Score prediction: Indonesia's World Cup dream is over

At 2:30 a.m. on October 12 (Vietnam time), Indonesia will face Iraq in the second match of Group B, stage 4 of the Asian World Cup qualifiers. The match will take place at King Abdullah Sports Stadium.

Indonesia faces difficulties in World Cup qualifiers - Photo: BOLA

Indonesia’s World Cup dream is facing a harsh reality. In the first match of this stage, they lost 2-3 to Saudi Arabia.

This result is not too bad overall. But in stage 4, only the top team of the group (group of 3 teams) can officially get a ticket to the World Cup.

The loss to Saudi Arabia therefore puts Indonesia in a position where they must beat Iraq to hope to qualify. The Southeast Asian representative will only qualify if they beat Iraq by a score with many goals (e.g. 2-1, 3-2, 4-3...), and Iraq beats Saudi Arabia by a score with fewer goals.

Indonesia can still dream of finishing second in the group - which is relatively easier for them. If they finish second, they will continue to enter the 5th stage to compete for a play-off ticket. But whatever the goal, coach Patrick Kluivert and his team will enter this match with the goal of winning.

This goal is extremely difficult because they are facing an Iraq that always plays very solidly. Unlike Saudi Arabia - a strong team but with unstable performance, Iraq always wins over Southeast Asian representatives every time they meet.

A typical example is Indonesia, the team that lost to Iraq in all 3 recent matches. Those were even defeats with a total of 10 goals conceded, and only 2 goals scored.

Iraq's last win over Indonesia was in June last year. Compared to that time, Indonesia is now significantly stronger with a dense squad of naturalized stars.

However, bookmakers still rate Iraq as the favorite in this match. Iraq's handicap for the whole match is 0.5 goals, and in the first half is 0.25 goals. The over/under ratio for the whole match is 2.25 goals, in the first half is 1 goal.

For the purpose of victory, Indonesia needs to attack to get 3 points. The match promises to be exciting as the Southeast Asian representative needs goals.

Difficulties will still surround Indonesia as they only have 3 days off after losing to Saudi Arabia, while Iraq is in good shape because they have not played any matches.

Prediction: Iraq win 1-0 in the first half, win 3-1 in the end.

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HUY DANG

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