Qatar vs Lebanon Prediction & Match Preview

Group A favorites Qatar will kick start their Asian Cup season by facing Lebanon on Friday. The form of Qatar looks decent while Lebanon’s recent outcomes displays an inconsistency. Accurately, Qatar won three of their past four outings across all competitions while Lebanon was winless in five of the past six matches. Qatar’s recent recordings will definitely boost them against this Lebanon side to start thing positively.

Recent Meetings

These two teams have met seven times in the past. Qatar have a 100% unbeaten record against Lebanon. In fact, they have won six and drew one of those seven matches.

Do also note that Qatar won the past two clashes wearing a home jersey in a row. They have netted in a total of 7 goals in that stretch too and have not leaked a single goal.

Who will win the match?

Qatar have been decent of late when owning the home advantage. The team won two of their past three outings. On the other side, Lebanon is on a four-match winless run on the road. They have lost three of those four matches and have allowed a total of 7 goals.

On top of that Qatar have a stunning head to head form against Lebanon in the history. Therefore, we have enough of reasons to expect a win for Qatar on Friday.

How many goals will be scored?

Four of the last five away matches of Lebanon had plenty of goals. Their unimpressive defensive line is the main reason for that trend. Meanwhile, Qatar scored 12 goals in the past three home outings alone. Since they have netted in goals at an impressive rate in the h2h clashes, we expect a high-scoring match-up between these two on Friday.

Verdict

Qatar is having a clear upper hand here. It is evident from the bookmakers pricing at 1.30 odds. However, we are not going for the obvious bet for this match. As we have mentioned earlier, Qatar owns a strong firepower and have displayed it in many matches played of late in a neutral venue. On top of that they have sealed two clean sheet victories over Lebanon in a row.

Therefore, we like to start with Qatar to win and over 2.5 goals combined tip at 2.10 odds. For the second tip, we like to back Qatar -1.5 Asian Handicap at 1.85 odds.

Peter Green- January 11, 2024

Qatar vs Lebanon Betting Tips

Qatar to win & Over 2.5 goals

OK

2.10 Odds

Qatar -1.5 Asian Handicap

OK

	1.92 Odds
	1.90 Odds