Preview: Uzbekistan VS Thailand

Uzbekistan and Thailand lock horns at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar for their last-16 clash in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan national football team and Thailand national football team meet again 2 years after the Qualification round Group Stage match which Uzbekistan won 2-0. Uzbekistan national football team will be playing the match after a draw against Australia on January 23 in Group Round which extended their unbeaten streak to 10 matches.

Thailand national football team are going into the fixture after playing 2 draws in a row against Saudi Arabia and Oman extending their unbeaten streak to 3 matches. Seems like they shouldn’t have much problems defensively having 3 consecutive clean sheets.

Recent Form

Uzbekistan have played a draw with Australia in their previous match while Thailand are on a drawing streak – they have played a draw with Saudi Arabia and Oman in their previous 2 matches. Overall, Uzbekistan have won 11 of their last 20 matches, losing 3 and drawing 6, while Thailand have won 8 of their last 20 matches, losing 7 and drawing 5.

Uzbekistan have won 3 times (0-3 against India on 18th of January, 0-1 against Palestine on 7th of January and 1-4 against Kyrgyzstan on 25th of December) and drew 3 times (1-1 against Australia on 23rd of January, 0-0 against Syria on 14th of January and 2-2 against Iran on 21st of November) in their most recent 6 matches.

Thailand have won twice (2-0 against Kyrgyzstan on 16th of January and 1-3 against Singapore on 21st of November), lost twice (5-0 against Japan on 1st of January and 1-2 against China PR on 16th of November) and drew twice (0-0 against Saudi Arabia on 25th of January and 0-0 against Oman on 21st of January) in their most recent 6 matches.

Head-to-head

Uzbekistan and Thailand have met twice since June 2017. Uzbekistan have won twice. The most recent match between them took place on June 14, 2022 at the Qualification round, Group Stage of Asian Cup where Uzbekistan won 2-0. Uzbekistan have scored 4 goals in these 2 head-to-head matches in total while Thailand have scored 0.

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