Iraq is coming with a lot of confidence after their last victory 2:1 against Japan, which was a huge success as they ensured the qualification to ⅛ finals because they also beat Indonesia 1:3 in the first game.

Their main strength in both games was the attack, generating 3.36 expected goals against Indonesia with many chances, and against Japan being very effective in the are and also in the counters. They showed a good ability to be dangerous having the ball (66% possession) and with an attacking game against Indonesia, but also being defensive and dangerous at counters with only 27% possession against Japan, who managed to score only at 93’.

It was a big success because Japan was between the main favorites and the strongest teams in the tournament, and they weren’t able to overcome Iraq.

Their best player so far has been Aymen Hussein, who started the tournament on bench against Indonesia but scored a goal just 15 minutes after being subbed in. Then he was a starter against Japan and scored the two goals of the team, so he’s full of confidence. However, he could be rested in this match but surely will have some minutes.

On the other hand, Vietnam has nothing to play in this match, as they have 0 points whilst Indonesia and Japan have 3. They lost the two games played so far, with very poor performances.

They struggled to create chances, especially against Indonesia who played with a defensive system and blocked all Vietnam’ ideas upfront.

Vietnam has one of the worst squads in the tournament so this situation is totally expected for them. Curiously, both teams already shared a group in the previous Asian Cup where Iraq finished 2nd and Vietnam 3rd. Iraq won 3:2 in that tournament.

Furthermore, both teams played a game in November for the World Cup qualifiers, where Iraq completely dominated the match. Vietnam was not able to make a single shot during the match and their goalkeeper Dang made a lot of saves.

Although Iraq, already qualified, could rotate a bit here,I don’t expect their quality to drop off too much even so. With Vietnam also likely to be lacking motivation, so I see Iraq dominating and winning this match.

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伊拉克在上一场2:1战胜日本队的比赛中取得了巨大的成功，确保了晋级决赛的资格，因为他们在第一场比赛中也以1:3击败了印度尼西亚队。

他们在两场比赛中的主要优势都是进攻，在对阵印度尼西亚的比赛中，他们创造了3.36个预期进球，并获得了很多机会，而在对阵日本的比赛中，他们的进攻和反击都非常有效。在对印尼的比赛中，他们表现出了很强的控球能力(66%的控球率)和进攻能力，但在对日本的比赛中，他们也表现出了很强的防守能力和反击能力，控球率只有27%，日本在93分时才进球。

这是一场巨大的成功，因为日本是在最受欢迎的球队和最强的球队之间，他们没能战胜伊拉克。

迄今为止，他们最好的球员是艾曼·侯赛因(Aymen Hussein)，他在对阵印度尼西亚的比赛中首发，但在被换下15分钟后就打进了一球。然后他在对阵日本队的比赛中首发，并为球队打进了两个球，所以他充满了信心。然而，他可以在这场比赛中休息，但肯定会有一些时间。

另一方面，越南在这场比赛中没有什么可玩的，因为他们有0分，而印度尼西亚和日本有3分。到目前为止，他们输了两场比赛，表现很差。

他们努力创造机会，特别是面对印尼，印尼采用防守体系，在前场封锁了越南的所有想法。

越南是本届比赛中表现最差的球队之一，所以这种情况对他们来说是完全意料之中的。奇怪的是，这两支球队在上一届亚洲杯上已经分在一个小组，伊拉克获得第二名，越南获得第三名。伊拉克在那场比赛中以3:2获胜。

此外，两队在11月的世界杯预选赛中进行了一场比赛，伊拉克完全控制了比赛。越南队在比赛中没有一次射门，他们的守门员党做出了很多扑救。

虽然已经出线的伊拉克可能会在这里轮换，但我不认为他们的实力会下降太多。越南也可能缺乏动力，所以我认为伊拉克会统治并赢得这场比赛。

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