Australia vs Uzbekistan Prediction & Match Preview

• Australia did not concede in six successive matches across competitions, including two at the 2024 AFC Asian Cup.
• Uzbekistan will also go into this on the back of three straight clean sheets.
• Uzbekistan have failed to find the back of the net in the last four encounters with Socceroos.

Australia will be looking to preserve their perfect record on Tuesday afternoon when they take on Uzbekistan in the final group game at the 2024 AFC Asian Cup. The match will give us the section winner as only two points split the two outfits going into the final-round tie.

Socceroos have been struggling to break the deadlock in the second-round fixture against Australia but they eventually made it count through Jackson Irvine just before the hour-mark on Thursday. They controlled the happenings on the pitch throughout the whole course of the game and deserved a result.

It was the sixth consecutive clean sheet for Graham Arnold’s troops across competitions. Australia have won all six outings along the way, scoring as many as seven goals past Bangladesh at the start of the Asian World Cup Qualifications in November last year.

Uzbekistan opened the tournament with a goalless draw to Syria but they showed a much-improved display in the second round. The Uzbeks destroyed India 3-0 in the second round, scoring all goals in the first half of the contest on Thursday afternoon.

Uzbekistan also got off to a great start to their World Cup Qualification campaign, claiming four points from the matches against Turkmenistan and Iran. They are undefeated in nine straight outings in all competitions and they will go into this on the back of three subsequent clean sheets.

Recent Meetings

Australia and Uzbekistan battled it out in the last 16 round of the AFC Asian Cup five years ago when Socceroos advanced on penalties after a goalless draw in the 120 minutes of play.

Australia have won all four of the previous clashes against the Uzbeks, including the mentioned win on penalties.

Uzbekistan are yet to score their first goal in the fifth meeting with Socceroos.

Australia vs Uzbekistan Prediction

Australia have not conceded a goal in any of four head-to-head matches against Uzbekistan. They have also kept their net untouched in each of the last six outings in all competitions, including two at the 2024 AFC Asian Cup. Uzbekistan struggled to create in the final third on the opening day against Syria but they bounced back with a 3-0 thrashing of India in the second round. Taking everything into consideration, we have to take Australia to win as the main pick at the 2.50 odds.

Australia are very difficult to break down under Graham Arnold. They don’t do much in the final third even against weaker rivals as none of the last four games they played provided three or more goals. Uzbekistan are also yet to concede in this tournament and we have reasons to expect a tight game without many goal-scoring chances on Tuesday. The second pick is Under 1.5 goals FT at the 2.50 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- January 21, 2024

Australia vs Uzbekistan Betting Tips

Australia to win

OK

	2.50 Odds
	2.44 Odds

Under 1.5 goals

OK

2.43 Odds

Exact Score: Australia 1-0

OK

	6.50 Odds
	5.50 Odds