On the afternoon of June 27, the draw for the top 18 groups of the World Cup Asian qualifiers ended. As a result, the Chinese men's football team is in the same group as Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Indonesia. Statistics show that since 2000, the national football team has played a total of 40 games with five opponents including Japan, and the Chinese football team has won 9 games, the two sides have drawn 15 games, and the other 16 games have been lost.
The national football team fought against South Korea
Specific to each opponent, against Japan in 15 games, the national football team's record is 1 win, 6 draws and 8 losses, scoring 13 goals and conceding 21 goals, which can be called an absolute inferior. In 7 games with Australia, the national football team won 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, which was slightly inferior. In 8 games against Saudi Arabia, the national football team won 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses, which is also an obvious disadvantage. The national football team played 4 games with Bahrain, all of which were drawn, and the two sides were evenly matched. The advantage against Indonesia is the greatest, the two sides have played 6 games, and the national football team has 5 wins and 1 draw to remain undefeated.
Top 18 groupings
In terms of 40 games, nine of the wins came from four teams. Among them, Japan has 1 game, Australia has 2 games, Saudi Arabia has 1 game, and Indonesia has 5 games. The 15 draws have all five opponents. Among them, Japan has 6 games, Australia has 2 games, Saudi Arabia has 2 games, Bahrain has 4 games, and Indonesia has 1 game. The 16 losses came from three teams, Japan 8, Australia 3 and Saudi Arabia 5.
Chinese fans
The above data shows that in the future round of 18, against Japan and Saudi Arabia, it will be difficult for the national football team to take advantage. There is a fight with Australia. Indonesia and Bahrain are the focus of the national football team's points. These two teams have not won against the national football team in more than 20 years. In the round of 18, the national football team will play against Bahrain and Indonesia, and they will strive to win all 4 games and get 12 points. If this is the case, the national football team will have a chance to qualify. Because they are at the bottom with 12 points, if the national football team can get a total of 4 points from Australia and Saudi Arabia, the points will be 16 points. Even if the two games against Japan did not score points, the 16-point score still gave the national football team a chance to move forward and not stop in the round of 18. After analyzing it in this way, I feel that there is still a drama for the national football team to enter the World Cup.