Score prediction: Indonesia crushes China's World Cup dream

If China loses to Indonesia in the qualifying match taking place at 8:45 p.m. on June 5 (Vietnam time), it will have to say goodbye to its 2026 World Cup dream.

Indonesia is in good form - Photo: PSSI

The most recent encounter between Indonesia and China was in the fourth round, with China winning 2-1 at home.

At that time, Indonesia was still led by coach Shin Tae Young. They made mistakes when playing massive attacks right on China's field, only to receive quick goals from counterattacks.

Coach Patrick Kluivert will learn from his predecessor. And now, they have the home advantage and points.

With 9 points, Indonesia currently has 3 more points than China. Just a draw, the team of thousands of islands will almost eliminate China from the game. And obviously China will be disappointed if they lose.

Bookmakers give Indonesia a handicap of 0.75 goals for the whole match, and 0.25 goals for the first half. The over/under odds for the whole match are 2.5 goals and 1 goal for the first half.

Indonesia's handicap is quite high, but it is understandable given China's current poor form. Under pressure to win, China's defense may leave many gaps for Indonesia's fast players to exploit.

The over/under ratio is quite "soft" when China is forced to play offensively like that. But on the other hand, Indonesia's defense promises to be very solid if they focus on playing defense.

In the most recent match, Indonesia scored quite early against Bahrain, and then successfully defended the 1-0 victory.

Sportsmole's computer data shows that Indonesia has a 62.8% chance of winning all 3 points in this match, while the corresponding figure for China is only 15.5%. The most likely score is Indonesia winning 1-0 (12.7%).

Expected lineup:

Indonesia: Ari; Ridho, Idzes, Hubner; Diks, Pelupessy, Haye, Verdonk; Struick, Sananta; Romeny.

China: Wang; Yang, Han, Jiang, Li; Xu, Huang, Xie; Cao; Wei, Zhang.

Prediction: Indonesia win 1-0 in the first half, win 1-0 in the end.

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HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/du-doan-ti-so-indonesia-dap-tan-giac-mo-world-cup-cua-trung-quoc-20250604223544405.htm