Comments and odds for UAE U23 vs China U23: Disappointed host

Chinese youth football has declined significantly in recent years. The clear evidence is that China U23 stopped early in the group stage of the 2020 Asian U23 tournament with 3 losses. At the 2022 Asian U23 tournament, they cannot attend due to regulations on Covid-19 epidemic prevention.

Returning to the 2024 Asian U23 tournament, China U23 started the campaign by participating in Group G qualifying. To be fair, with home field advantage, the country's team of billions of people will likely win tickets to the final round with the mindset of being the top team.

The theory is that, but with the current performance, things will not be easy for China U23. In particular, the opening match makes fans even more worried when the favorite team will face U23 UAE - a direct competitor for the top position in Group G.

In more detail, China U23 is not in good shape when winning 1 time and losing 4 in the last 5 matches. Meanwhile, UAE U23 is focused when they are unbeaten in 3/5 recent matches at the U23 Asia tournament and they are capable of taking points from China U23.