Bahrain vs China Prediction and Betting Tips | November 14th 2024

Bahrain will face China at the Bahrain National Stadium on Thursday in another third-round 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. The home side kicked off their qualifying campaign with a shock 1-0 win over Australia but have struggled to impress since then and now sit fourth in the group table with five points from four games.

They held on for a much-needed point in their goalless draw against Saudi Arabia last time out, with goalkeeper Ebrahim Lutfalla coming up trumps in the first half to deny the Arabian Falcons the opener from the spot.

Meanwhile, China look set to miss out on a sixth consecutive World Cup after a difficult start to their qualifying campaign. However, they picked up their first win last time out, beating Indonesia 2-1 at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium with Baihelamu Abuduwaili and Yuning Zhang getting on the scoresheet in the first half to secure the points for the Dragon Team.

The visitors remain rock-bottom in their group with three points from four matches and will be looking to take inspiration from their latest result when they head to Bahrain this week.

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Bahrain vs China Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been eight meetings between Bahrain and China. The visitors are undefeated in all eight games, picking up three wins and five draws.
• The two teams last faced off in a friendly clash back in September 2018 which ended goalless, marking the fourth consecutive draw between the two nations.
• China are without a clean sheet in their last nine games across all competitions.
• Muharabi Dilmun were ranked 76th in the latest FIFA rankings and now sit 16 places above their midweek opponents.

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Bahrain vs China Prediction

Bahrain are on a run of back-to-back draws and have won just one of their last six games across all competitions. They have lost just one of their last five games on home soil and will head into this one as slight favorites.

China's latest result ended a four-game losing streak and they will be looking to kick on from that on Thursday. They are, however, winless on foreign territory all year and could lose on Thursday.

Prediction: Bahrain 2-1 China

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Bahrain vs China Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Bahrain to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in six of their last eight matchups)