Palestine and the United Arab Emirates will face off in Group C of the Asian Cup at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.
Palestine continues to be looking for its first victory in an Asian Cup match, whereas the UAE is tied with Iran atop the group after a 3-1 win over Hong Kong.
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Palestine performed in opposition to Iran of their opening match and misplaced 4-1. The staff has prolonged their winless run to eight video games in all competitions, and they should enhance their offensive high quality if they need an opportunity of progressing past the group stage.
Of their final 5 aggressive fixtures, they’ve solely scored one objective, they usually have failed to attain of their two 2026 World Cup qualifying matches performed to date.
The 4 targets they conceded in opposition to Iran had been greater than the three they gave up of their complete 2019 group stage marketing campaign.
A defeat to the UAE, coupled with a victory or draw by Iran in opposition to Hong Kong, would finish Palestine’s hopes of coming into the knockout stage of their third successive look on the Asian Cup.
After a robust efficiency of their opening match, the UAE has the within monitor to a spot within the knockout stage of this match for the third successive marketing campaign.
A win on Thursday will seemingly be sufficient to e-book their place within the final 16 so long as Hong Kong doesn’t upset one of many favorites, Iran.
Workforce Information
Ataa Jaber sat out the opening encounter for Palestine on account of an unknown damage, whereas Mahdi Issa, Baraa Kharoub, and Samer Zubaida are nonetheless searching for their first appearances with the senior squad.
The UAE’s document objective scorer, Ali Mabkhout, sat out of their match versus Hong Kong and stays two caps behind Abdulrahim Jumaa and Ismail Al Hammadi for fourth all-time.
Doable Lineups
Palestine: (4-4-2)
Hamadeh;
Al-Battat, Termanini, Khalil, Saldana;
Seyam, Kharoub, Rashid, Batran;
Dabbagh, Z. Qunbar.
United Arab Emirates: (4-3-3)
Eisa;
Sultan, Al Hammadi, Al-Hashemi, Idrees;
Al-Zaabi, Nader, Ramadan;
Canedo, Adil, Lima.
Prediction: Palestine 0-2 United Arab Emirates
Palestine has a troublesome match forward of them in opposition to an skilled facet just like the UAE, and they’re prone to be on the again foot. We predict that Palestine will succumb to the strain, and the UAE will safe a 2-0 victory.