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Kuwait vs Qatar: Gulf Cup of Nations match prediction
In the final round of the group stage of the Gulf Cup of Nations in Group A on December 27, the national teams of Kuwait and Qatar will meet. The visitors do not live up to expectations and risk being left without a playoff. How will the game go and what reliable bets to choose? - the answer is in our forecast
Command Analysis
Kuwait
KuwaitCurrent form
The Kuwait national team is having a strong home tournament and has a good chance of getting out of the group – it is enough not to lose today. At the start, the hosts drew with Oman (1:1), and in the second round they scored a sensational victory over the UAE with a score of 2:1. Undoubtedly, the hero of the last meeting was the experienced goalkeeper Khaled Al-Rashidi, who saved his team more than once. It should be noted that the hosts scored the winning goal in the 89th minute, as soon as the opponent was left with ten men.
Disqualifications and injuries
There are no losses in the Kuwait team.
Interesting trends for betting
- In two matches at the tournament involving the Kuwait national team, a draw was recorded in the first half
- Goals were exchanged in Kuwait previous two matches in the tournament
Tentative line-up: Al-Rashidi - Al-Hajeri, Ebrahim, Khader, Al-Enezi - Al-Dheferi, Al-Enezi - Majed, Khalaf, Daham - Nasser.
Qatar
QatarCurrent form
Qatar in Group A was initially considered among the main contenders for the playoffs. However, in practice, the team has not lived up to expectations and forecasts at all and is at the bottom of the quartet with one point after two rounds. At the start, Luis Garcia team drew with the UAE (1:1). In the second round, the Qataris played Oman, were the clear favorites according to bookmakers, but lost with a score of 1:2, although they opened the scoring in the second minute of that game.
Disqualifications and injuries
All players are fit and ready to take to the field today.
Interesting trends for betting
- In three of the last five matches, the Qatar national team played to a 1-1 draw in the first half
- Four of Qatar previous five matches have seen goals exchanged
Estimated line-up: Barsham - Yusif, Al-Husain, Mendesh, Al-Brake - Fathi - Hamza, Abdulsallam, Al-Hassan, Afif - Ali.
Trends
Bet Qatar to score in the second half
In the last two head-to-head matches, the Qatar team scored goals in the second 45 minutes
1.51Bet Total first half under 1.5 goals
Three of the four previous head-to-head meetings have seen no more than one goal scored in the first half
1.36Bet Exact score 1:2
This is the score with which the Qatar national team won their last personal meeting
7.80Tip and bets
The Kuwait team pleased their fans, but it was not without a bit of luck, without the excellent play of the goalkeeper. Still, the hosts are inferior to their opponents in class and are unlikely to be ready to achieve victories on a regular basis. Moreover, today they will have to play against an inconvenient opponent, to whom they lost in the last three face-to-face confrontations. We think that the feats performed by Kuwait will end today.
Our prediction is Qatar win with odds of 1.96
Bet on total
All matches at the tournament involving Kuwait and Qatar have seen an exchange of goals. The visitors only need a win and we are likely to see open football.
Second bet - both teams to score with odds of 1.95
Bet on the first half
In the last two face-to-face matches, the opponents ended the first half tied with a score of 0:0. We expect that today, all the main events on the field will unfold after the break.
Prediction - draw in the first half with odds of 2.32
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