World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Asia | Third Round

Mar 20, 2025 at 6.15pm UK

Saudi Arabia
vs.
China

Al Dawsari (50')

FT(HT: 0-0)

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Asia clash between Saudi Arabia and China, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Saudi Arabia

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Oman 2-1 Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, December 31 at 2.30pm in Gulf Cup of Nations

Next Game: Japan vs. Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, March 25 at 12am in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Current Third Round Group C Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Japan	0	0	0
2	Australia	0	0	0
3	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0
5	Bahrain	0	0	0
6	Indonesia	0	0	0

China

All competitions

Last Game: Bahrain 0-1 China
Thursday, November 14 at 12am in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Next Game: China vs. Australia
Tuesday, March 25 at 12am in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Current Third Round Group C Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Japan	0	0	0
2	Australia	0	0	0
3	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0
5	Bahrain	0	0	0
6	Indonesia	0	0	0

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Saudi Arabia win with a probability of 64.9%. A draw had a probability of 20.8% and a win for China had a probability of 14.34%.

The most likely scoreline for a Saudi Arabia win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.35%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.18%) and 2-1 (9.72%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.86%), while for a China win it was 0-1 (5%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.3% likelihood.

Result
Saudi Arabia	Draw	China
64.9% ( -0.01)	20.76% ( 0.02)	14.34% ( -0.01)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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Saudi Arabia	Draw	China
1-0 @ 12.35% ( 0.03) 2-0 @ 12.18% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 9.72% ( -0) 3-0 @ 8.01% ( 0) 3-1 @ 6.39% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 3.95% ( -0) 4-1 @ 3.15% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.55% ( -0.01) 5-0 @ 1.56% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.26% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1.24% ( -0) Other @ 2.54% Total : 64.89%	1-1 @ 9.86% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 6.27% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 3.88% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.75% Total : 20.76%	0-1 @ 5% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 3.94% ( -0) 0-2 @ 2% 1-3 @ 1.05% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.03% ( -0) Other @ 1.32% Total : 14.34%