Comments and odds for Thailand U23 vs Philippines U23: Confidence returns
At the recent U23 Southeast Asia tournament, U23 Thailand did not play very convincingly, only finishing in 3rd place, despite being able to play at home. Returning to the U23 Asian qualifiers taking place this September, Battle Elephants is in Group H with opponents U23 Philippines, U23 Malaysia and U23 Bangladesh.
Accordingly, U23 Thailand will have a psychological advantage when playing at home, but to get the top spot in the group - the position that will have a ticket to continue, coach Sritaro and his team will have to be extremely careful, especially in the match. match against U23 Malaysia.
Returning to the qualifying round, U23 Thailand will have two comfortable first matches against the lower-ranked names U23 Philippines and U23 Bangladesh. Not to exaggerate, the home team is confident that they will win all 6 points to gain momentum for the Group H qualifying final against U23 Malaysia.
Unlike the home team's confidence, U23 Philippines entered the qualifying round with poor performance and they were only considered a road team. Remember, Philippines U23 has just had a streak of 5 recent matches without a win. Obviously, the away team's defeat against U23 Thailand was an easy to predict result.