Comments and predictions for Indonesia vs China: Emotional comeback
The match between Indonesia vs China in the World Cup qualifiers takes 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 trio of central defenders including 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 center-backs Pengfei Han and Shenglong Jiang.
Latest expected lineup for 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 on 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 on 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, losing 2, drawing 1 and winning 2 in their last 5 matches, but have won 2 of their last 3 AFC World Cup qualifiers.
The home side have also won two of their last four home games — losing one — and have scored six goals in those games.
As for China, they conceded two goals in the first 30 minutes of the match against Australia, and have received a total of 19 goals after the first eight group stage matches.
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 straight games and won two of their last five.
Ivankovic's team also play poorly away from home, winning only 1 of their last 8 away games, losing 5 in that time.
Latest score prediction for 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
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