World Cup: Asian qualifications

Syria won the important match against Uzbekistan and South Korea surprisingly lost against China. Iran and South Korea remain the favourites to grab the two direct tickets, while Syria are challenging Uzbekistan about the play off tickets.

Group A	m	+/-	points	avg. simulated p	Round 4	Playoff	World Cup
Iran	6	+5	14	21.4	99%	99%	98.1%
South Korea	6	+1	10	17.7	94.8%	90.5%	86.4%
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Uzbekistan	6	+1	9	14.4	70.8%	48.8%	34.5%
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Syria	6	0	8	12.0	22.0%	9.8%	5.3%
China	6	-3	5	9.4	7.7%	3.5%	1.6%
Qatar	6	-4	4	8.5	5.1%	2.3%	1.1%

In Group B, Australia failed to win away against Iraq. Japan and Saudi Arabia won their matches against UAE and Thailand, respectively. Next week Australia take on UAE in Sydney, which they need to win to be able to challenge Saudi and Japan about a top-two position and direct qualification. Saudi and Japan both have home games, against Iraq and Thailand, respectively, which they are predicted to win.

Group B	m	+/-	points	avg. simulated p	Round 4	Playoff	World Cup
Saudi Arabia	6	+7	13	17.5	85.0%	59.7%	50.4%
Japan	6	+5	13	21.0	99%	95.7%	93.4%
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Australia	6	+3	10	17.7	88.0%	74.9%	66.4%
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United Arab Em	6	-1	9	14.2	27.1%	15.5%	10.9%
Iraq	6	-2	4	8.4	1.1%	0.35%	0.15%
Thailand	6	-12	1	4.6	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

 Important Matches

Win	Draw	Lose				Lose	Draw	Win	Information (mBit)
78%	56%	33%	Australia	-	United Arab Emirates	3.9%	12.5%	37%	140.921
91%	76%	59%	South Korea	-	Syria	2.3%	8.6%	28%	77.8271
63%	41%	30%	Saudi Arabia	-	Iraq	0.00%	0.02%	0.7%	60.1643
43.1%	26%	16.0%	Uzbekistan	-	Qatar	0.10%	1.0%	4.5%	55.1121