Australia vs Saudi Arabia prediction and betting tips on November 14, 2024
Game Prediction
A match between the national teams of Australia and Saudi Arabia will take place in the 5th round of the World Cup qualification in Asia on November 14, 2024. This is a direct dispute between the contenders for 2nd place in the group, who failed to start the lap, and need success in a head-to-head meeting even more.
Our prediction for the match Australia vs Saudi Arabia
“The Socceroos” are considered one of the leaders of Asian football, where they moved, tired of recklessly dominating in Oceania. They tried to confirm their status at the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year. Still, the team, having taken 7 points in 3 matches of the group stage and calmly overcoming Indonesia (4-0), flew out after the game against South Korea (although it equalized the score in the 96th minute of the confrontation). Ironically, “the Taegeuk Warriors” had knocked out “the Green Falcons” on penalties in the 1/8 finals, who also won twice in the group stage, against Oman and Kyrgyzstan, and drew with Thailand.
The Australians had a disastrous start to the decisive round of the selection, managing to lose to Bahrain on the native field and not scoring against their familiar Indonesia. Then, Tony Popovic became the coach and the results immediately improved. In October, the team beat China and shared points with the clear favourite, Japan – the giants exchanged own goals.
“The Greens” had troubles in the qualification in the summer (for instance, there happened a defeat made by Jordan. Nevertheless, the team, if we speak about the autumn, managed to win only in the 2nd round of the decisive matches, against the Chinese, after the draws in the struggles with Indonesia and Bahrain and a 0-2 result in the home battle against the Japanese. It is not surprising that it finally parted ways with Mancini, despite the large fines. Renard, who even beat Argentina at the previous World Cup, has returned to the coaching position.
Australia vs Saudi Arabia: key statistics and trends
- Australia has won 1 out of 4 previous matches.
- Saudi Arabia has won 1 out of 5 previous games.
- Australia wins the first half in 62% of matches, Saudi Arabia – in 35% of struggles.
Australia vs Saudi Arabia: possible starting line-ups
Australia (possible line-up): Gauci – Burgess, Souttar, Geria – Bos, Irvine, Brattan, Miller – McGree, Duke, Hrustic.
Saudi Arabia (possible line-up): Al Kassar – Kadesh, Al Awami, Tambakti, Hamidou – Al Dawsari, Al Asmari, Al Malki – Yahya, Al Burayk, Al Sahafi.
Previous head-to-head matches: Australia vs Saudi Arabia
“The Socceroos” have not lost in 6 matches in a row. Still, “the Falcons” took a 1-0 home victory in last but one March in the previous qualification.
Free prediction for the match Australia vs Saudi Arabia
The hosts will play on the native field against an opponent who is changing the coach. They have to win right now (odd: 1.85).