistan managed 39% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Uzbekistan, the scorers were Khojimat Erkinov (16') and Abbosbek Fayzullaev (53'). Iran got 20 shots on goal with 8 on target. Mehdi Taremi (52', 83') was the scorer for Iran.

During their six previous matches, Srečko Katanec's Uzbekistan have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times, earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/01/2012 tells us that UAE have won 3 of them and Uzbekistan 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

In all, 14 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them for UAE and 8 coming from White Wolves. The average goals per game has been 2.33.

The last league contest featuring the two was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 4 on 15/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Uzbekistan 1-0 UAE.

On that day, Uzbekistan had 60% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

At the other end, UAE got 10 shots at goal with 5 on target.

⚡ Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Uzbekistan and UAE should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 1-1 score at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:01 05/06/2025