Comments and predictions for UAE vs Uzbekistan: A satisfying duel
The match between UAE vs Uzbekistan 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 UAE vs Uzbekistan team information
Olaroiu confirmed his first squad list a few weeks ago and retained the group of domestic players including Luan Pereira, Sasha Ivkovic and Caio Canedo.
Jonatas Santos and Caio Lucas were both called up for the first time ahead of the March qualifiers, but only Caio Lucas has been recalled for this month's training camp under the new coach.
Kapadze kept much of the same squad that played in the previous round, but made a few additions, notably the recall of veteran centre-back Islom Tukhtakhuzhaev, who last played for Uzbekistan in 2021.
Igor Sergeev and Aziz Turgunboev were also recalled after missing March, leaving Sumgayit FK striker Bobur Abdikholikov out of this month's squad.
Latest expected lineup for UAE vs Uzbekistan
UAE:
Eisa, Meloni, Pimenta, Kouadio, Ivkovic; Nader, Ramadan; Hassan, Pereira, Canedo; Lucas
Uzbekistan:
Yusupov; Eshmurodov, Khusanov, Ashurmatov; Alijonov, Shukurov, Urunov, Sayfiev; Erkinov, Shomurodov, Fayzullaev
Latest football commentary on UAE vs Uzbekistan
Iran have already secured a place in the 2026 World Cup from Group A, while Uzbekistan are leading by four points with two games remaining, so any result other than a win for the UAE in this match would mean they have to play in the fourth qualifying round.
The UAE kept their top two hopes alive with a 2-1 win over North Korea in March, bouncing back from a 2-0 loss to group leaders Iran five days earlier.
Despite beating North Korea thanks to Sultan Adil's decisive goal in the 98th minute, the UAE Football Association shocked everyone by firing coach Paulo Bento and the entire coaching staff just hours after the match.
Cosmin Olaroiu, who led big-name Sharjah to the AFC Champions League final this season, was appointed as the new coach last month and will take charge of his first match with the UAE national team this week.
The hosts have played four home matches in the AFC World Cup qualifiers, and their form has been good — they lost the first match against Iran (0-1), drew with North Korea (1-1), then won against Kyrgyzstan (3-0) and Qatar (5-0) in a row.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan had a stable third round campaign with 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in 8 matches, only needing 1 point in this match to officially have a ticket to the 2026 World Cup.
The White Wolves picked up four points from their two March games, beating Kyrgyzstan 1-0 and drawing 2-2 with Iran, with goals from Khojimat Erkinov and Abbosbek Fayzullaev levelling a Mehdi Taremi brace.
The result also marked an impressive start for new coach Timur Kapadze, who replaced Srecko Katanec who was out for health reasons before two matches in March.
In 4 away matches in the qualifying round, the visitors have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, they won both of their most recent matches against UAE and have lost just 1 of their 5 meetings since 2013 (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss).
Latest UAE vs Uzbekistan score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.UAE vs Uzbekistanas follows:
- Sportsmole:UAE 2-2 Uzbekistan
- WhoScore:UAE 2-1 Uzbekistan
- Our newspaper predicts:UAE 2-2 Uzbekistan
When and where to watch UAE vs Uzbekistan live?
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