China and Oman face off in an international friendly that is scheduled to take place this Friday afternoon, December 29, 2023, starting at 12pm.
China
With the advantage of playing in front of their fans, the Chinese team arrives for this match with low confidence after being overrun by South Korea in their most recent match, when they practically didn’t see the color of the ball and ended up suffering a crushing setback.
On that occasion, China entered the field for the second round of the second phase of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup and despite the home advantage in their favor, they were unable to avoid defeat by a score of 3-0.
The duel followed the beautiful triumph over Thailand in the opening round, when the Chinese had the difficult task of entering the field as visitors, but showed enough strength to control the offensive actions and win by the score of 2 to 1 to pocket three precious points for their campaign towards the next stage of the tournament.
There were 2 wins, no draws and 3 defeats in the last 5 official matches of the season, beating Thailand and Vietnam, in addition to losing to South Korea, Uzbekistan and also Syria.
Acting as home team, the Chinese national team recorded a recent campaign with 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in the last 10 matches played.
Oman
On the other side is the Oman team, which in turn, finds it difficult to present greater regularity in the season, but has still recorded good performances in important duels and wants to take advantage of this friendly against another qualified team to test the real capacity of its squad.
Their most recent duel was a narrow defeat in the second round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers, losing to Kyrgyzstan away from home by a score of 1-0.
However, before that, the team had already presented an excellent collective performance in the overwhelming 3-0 victory over Taiwan, when they had the opportunity to play in front of their fans in the opening round, doing enough to win and convince with a performance even above expectations.
There were 3 wins, no draws and 2 defeats, beating Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine, in addition to losing to Kyrgyzstan and also to the United States.
In its 10 most recent matches played as a visitor, the Oman team recorded a campaign with 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Conclusion:
Thus, this Friday’s clash between China and Oman, despite being a friendly, tends to be played very seriously between the two teams, who compete in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup and usually play in games with many goals, which should happen again this Friday.