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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 in the 2026/27 season, averaging 2.80 goals per match. The predictions could be affected if the scoring trends 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.