Score prediction: Australia crushes China's World Cup hopes

China finds it difficult to make a surprise - Photo: CSV

Australia and China are not two teams with much fate. Before this year's qualifying round, the two teams had only met in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with 1 win and 1 draw in favor of Australia in the first and second leg matches.

In the first leg this year, China lost 1-3 to Australia despite scoring the opening goal. They are expected to play better when they return home.

However, bookmakers still consider Australia to be the overwhelmingly strong team, with a handicap of up to 1.25 goals for the whole match, and 0.5 goals in the first half.

Three days ago, China lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia, in a match where they were down a man at the end of the first half (Liangming received a red card). The result was not too bad, but China's weak performance made fans disappointed.

Not only that, China is always at a disadvantage when facing teams with big bodies. They lost to Qatar in the AFC Asian Cup last year, and before that, they lost to Uzbekistan and New Zealand in friendly matches.

However, the handicap of 1.25 goals is still too high compared to Australia's attacking power. They scored 5 goals against Indonesia, but that was because the opponent chose to play offensively from the beginning of the match.

China, on the other hand, will likely play defensively to draw, aiming to compete for a place in the top 4 of the group.

The over/under ratio for the whole match is only 2.5 goals, and in the first half it is 1 goal. Although quite low, the over result is still difficult to appear because Australia rarely plays offensively away from home.

Prediction: Australia to beat China 1-0 in the first half and final.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/du-doan-ti-so-uc-vui-dap-hy-vong-world-cup-cua-trung-quoc-20250323212922664.htm