Buoyed by their win over Vietnam last time out, Australia will head into the game with renewed confidence and will look to keep the juggernaut rolling and move into the automatic qualification places. The Socceroos have won each of the last three meetings between the sides, while they are unbeaten in the last five, and we are tipping them to extend their dominance and come away with all three points.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Australia win with a probability of 49.23%. A win for Oman had a probability of 26.68% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for an Australia win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.55%) and 0-2 (8.12%). The likeliest Oman win was 1-0 (6.74%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.34%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5.6% likelihood.
