World · 2026/27 season

World Cup - Qualification Asia Football Predictions

Iraq leads the World Cup - Qualification Asia with 41 points. So far, 225 matches have been played this season, averaging 2.80 goals per match. The predictions could be affected if the scoring patterns change, as 51% of matches have gone over 2.5 goals and 38% have seen both teams score.

Teams 46 in the 2026/27 season
Matches played 225 of 226 scheduled this season
Prediction pages 0 fixtures in our publication window
Fixtures predicted 0 so far this season

World Cup - Qualification Asia fixtures

No World Cup - Qualification Asia fixtures are currently inside our publication window. So far this season 225 of 226 matches have been played across 46 clubs.

World Cup - Qualification Asia table

2026/27 season · computed from played results — ranked by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Form: last five, newest first.

World Cup - Qualification Asia table from played results
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1 Iraq 20 1253 3013 +17 41
2 Japan 15 1221 513 +48 38
3 South Korea 16 1150 408 +32 38
4 Australia 16 1141 387 +31 37
5 Iran 16 1141 3512 +23 37
6 United Arab Emirates 20 1055 3616 +20 35
7 Uzbekistan 16 1051 2711 +16 35
8 Qatar 18 1035 3728 +9 33
9 Saudi Arabia 18 864 2213 +9 30
10 Jordan 16 853 3212 +20 29
11 Indonesia 20 848 3132 -1 28
12 Oman 18 747 2118 +3 25
13 Kyrgyzstan 16 547 2525 0 19
14 Palestine 16 466 1619 -3 18
15 Bahrain 16 457 1619 -3 17
16 China 16 529 1629 -13 17
17 North Korea 15 339 2025 -5 12
18 Kuwait 16 268 1326 -13 12
19 Afghanistan 8 323 514 -9 11
20 Malaysia 6 312 99 0 10
21 Yemen 8 233 910 -1 9
22 Tajikistan 6 222 117 +4 8
23 Thailand 6 222 99 0 8
24 Syria 6 213 912 -3 7
25 Singapore 8 215 825 -17 7
26 Lebanon 6 132 58 -3 6
27 Vietnam 6 204 610 -4 6
28 Chinese Taipei 8 206 917 -8 6
29 India 6 123 37 -4 5
30 Hong Kong 8 125 817 -9 5
31 Nepal 8 125 421 -17 5
32 Bangladesh 8 125 422 -18 5
33 Myanmar 8 125 829 -21 5
34 Pakistan 8 116 226 -24 4
35 Bhutan 2 101 24 -2 3
36 Turkmenistan 6 024 414 -10 2
37 Maldives 2 011 23 -1 1
38 Laos 2 011 12 -1 1
39 Cambodia 2 011 01 -1 1
40 Sri Lanka 2 011 14 -3 1
41 Macau 2 011 15 -4 1
42 Philippines 6 015 314 -11 1
43 Guam 2 002 13 -2 0
44 Mongolia 2 002 02 -2 0
45 Timor-Leste 2 002 07 -7 0
46 Brunei 2 002 012 -12 0

P = played, GD = goal difference, Pts = points. Not an imported table: it is rebuilt from the results in our database, so it may lag the official one by a match.

World Cup - Qualification Asia trends

How World Cup - Qualification Asia matches actually ended in the 2026/27: 225 played matches. A record of results, not a forecast.

Home wins 42% 95 of 225 matches
Away wins 33% 74 of 225 matches
Over 2.5 goals 51% 115 of 225 matches
Both teams scored 38% 86 of 225 matches

No season-on-season change shown: the previous season’s results are not in our database.

Top World Cup - Qualification Asia teams by model rating

The attack and defence rates our model feeds into every prediction, as of the last update. Net = attack − defence, in goals per match.

#1
Net rating
+1.46
Attack
2.30
Defence
0.84
Form
#2
Net rating
+1.39
Attack
2.49
Defence
1.10
Form
#3
Net rating
+1.31
Attack
2.21
Defence
0.89
Form

Rates are decay-weighted over each team’s last 15 completed matches — xG where the window is xG-backed, goals otherwise — and shrunk towards the league average; a higher attack and a lower defence rate are better. Form: last five results, newest first.

Top scorers in World Cup - Qualification Asia

From the World Cup - Qualification Asia scoring charts this season — goals first, then assists. Not a full squad list.

  • Almoez AliQatar 12 G 1 A
  • A. UedaJapan 8 G 2 A
  • Son Heung-MinSouth Korea 7 G 4 A
  • Koki OgawaJapan 6 G 1 A
  • Ali OlwanJordan 6 G 1 A
  • J. KojoKyrgyzstan 6 G 1 A
  • K. YengiAustralia 6 G 0 A
  • M. TaremiIran 5 G 4 A

Recent World Cup - Qualification Asia results

Last 6 played — what we predicted and what happened.

Recent World Cup - Qualification Asia results with our pre-match pick
DateMatchOur pickOur probScorePick
Iraq vs United Arab Emirates — — 2–1 no pick
United Arab Emirates vs Iraq — — 1–1 no pick
Saudi Arabia vs Iraq — — 0–0 no pick
Qatar vs United Arab Emirates — — 2–1 no pick
Iraq vs Indonesia — — 1–0 no pick
United Arab Emirates vs Oman — — 2–1 no pick

Our pick = the 1X2 selection we published before kick-off, with the probability we gave it; Correct/Missed compares that pick with the final result.