World Cup: Canada vs Qatar – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the World Cup game between Canada and Qatar who meet up on Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Canada are getting ready to clash with Qatar this coming Friday at BC Place Vancouver. The match is played as one of the games in round two of the group stage at the World Cup.

Following the opening round of the World Cup group matches, Canada are number two on one point, while Qatar have one point as number three. Canada head to their upcoming match as number 30 in the FIFA world ranking. Meanwhile, there is a pretty big gap to upcoming opponents Qatar. They enter the game ranked number 56 in the world.

Team form: Canada vs Qatar

Canada Form

Canada look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. They started by taking out Uzbekistan in a 2-0 win, before a 1-1 draw followed against Ireland. Their most recent outing resulted in a 1-1 draw in a hard fought encounter with Bosnia-Herzegovina. In their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, Canada registered three wins victories, six draws, and one defeat defeats.

Qatar Form

Qatar only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 1-0 at the hands of Ireland, before drawing 0-0 with El Salvador. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Switzerland resulting 1-1. Qatar achieved one victories in their last 10 international matches, with four draws and five defeats as well.

Betting stats and facts for Canada and Qatar

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Canada and Qatar played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Canada vs Qatar

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Jonathan David, who is performing well for Canada. He found the back of the net two times in his most recent national team outings. He’ll be out to add more goals for his country against Qatar. The visitors will be looking up to Boualem Khoukhi to find the net once again, after managing two goals for Qatar in his last six matches.

Betting markets: Canada vs Qatar

Full-time result

Canada claimed all three points three times in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also drawing six along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Qatar have won one of their last 10 games, while drawing four and losing five in this series of matches. Canada are on a fine streak of 9 matches without defeat. Canada have gone through an impressive 8 games without losing even once as the home side.

Both teams to score

Canada scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Interestingly, Qatar scored the opening goal of the match in just two of their last ten games. Qatar managed the first goal of the game in only two of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Canada were first on target in four of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Canada saw over 2.5 goals in one of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Qatar’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.

Suggested bet: Canada vs Qatar

To sum up, the upcoming match between Canada and Qatar seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this World Cup game.