Tips for match Tajikistan — Jordan

As part of the ¼ Asian Cup, on February 2, the teams of Tajikistan and Jordan will play. Few have seen these teams at such a late stage of the playoffs, especially Tajikistan, which became a real sensation of the tournament. And just Jordan’s draw with South Korea with a score of 2-2 in the group surprised many. An extremely difficult match to predict, but we will try to choose the best bet for this game.

Tajikistan was in a very simple group at the tournament, but even there they did not look like favorites and took second place, drawing 0-0 with China, losing to Qatar 0-1 and beating Lebanon 2-1. Moreover, Lebanon were able to score 2 goals only at the end of the match, playing on the power play from the 56th minute. But the 1/8 with the UAE became a real sensation for many, although the match was almost equal - 6-6 in shots on target, 9-12 in corners, but in terms of possession Tajikistan received only 35%. Analyzing the past matches, it is worth noting that Tajikistan only missed a goal from China at the tournament, so it will almost certainly concede a goal from Jordan as well. The defensive line and its performance at this tournament look very weak.

Although Jordan took 3rd place in the group, they advanced as one of the best third teams in the group stage. Which is more than deserved, because if it weren’t for the own goal in the last minute in the match with South Korea, Jordan could have sent the Koreans home. Of course, without luck in that match everything would have been much worse, as evidenced by the xG indicator - 0.23 versus 2.75 for Korea. That is, somehow magically Jordan was able to score as many as 2 goals after such a low xG. The luck continued in the 1/8, where Jordan was able to eliminate the Iraqi team with a score of 2-3, scoring 2 goals in the last 3 minutes of the match.

But if you pay attention to the dry statistics, then Tajikistan missed 3 matches in a row against far from the strongest opponents, and Jordan did not concede only in the 1st match of the group stage against Malaysia (0-4). And I was very surprised to see the odds of 2.27 on Both Will Score - Yes in this match, which is why I will make this choice for the bet.

Sportwars.net forecast for the match Tajikistan - Jordan, ¼ finals of the Asian Cup: Both will score - Yes, odds 2.27.