[Football- World Cup Qualifications (Asia)] 11.6/ 17:45 Qatar - India

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[Football- World Cup Qualifications (Asia)] 11.6/ 17:45 Qatar - India

India will try to secure a place in the third round of 2026 World Cup qualifying as they travel to Doha to face Qatar on Tuesday.
After scoring 13 points in 5 matches, the hosts have already secured their place in the next qualifying phase. Qatar could have hosted the 2022 World Cup, but it has never managed to qualify for soccer's biggest tournament purely from play. The Qataris started their qualifications for the 2026 World Cup with 4 victories in a row, securing their place in the next round with two matches remaining, ahead of India, Afghanistan and Kuwait. As such, the reigning Asian Cup champions will now focus on Tuesday's match, where they will try to extend their unbeaten streak to 10 matches in all competitions.

India still have something to work on if they want to keep alive their hopes of reaching their first World Cup final. They are in second place and have the same five points as third-placed Afghanistan, and at the same time a slight one-point advantage over the weakest team in the group, Kuwait. Igor Stimac's team had to be satisfied with a goalless draw in Thursday's home match against Kuwait, which is why they have not won in 7 matches. India must now look for a win to secure their place in the third stage, and a draw will also be sufficient if the Kuwait-Afghanistan clash also ends in a share of points. Of course, winning in Doha will be difficult, but if you want to dream about something big, you have to put in the effort.

Teams - Qatari striker Yusuf Abdurisag will be suspended for one match after two yellow cards in qualifying. Spanish coach T. Marquez can
try to refresh their squad, maybe Abdullah Al-Ahrak, Mahdi Al-Mejaba and Mohamed Khaled Gouda will be in the starting lineup after they played as substitutes in Thursday's clash.
As for the visitors, they can no longer use Chhetri after the Indian talisman bid farewell to the international arena with Thursday's draw against Kuwait.
Mumbai City's Vikram Partrap will be available after the side due to yellow cards in the earlier match.

To sum up - Marquez may have called upon a relatively inexperienced squad, but I still think he has the quality necessary to score 3 points in this clash.

1 (handicap -1,5) @2,70 Bet365

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