Tajikistan vs Lebanon Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

Lebanon have not made the start that they would have been hoping for after finally ending their long absence from the Asian Cup, failing to pick up a win or score a goal in their first three matches. Given that Tajikistan have triumphed nine times in their previous 12 home games at this level, they will fancy their chances of winning this local derby.

Each of the previous six Tajikistan matches in the Asian Cup has been of the under 3.5 goals variety, with the net bulging a total of just eight times across these contests. What’s more, eight of the nine top-flight fixtures involving Lebanon this season have also served up three goals or fewer, so a repeat performance would appear to be on the agenda here.

Tajikistan have played four matches since securing their place in the Asian Cup, with no fewer than three of these encounters producing a clean sheet at one end of the pitch. This has also been the case in seven of the previous nine top-flight fixtures involving Lebanon, so any deviation from this script would come as a bit of a surprise.