Comments and predictions for Indonesia vs China: Emotional comeback
The match between Indonesia vs China in the World Cup qualifiers will take place at 7:00 a.m. on June 5. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest information on Indonesia vs China forces
Indonesia are likely to opt for a centre-back trio of Justin Hubner, Jay Idzes and Rizky Ridho, while Thom Haye and Joey Pelupessy are candidates for the central midfield position.
Striker Ole Romeny scored the winner against Bahrain, possibly assisted by strikers Ramadhan Sananta and Rafael Struick in Thursday's match.
Meanwhile, China could deploy Yongjing Cao in the attacking midfield position behind strikers Shihao Wei and Zhang Yuning.
Ivankovic will likely use the midfield trio of Haoyang Xu, Zhengyu Huang and Wenneng Xie, and they will almost certainly play in front of centre-backs Pengfei Han and Shenglong Jiang.
Latest expected lineup Indonesia vs China
Indonesia:
Ari; Ridho, Idzes, Hubner; Diks, Pelupessy, Haye, Verdonk; Struick, Sananta; Romeny
China:
Wang; Yang, Han, Jiang, Li; Xu, Huang, Xie; High; Wei, Zhang
Latest football commentary Indonesia vs China
Indonesia dominated Bahrain, only having to deal with one shot on target and one dangerous chance, while they created three clear chances.
The red and white team played quite loosely in defense, conceding 14 goals in 8 group stage matches, including 10 goals in the last 5 matches.
Indonesia are unlikely to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup as they are four points behind second-placed Australia, but they will advance to the next round if they beat China and Bahrain lose to Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
Coach Patrick Kluivert's team is in inconsistent form as in the last 5 matches they lost 2, drew 1 and won 2, however they have won 2 of the last 3 AFC World Cup qualifiers.
The hosts have also won two of their last four home games — losing one — and scored six goals in those games.
As for China, they conceded 2 goals in the first 30 minutes of the match against Australia, and have received a total of 19 goals after the first 8 matches of the group stage.
The visitors have only ever qualified for a World Cup once in their history, and coach Branko Ivankovic knows their poor qualifying record will continue if they lose on Thursday as they trail Indonesia by three points with just two games remaining.
The Golden Dragons beat the hosts 2-1 in the qualifying round match in October 2024, and also won 1-0 in the previous meeting in November 2013.
China have lost three games in a row and won two of their last five.
Ivankovic's team have also been poor away from home, winning just one of their last eight away games, losing five in that time.
Latest score prediction Indonesia vs China
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Indonesia vs Chinaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Indonesia 2-0 China
- WhoScore:Indonesia 2-1 China
- Our newspaper predicts:Indonesia 2-1 China
When and where to watch Indonesia vs China live?
To watch the Indonesia vs China match live in the World Cup qualifiers taking place at 7:00 a.m. on June 5, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
