Saudi Arabia – Yemen. Prediction for the Gulf Cup of Nations match

On December 25, Sulaybikhat Stadium will host a match of the 2nd round of the Gulf Nations Cup, in which the Saudi Arabian national team will meet the Yemeni national team. The match will start at 16:25 Kyiv time.

Saudi Arabia

The national team bet on Roberto Mancini. As a result, she fell away. At the Asian Cup in the winter, the Green Falcons confidently left the group, but in the first round of the playoffs they drew with South Korea and lost on penalties. After that, the team, it seemed, simply swam, together with the Italian mentor. After the victory over China in the selection for the World Cup, in October, a defeat at home to Japan and a goalless draw with Bahrain followed. After this, the Saudis replaced Mancini with Renard. But Herve also started weak – okay 0:0 on the field of Australia, this is not a bad result, but it is crossed out by a shocking 0:2 with Indonesia. At the current tournament with Bahrain, it was also not possible to really show itself. Yes, they tried and scored several goals. That’s just what’s the point in this, if you missed one more ball?

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Yemen

The team is as modest as possible, even by the standards of this continent. Suffice it to say that she made her debut at the Asian Cup only in 2019, and then to lose all three matches with a total score of 0:10. And the red and whites did not make it to the next tournament. Moreover, nothing worked in the qualification for the world championships. This time it all ended with the five points scored in the previous round, with 4 taken against another outsider, Nepal. It remains to play friendly matches, also weakly, and try at least now to pass the group round of the Gulf Cup of Nations. They started there with a match against Iraq and, holding a draw for quite a long time, still conceded a goal and lost.

Statistics of personal meetings

In 13 face-to-face matches, the Green Falcons allowed this opponent to draw only once, in 2019.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe that the Falcons will finally win – any other result will make it difficult to get to the playoffs. We bet on the nominal hosts with a handicap of -1.5 goals (coefficient – 1.6).