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The 2022 World Cup finals will begin with the opening match between the home team Qatar and Ecuador in the framework of Group A.

Al Bayt Stadium with a capacity of 60,000 seats is the venue for the match, about an hour after the opening ceremony.

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup winner is the most underrated Group A when they are in the same group with the Netherlands, Ecuador and Senegal. Opta predicts the lowest chance for Qatar to reach the round of 16, only 24.97%.

Ecuador is ranked 44th in the world rankings, just 6 places ahead of Qatar before entering the match at Al Bayt Stadium.

History shows that the last 4 opening matches of the World Cup have had 17 goals with an average rate of 4.25 per game.

- Qatar (3-5-2): Sheeb; Khoukhi, Rawi, A Hassan; Ró-Ró, Hatem, Haydos, Boudiaf, Amin; Afif, Ali.

- Ecuador (4-4-2): Dominguez; Castillo, Torres, Hincapié, Estupiñán; Silver, M Caicedo, Gruezo, Ibarra; Estrada, E.Valencia.

England have reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and reached the final of EURO 2020 held last year. In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe, the Three Lions have the best goal difference, scoring 39 and conceding only three.

Gareth Southgate's team is most likely to have the first 3 points in Qatar, but Iran will be a potential opponent that can make it difficult for them.

Iran had an impressive qualifying campaign, winning 8 out of 10 matches in the third round of the Asian qualifiers and conceding only 4 goals.

They are also 20th in the latest FIFA rankings, ahead of teams like Serbia, Morocco and Poland.

Iran is one of 20 teams that have featured in the last two World Cups in 2014 and 2018 - of those teams, they had the fewest shots (47), the fewest shots on target (10) and scored the fewest. most goals (3).

- Anh (3-5-3) Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire; Trippier, Bellingham, Rice, Shaw; Saka, Kane, Sterling.

- Iran (4-3-3) Beiranvand; Moharrami, Kanani, Khalilzadeh, Jalali; Ghoddos, Ezatoahi, Hajsafi; Jahanbakhsh, Taremi, Torabi.

Senegal in the last two World Cups they attended had a perfect opening match. The defending African champions won 1-0 against then-world champions France at the 2002 World Cup and won 2-1 over Poland in 2018.

Senegal reached the quarter-finals 20 years ago, but they were eliminated in the group stage on the most recent occasion.

The African representative defeated Egypt in February to win the first African Cup of Nations title, before continuing to make Egypt defeated in the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Senegal is ranked 18th in the world - 10 places behind the Netherlands - and the biggest loss for them is that there will be no star Sadio Mane at this year's World Cup due to injury.

The Netherlands has returned to the biggest tournament in the world after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.

The Netherlands are unbeaten in four matches against African opponents in the World Cup finals, while Senegal won two and drew one against European teams in the group stage.

- Senegal: Mendy; Koulibaly, Ballo-Toure, Cisse, Diallo; Nampalys Mendy, Gueye, Sarr, Loum; Ndiaye, Sarr.

- Hà Lan: Bijlow; Timber, Van Dijk, Ake, Malacia; Dumfries, Berghuis, Frenkie de Jong, Blind; Depay, Bergwijn.

The US team has returned to the World Cup finals after being unable to participate in Russia 2018. Meanwhile, the confrontation with the US marks Wales' first World Cup match in 64 years.

However, Wales have won the right to play at the last two EUROs, with 2016 reaching the semi-finals and reaching the first knockout stage last year.

Wales, who beat Austria and Ukraine in the play-offs to win tickets to Qatar, are ranked 19th in the FIFA rankings - three places behind the US.

In terms of World Cup experience, the US can be proud of Wales. This is America's 11th World Cup.

In fact, only Mexico (17) has made more World Cup appearances than any of the CONCACAF nations, and the US has reached the knockout stages in three of its previous four World Cup appearances.

The early morning match of November 22 marked the third meeting between the two teams and the US were both unbeaten with a win and a draw.

The United States has never drawn a goal in 33 matches at the World Cup, and is rated by Opta as having a 39.5% chance of winning all three points, compared to Wales' 31.2%.

- Mỹ: Turner; Robinson, Ream, Zimmerman, Dest; Adams, McKennie, Musah, Pulisic, Ferreira, Weah.

- Xứ Wales: Hennessey, Dummett, Chester, Williams, Roberts. Allen, Ampadu, Lawrence, Ramsey, Brooks, Gareth Bale.