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Saudi Arabia vs Iraq Prediction & Betting tips
At the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah, the game between Saudi Arabia and Iraq will be kicked off on Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm CET. It is a very important match between the first and the fifth of qualifying group B in Asia. For Iraq, it might be the last chance to play forwards. Saudi Arabia can take an important step towards the 2018 World Cup with a victory!
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi Arabia have an excellent 4-1-1 record and 12-5 goals in the qualification and are therefore grouped together with Japan in the difficult qualification group. The only defeat was at the 1-2 in Japan in November 2016. Otherwise, Saudi Arabia scored top scorer Al Abed (4 goals). The match in the first round in Iraq also won Saudi Arabia with 2-1. The Arabs are also the favorites in the home game with betting odds around the 1.60 limit. Is the fifth group victory? If Australia and the United Arab Emirates are undecided (also on Tuesday), Saudi Arabia would not be able to take the World Cup qualification almost after a victory over Iraq.
Iraq :
Iraq have a 1-1-4 record, and 7-9 goals are fifth in group B. Iraq have their home against Thailand with 4-0 and now also against Australia with 1-1. The team is not bad and Topscorer Abdulraheem (5 goals) can lead the team also to the surprise in Jeddah. However, Iraq is already 6 points behind the relegation place and 9 points behind the qualification places. A defeat against Saudi Arabia would be the safe end. With a victory, however, Iraq could open up on Australia and the United Arab Emirates. So the team has to go all out and risk everything.
Saudi Arabia vs Iraq head to head
06.09.16 WC Iraq Saudi Arabia 1 : 2
15.11.13 CUP Saudi Arabia Iraq 2 : 1
15.10.13 CUP Iraq Saudi Arabia 0 : 2
06.01.13 GCN Saudi Arabia Iraq 0 : 2
05.07.12 ACN Saudi Arabia Iraq 0 : 1