From Tuesday night NZ time. If the Socceroos (2nd, 10 pts) win in China and Saudi Arabia (3rd, 9 pts) lose in Japan - Autralia will be in the box seat to qualify.
Potential spanner in the works. Will already qualified Japan rotate their squad against the Saudis? Though I imagine the Blue Samuari backups are still top players, and likely motivated to push for WC spots.
If Uzbekistan can upset Iran, they would be within touching distance of qualifying for their first WC. They would be at least 6 pts ahead of both QAE & Qatar with just the 2 games to play in June. When admittedly they face those same 2 teams. Fingers crossed for the Uzbeks. Hope Qatar miss out.
Group A
Kyrgyz Republic (3 pts) v Qatar (10)
IR Iran (19) v Uzbekistan (16)
Korea DPR (2) v UAE (10)
Group B
Korea Republic (15 pts) v Jordan (12)
Kuwait (5) v Oman (7)
Palestine (3) v Iraq (12)
Group C
Japan (19 pts) v Saudi Arabia (9)
China PR (6) v Australia (10)
Indonesia (6) v Bahrain (6)
Potential spanner in the works. Will already qualified Japan rotate their squad against the Saudis? Though I imagine the Blue Samuari backups are still top players, and likely motivated to push for WC spots.
If Uzbekistan can upset Iran, they would be within touching distance of qualifying for their first WC. They would be at least 6 pts ahead of both QAE & Qatar with just the 2 games to play in June. When admittedly they face those same 2 teams. Fingers crossed for the Uzbeks. Hope Qatar miss out.
Group A
Kyrgyz Republic (3 pts) v Qatar (10)
IR Iran (19) v Uzbekistan (16)
Korea DPR (2) v UAE (10)
Group B
Korea Republic (15 pts) v Jordan (12)
Kuwait (5) v Oman (7)
Palestine (3) v Iraq (12)
Group C
Japan (19 pts) v Saudi Arabia (9)
China PR (6) v Australia (10)
Indonesia (6) v Bahrain (6)