Oman VS Iraq

Oman and Iraq lock horns in this Asia World Championship Qualification 3rd stage round 6 battle at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat very early Wednesday morning Beijing time. We can expect a match of quite mediocre quality by this competition's 3rd stage standards. Most importantly, my fans and I have yet another very promising betting opportunity here! Oman have taken six points and occupy the 4th place in this group with a total of six teams. They have scored a pretty good six goals – two more than the Iraqis. Iraq have defended better than I would have expected - allowing only three goals. They often play surprisingly passive football.. Even so, their number of expected goals allowed (xGA) is bigger than three.. The Iraq offense is somewhat toothless, scoring only four goals. Oman should improve defensively if they want to make it to the top-2.. Their defenders sometimes give too risky passes etc.. Iraq are in 56th place in the FIFA Ranking, but this is clearly too high! Oman are in 80th place but should be in around 72-74th place..

The bookies offer Iraq odds of around 2.50 to win at the time of posting this analysis a few hours before the kickoff. I strongly disagree! With the expected lineups, taking the substantial home advantage into account, Oman deserve to be the favourites! Iraq beat Oman 1-0 at home in September but the visitors recorded more goal attempts (12-7), shots on goal, shots off target. Oman have won 2/3 of their last games. At home they have lost only one of their last 12 matches! In their last game Oman beat Palestine 1-0 at home despite the Palestinians performing above their normal level. Before this Oman were, in all honesty, disappointing – losing 0-4 in Jordan. The final score flatters Jordan but they were definitely the much better team in this game. On the 10th of October Oman swept past Kuwait 4-0 at home, allowing the visitors only one shot on target. Iraq have won only one of their last four matches. In their most recent game they were disappointing offensively. Oman, the visitors, recorded four shots on goal, Iraq managed only two. Iraq were priced around 2.10 to win but no goals were scored. Before this Iraq lost to South Korea 2-3 on the road. They had only two shots on goal and just 24% ball possession. Their performance against a tough opponent was not terrible as a whole though.. 

阿曼VS伊拉克

北京时间周三凌晨，阿曼和伊拉克将在马斯喀特苏丹卡布斯体育中心展开亚洲杯预选赛第3阶段第6轮激战。按照比赛第三阶段的标准，我们可以期待一场质量相当平庸的比赛。最重要的是，我和我的粉丝在这里又有了一个非常有前途的投注机会！阿曼积6分，以小组第4名的成绩出线，共有6支球队出线。他们进了6个球，比伊拉克人多2个。伊拉克的防守比我预期的要好，只丢了三个球。他们经常踢出令人吃惊的被动足球。即便如此，他们的预期进球数（xGA）大于3个…伊拉克的进攻有些无力，只进了4个球。如果阿曼想进入前二，他们应该提高防守能力。他们的后卫有时会给太危险的传球等等。伊拉克在国际足联排名中排名第56位，但这显然太高了！阿曼排在第80位，但应该排在72-74位左右。

在开球前几个小时发布这篇分析时，博彩公司为伊拉克队提供了2.50左右的赔率。我强烈反对！考虑到预期的阵容，考虑到主场优势，阿曼理应成为夺冠热门！9月，伊拉克在主场1-0击败阿曼，但客队的进球次数（12-7）、射正和射偏次数更多。阿曼在最近的比赛中赢了2/3。在主场，他们最近12场比赛只输了一场！在他们的最后一场比赛中，阿曼主场1-0击败巴勒斯坦，尽管巴勒斯坦人的表现超出了他们的正常水平。在此之前，坦白地说，阿曼很令人失望——在约旦0-4输掉了比赛。最后的比分让乔丹很高兴，但他们在这场比赛中绝对是更好的球队。10月10日，阿曼主场4-0横扫科威特，只让客队射正一球。伊拉克在最近四场比赛中只赢了一场。在最近一场比赛中，他们的进攻令人失望。客队阿曼有4次射正，伊拉克只有2次。伊拉克的胜率在2.10左右，但没有进球。在此之前，伊拉克客场2-3负于韩国队。他们只有两次射正，控球率只有24%。他们在面对强敌时的表现总体上并不糟糕。