Preview of the World Cup Qualifiers: UAE 10 Oman, Iraq 20 Indonesia, Asia 03 Italy, Grape 30/40

In the 2026 World Cup European and Asian qualifiers, there will be multiple competitions. Before the game started, football data websites Sports Illustrated FC, Whoscored and SportsMole also released score predictions for some events.

Sports Illustrated FC

Portugal 4-0 Ireland

Considering the unexpected overturn of a 2-2 draw with Hungary at home and a 1-2 away loss to Armenia, Ireland is undoubtedly facing tremendous pressure. Meeting Portugal at this time will almost completely end Ireland's World Cup dream;

For Portugal, they will definitely hope to win both home games in October and get tickets in advance. Under such motivation, Portugal is expected to win a big victory over its opponents to demonstrate the team's strength.

Spain 4-0 Georgia

In the five main match matches since 2021, Spain has defeated Georgia in all of them and scored a total of 20 goals, averaging 4 goals per game. Therefore, even if there are injured players missing this game, there is no doubt that Spain will win at home, or even win by a big margin. After all, Spain, which had won the first two rounds and scored 9 goals, has already shown its super high level.

As for Georgia, perhaps they can only pray for conceding fewer goals and retain their spot in the play-offs.

Whoscored

Spain 3-0 Georgia

Spain had a perfect start in Group E, scoring 9 goals and conceding 0 goals, and currently tops the list with a 3-point advantage. They first defeated Bulgaria 3-0 and then defeated Türkiye 6-0 in the second round. Under such circumstances, De La Fuente's team is bound to look forward to continuing its previous winning streak here and confirming its place in the main game this month;

Considering the absence of k77 and the away game against the strongest team in the group, perhaps Georgia can only ask itself to reduce the number of goals conceded and fully prepare for the "life and death battle" with Turkey.

Portugal 2-0 Ireland

Returning to play at home, Portugal certainly does not want the team to be as thrilling as the last away game against Hungary. Considering that Portugal has been undefeated in the past five international games and scored 8 goals in the two World Cup preliminaries, there will not be much suspense over a home win over Ireland;

As Ireland, which is at the bottom of this group, it may be difficult to make a strong counterattack against Portugal in an away match to secure a possible play-off spot.

SportsMole

Latvia 1-0 Andorra

In their first meeting in March, Latvia defeated their opponent 1-0 away from home and won. In this encounter, Latvia may still win the final victory with such a slim advantage.

Hungary 2-1 Armenia

For these two teams, the importance of this battle is self-evident - the winning side will be able to get second place in the group and take the initiative in the play-offs.

Although Hungary's defense also has certain hidden dangers, they must be able to defeat their opponents and get second place with their home court advantage and sufficient offensive strength.

Bulgaria 1-2 Turkey

Considering that Georgia is bound to lose this round of away game against Spain, Türkiye undoubtedly needs to win against Bulgaria in order to get second in the group and take the initiative in the play-offs. Although Türkiye suffered a disastrous defeat to Spain, it shouldn't be too difficult to win away from Bulgaria, which is far superior to itself.

Serbia 1-1 Albania

With England far ahead, these two teams are bound to compete fiercely for second place in the group. But judging from the 0-0 draw between the two sides in June, when they meet four months later, the two teams may still be on par.

Spain 2-1 Georgia

With Spain lacking many key players, they actually only need to ensure victory and advance to the World Cup. So in this case, perhaps the Matador Legion will defeat the opponent with a slight advantage and get three points.

Portugal 3-0 Ireland

Objectively speaking, due to the poor performance of 1 draw and 1 loss in the first two rounds, Ireland's World Cup qualifying journey is undoubtedly over. After all, facing Portugal, which is far superior to itself, on the road, it is difficult to hope that the team will win in an upset and get three points.

Estonia 0-3 Italy

Since it is difficult to surpass Norway and Israel is tied with itself, Italy must not relax at the moment. After all, if Israel wins an upset or draws with Norway this round, the improvement in Italy's points can actually put some pressure on Norway.

Considering the 5-0 victory over Italy at home in September, there will not be much suspense about the Azzurri's away win. Easily defeating the opponent and keeping a clean sheet should be the most likely outcome.

UAE 1-0 Oman

In the 9 games since 2007, the total number of goals scored by the two sides has never exceeded 2, and 8 of the games were the result of a small victory or a draw for one of the teams. This contest is bound to continue the past situation.

In this conversation, the UAE, relying on its strong momentum and home court advantage, is expected to win with a slight advantage.

Iraq 2-0 Indonesia

Under the leadership of Kluivert, although Indonesia has made certain progress, it still lacks defensive structure and experience, which also prevents them from continuing to compete with stronger teams in Asia.

And Iraq can rely on its recent good form and home court advantage to win the final victory.