Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
East Timor
Singapore
On December 14, East Timor and Singapore will meet in ASEAN. I offer my betting option on this confrontation, who will be stronger? Will the hosts be able to give a fight?
East Timor
The East Timor team is the outsider of its group, which was quite expected, because there are no great soccer traditions here. In the first round the team suffered a defeat at home against Thailand with the score - 0:10, played at a neutral stadium, although this fiasco does not justify it.
East Timor had a real chance to cling to points, even led away against Malaysia, but eventually lost with a score of 2:3. The last game made it clear that this national team is also at least a force to be reckoned with.
Singapore
At this tournament, the national team of Singapore managed to play one match, in which they beat Cambodia at home with a score of 2:1. The aforementioned battle was not easy, the hosts scored two goals by the 16th minute, and then gave the initiative to the opponent, who seriously pressed, but managed to get only one goal back.
Singapore have a good chance to get out of the group, but they must try to show their best. The upcoming opponent does not look dangerous, although it can definitely create problems.
Possible lineups
- East Timor: Mendonza Da Silva, Quintao, Da Costa, Soares, Viegas, Xavier, Osorio, Javier Jose da Costa, Dos Santos, Zenivio, Pedro Joao.
- Singapore: Mahbud, Najib, Tan Han Way, Baharudin, Van Geysen, Shahirna, Kweh, Sulaiman, Nakamura, Ramli, Anuar.
Facts about the match
- East Timor have won only one match out of the last five.
- Singapore have three wins in their last four games.
- The odds for this meeting are as follows: P1 - 9.7, X - 6.2, P2 - 1.22.
H2H
Rivalries crossed twice, always within ASEAN, in both cases Singapore won at home - 2:0 and 6:1.
Prediction
On paper, the guests are considered big favorites, although there is a feeling that East Timor can impose a struggle in such a confrontation, the game will be held on a neutral field in Vietnam. I think that such a meeting can take place on a counter course, so I consider an acceptable bet on the exchange of goals.
