UAE vs Saudi Arabia Predictions

Vedran Ostojic 19 Mar 2019

Saudi Arabia haven’t snatched a win in United Arab Emirates since 2010
Can they cause an upset on their friendly trip on Thursday?
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UAE vs Saudi Arabia Match Prediction

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UAE vs Saudi Arabia Match Info

Match date: 21^stMarch 2019

Kick-Off: 1.45pm GMT

Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

UAE vs Saudi Arabia Head to Head Record

Last 3 meetings:

25 Dec 2017 UAE 0 – 0 Saudi Arabia
29 Aug 2017 UAE 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia
11 Oct 2016 Saudi Arabia 3 – 0 UAE

Matches played: 13

UAE wins: 2

Saudi Arabia wins: 9

Draws: 2

UAE vs Saudi Arabia Stats

UAE made it to Asian Cup semi-finals at home ground in January but only to suffer a thrashing 4-0 loss to Qatar
Saudi Arabia crashed out in 8th Finals to finalists Japan (1-0)
The sides shared spoils as they last met in Kuwait back in December 2017

UAE vs Saudi Arabia Match Preview

Saudi Arabia travel to United Arab Emirates for their friendly clash on Thursday looking to put a somewhat disappointing trip here for Asian Cup in January behind them, having crashed out of the competition with a 1-0 loss to Japan in 8th Finals.

Green Falcons have been picking it up through friendlies beforehand and the Group loss to Qatar (0-2) only ended a six-match unbeaten streak, where they bagged four wins and two draws. They’ve proven themselves a tough side to score against and we feel they’ll be able to show off as such on the day as well.

United Arab Emirates have seen a similar streak ended by Qatar (4-0) but only after making it to the Asian Cup semi-finals, knocking out Kyrgyzstan (3-2) and Australia (1-0) along the way. They will now want to impress in front of the home fans and regain consistency still early in 2019, which promises a great challenge at Al-Nahyan Stadium.

However, UAE have had troubles scoring numbers of goals along the way and turning clashes their way, which could be more worrying for Saleem Abdel Rahman. We do see them putting on a challenge worthy of such a reputation here but we don’t feel they have what it takes to outclass the visitors.

We will thus stick our necks out for a Draw on the day and it feels like the best approach to the fixture, with both sides coming in need of a pick-me-up but struggling to turn clashes their way along the way.

Indeed, we’ve been used to tough defensive performances on both ends and seeing the sides’ base success on such displays, we’re now also going for a low-scoring contest at Al-Nahyan Stadium with Under 2.5 Goals FT. We’ve seen two or fewer goals in eight of both sides’ respective last ten outings and this feels like further evidence for such a bet.

MORE: Get to all of our match previews in one place right here! Alternatively, you can get to more of our low-scoring predictions and Under 2.5 tips here.