2010 World Cup Qualifier: United Arab Emirates vs North Korea (Sept 6th)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Fourth Round Group B. United Arab Emirates vs North Korea.

Hello there, you are betting on who will win between an oil rich millionaires paradise and a Stalinist dicatorship ^_^, so lets get started.

This is the opening match for this group and will be played at the Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The referee will be a man from Uzbekistan called 'Ravshan Irmatov'.



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Ok so lets look at some of the betting tactics!

-These 2 teams have played 6 times before since 1989. The United Arab Emirates have won 4 times, North Korea have never won, but they have drawn 2 times.

- The last time these 2 teams played was in a friendly in Singapore in 2007. The United Arab Emirates won 1-0.

- Whenever these 2 teams play, the score margin is very close, the largest being 2-1 when the United Arab Emirates won in 1992.

- And again, North Korea has NEVER won against the United Arab Emirates

- North Koreas FIFA ranking is 116. The United Arab Emirates FIFA ranking is 109.
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Authors prediction: I believe this will be a draw. North Korea has appeared to have done better than the United Arab Emirates in the third round, but the United Arab Emirates have had a higher ranking and have never lost to North Korea.




(NOTE: The United Arab Emirates is often abbreviated to 'U.A.E',and North Korea is often referred to 'D.P.R Korea'.