Australia vs Bahrain prediction and betting tips on September 5, 2024
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Game Prediction
The 1st round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers will feature a match between the national teams of Australia and Bahrain on September 5, 2024. The hosts are planning to start with a win, but the guests have their own ambitions.
Australia vs Qatar: key statistics and trends
- Australia has won 4 games in a row.
- Bahrain has not lost in 4 previous matches.
- Australia has not conceded in 4 meetings in a row.
- Australia has scored at least once in its 13 previous confrontations.
- Australia wins the first half in 80% of matches, Bahrain – in 33% of games.
Our prediction for the match Australia vs Bahrain
“The Socceroos” were the undisputed dominant force in Oceania. Eventually, they got bored with it and moved to Asian football, where they are also successful: the team continue to qualify for the World Championships, and won the “home” Asian Cup in 2015. “The Pearl Divers” won the Persian Gulf Cup in 2019, began to perform steadily in the continental championship, but never qualified for the World Cup.
Bahrain played in the Asian Cup in January. And the team was not bad again: a couple of wins in the group ensured entry into the play-offs, and a very strong opponent, Japan, awaited, there, which resulted in a 1-3 misfire. The Australians took 7 points in the group there, defeated Indonesia and were leading the score in the quarter-final struggle with South Korea, but conceded a return goal in the 6th minute of added time. As for the extra time, Son brought victory to his team. Then there were 4 victories without conceding a single goal in the qualification (they won all the matches against all opponents).
“The Pearl Divers” have made it to the current round of qualification quite confidently. They beat Nepal twice in March, drew in the struggles with Yemen and the UAE in June, and it was with the latter, that they went to the next round from 2nd place.
Australia vs Bahrain: possible starting line-ups
Australia (possible line-up): Gauci – Behich, Burgess, Circati, Jones – Leckie, Baccus, Irvine, Boyle – Yengi, Taggart.
Bahrain (possible line-up): Lutfalla – Ali Hassan, Al-Hayam, Baker, Sayed – Al-Aswad, Haram, Marhoon, Al-Shaikh – Abdul-Jabbar, Ali Madan.
Previous head-to-head matches: Australia vs Bahrain
All four matches between the teams were won by “the Socceroos”.
Free prediction for the match Australia vs Bahrain
The hosts are definitely stronger. So, it is reasonable to bet on the hosts’ victory with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.68).