United Arab Emirates vs Qatar Prediction and Betting Tips | November 19th 2024
The United Arab Emirates will face Qatar at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on Tuesday in another game of their third-round 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The home side have had mixed results in their World Cup qualifying campaign so far, although they remain in contention to advance from Group A where they currently sit third with seven points.
They returned to winning ways in convincing fashion on Thursday as they beat Kyrgyzstan 3-0 at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium with Harib Suhail and Marcus Meloni handing the Whites a two-goal lead heading into the break before the former sealed the points late in the game with a brilliant strike.
Qatar, meanwhile, have endured a rather disappointing run of form in their hunt for back-to-back World Cup appearances. They beat Uzbekistan 3-2 last time out and had looked set to be headed toward a point after squandering a two-goal lead late in the game before veteran defender Lucas Mendes scored the game-winner with the final kick of the contest to register his maiden strike for his adopted country.
The visitors sit fourth in their group with seven points from five matches and will leapfrog their midweek opponents with a win on Tuesday.
United Arab Emirates vs Qatar Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 32 meetings between the UAE and Qatar. The home side have won 11 of those games while the visitors have won three more. There have been seven draws between the two teams.
- The visitors suffered a 3-1 defeat in the last meeting between the two teams, ending a four-game unbeaten streak in this fixture.
- The Whites are without a clean sheet in their last seven games in this fixture.
- The Maroons were ranked 46th in the latest FIFA Rankings and now sit 22 places above their midweek opponents.
United Arab Emirates vs Qatar Prediction
The United Arab Emirates saw their latest result end a three-game winless streak and they will be looking to kick on from that on Tuesday. They have lost just one of their last five home games and will be hopeful of a positive result here.
Qatar have won two of their last three games after winning just one of their previous four. They may, however, have to settle for a point here after unconvincing performances in recent games.
Prediction: UAE 2-2 Qatar
United Arab Emirates vs Qatar Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Six of the last seven matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of their last seven matchups)