UPDATED TABLE best 2nd place Which 5 teams will advance to 3rd round of asia wcq 2022

[ehsan singapore]

Whats up right now ? Is iran in the 5 best teams if the games were finished today ?

yup they should be

[Club monaco]

So how are our chances looking to qualify as second place?

[naderb94]

So how are our chances looking to qualify as second place?

Qatar winning is helping us but China is about to win

[Raptor]

UAE unfortunately scored a late goal against Thailand in the dying minutes to make it 3-1 and that goal puts them ahead of Iran with the same goal difference but with more goal scored (10-5 vs 9-3). As things likely will turnout now, a draw in the game UAE-Vietnam wouldn't be enough if Iran would get the same result (they need to at least have a higher scoring draw).

China had some trouble scoring against Philippines early on, but did eventually win as expected.

Uzbekistan is leading 3-0 against Singapore, which ain't good either. If they win with four goals they'll match our goal difference but with more goals scored which would mean a draw against Saudi in the final game would be enough to put them ahead of Iran.

So our best and most realistic chances right now are:
- UAE losing to Vietnam (in case Vietnam wins against Malaysia)
- Uzbekistan losing to Saudi Arabia
- Jordan losing or drawing Kuwait AND losing against Australia
- China to lose with more than 2 goals against Syria

We need two of the things above to happen... or Hong Kong getting at least a draw from Iraq.

[Club monaco]

UAE unfortunately scored a late goal against Thailand in the dying minutes to make it 3-1 and that goal puts them ahead of Iran with the same goal difference but with more goal scored (10-5 vs 9-3). As things likely will turnout now, a draw in the game UAE-Vietnam wouldn't be enough if Iran would get the same result (they need to at least have a higher scoring draw).

China had some trouble scoring against Philippines early on, but did eventually win as expected.

Uzbekistan is leading 3-0 against Singapore, which ain't good either. If they win with four goals they'll match our goal difference but with more goals scored which would mean a draw against Saudi in the final game would be enough to put them ahead of Iran.

So our best and most realistic chances right now are:
- UAE losing to Vietnam (in case Vietnam wins against Malaysia)
- Uzbekistan losing to Saudi Arabia
- Jordan losing or drawing Kuwait AND losing against Australia
- China to lose with more than 2 goals against Syria

We need two of the things above to happen... or Hong Kong getting at least a draw from Iraq.

What about Group H?

[ehsan singapore]

UAE unfortunately scored a late goal against Thailand in the dying minutes to make it 3-1 and that goal puts them ahead of Iran with the same goal difference but with more goal scored but (10-5 vs 9-3). As things likely will turnout now, a draw in the game UAE-Vietnam wouldn't be enough if Iran would get the same result (they need to at least have a higher scoring draw).

China had some trouble scoring against Philippines early on, but did eventually win as expected.

Uzbekistan is leading 3-0 against Singapore, which ain't good either. If they win with four goals they'll match our goal difference but with more goals scored which would mean a draw against Saudi in the final game would be enough to put them ahead of Iran.

So our best chances right now are:
- UAE losing to Vietnam (in case Vietnam wins against Malaysia)
- Uzbekistan losing to Saudi Arabia
- Jordan losing or drawing Kuwait AND losing against Australia
- China to lose with more than 2 goals against Syria

We need two of the things above to happen

we need 2 of them to happen?i can see saudi beating uzbekistan, the china game also and the jordan game, but for me the best thing is for us to beat iraq. if iraq become 17 points , they can still qualify as second correct even if they lose to iran correct?

[Raptor]

What about Group H?

That group would have been a lock-in of having one of the worst second teams - had North Korea not bailed out like the cowards they are. Suddenly, either Lebanon or Turkmenistan have a 95% chance of taking one of those slots. Only way Iran would be ahead of the better of them is
1. Turkmenistan beats Lebanon
2. Turkmenistan fails to beat Sri Lanka - this one is highly unlikely as Sri Lanka is comparable to Cambodia.

[peiman92]

That group would have been a lock-in of having one of the worst second teams - had North Korea not bailed out like the cowards they are. Suddenly, either Lebanon or Turkmenistan have a 95% chance of taking one of those slots. Only way Iran would be ahead of the better of them is
1. Turkmenistan beats Lebanon
2. Turkmenistan fails to beat Sri Lanka - this one is highly unlikely as Sri Lanka is comparable to Cambodia.

Turkmenistan have already played Sri lanka twice.

[Philosophy_King]

Wilmots put us in a panful place. Both of our losses in this group were super unnecessary and should have been at least 2 draws ( we should have won the Bahrain game given the amount of chances that we had created).

I am almost certain that we need to defeat Iraq in order to qualify. I don't now what to expect from Iraq, since they looked average in their recent games but bring another level of competition when facing Iran.

[Medzdidz]

Ye Turkmenistan have only one game left at home to Lebanon and Lebanon then have to play S Korea last game. Lebanon could lose both of those games.

[Raptor]

Turkmenistan have already played Sri lanka twice.

Oh yes, you're are right. I should have checked it up before I posted. Thanks!

That would mean that a Turkmenistan win would help us a lot.

Also, what is interesting is that Iraq (if they would win against Hong Kong) would still probably qualify if they would lose to Iran. I don't know if this actually is beneficial for Iran or not as Iraq playing more relaxed could be good but also bad.

[peiman92]

If Hong Kong can manage to get a draw from Iraq, everything changes in our favour.

[ehsan singapore]

if iraq end up with 17 and iran 18 , can iraq qualify, if they can qualify they might not play thier strongest team

[peiman92]

if iraq end up with 17 and iran 18 , can iraq qualify, if they can qualify they might not play thier strongest team

Trust me, they will do anything to eliminate Iran. But we will beat them.

[arasradio]

It is very sad how AFC’s decision favoured a team like Lebanon that hardly beats Sri Lanka 3-2. What North Korea did to Asian football is a disaster. Lebanon is too weak to qualify for next round and yet they have the easiest path 😞 let’s hope Turkmenistan beating Lebanon. Hopefully