North Korea vs Qatar Prediction: Both aiming for winning after slump

North Korea will be hosting Qatar at New Laos National Stadium in the Round 3 of the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Both the team believe in winning after the slump. Who will emerge on top after 90 minutes?

It was not a winning start for North Korea in Group A on September 5, with Uzbekistan managing a 1-0 win through the only goal of the game netted by Jaloliddin Masharipov in the 20th minute of action. This team is attempting to make qualification to the World Cup for a third time, having gone into the quarterfinals in 1966 and into the group stage in 2010. Sin Yong-nam's squad finished second in Group B in the second round to progress, having won three out of six matches. After successive friendly games against Jordan in August, North Korea will be aiming to record their first victory since June 11 against Qatar.

Ju-hyok; Ok-chol, J Kuk-chol, Yu-song, Pom-hyok; Chung-song, Kuk-bom, K Kuk-chol, Il-song; Kwang-song, Il-gwan

Qatar lost their opening Group A match as they conceded three times in the second half after taking an early lead, slumping to a home defeat. Tintin Marquez's side topped Group A in the second round of qualifiers with 16 points from six matches. Qatar hosts the 2022 World Cup but failed to qualify beyond the group stage after defeats in all three games. The representative team of Qatar has won five games, drawn one, and lost one in the qualification matches for the 2026 competition, placing it under pressure for a good show on Tuesday. The two teams last met in January 2019 in the Asian Cup, a match that Qatar won 6-0 to keep up their unbeaten record against North Korea since 2010.

Barsham; Miguel, Salman, Mendes; I Mohammad, Gaber, Fathy, Al Hassan, Waad; Afif; Ali

Qatar have won two of their last four matches against these teams and drawn twice. This coming match is likely to be a draw because no team would wish to lose consecutively in the group. We expect a low scoring game in this game.