United States vs Oman Match Analysis & Prediction
13/09/2023 3:30 am
In their final game before they begin their World Cup qualifying campaign, Oman take on the United States in a friendly at Allianz Field in Minnesota on Wednesday morning.
The Yanks are coming off a 3-0 victory over Uzbekistan this past weekend, while Al-Ahmar came from behind to beat Palestine 2-1 last Wednesday.
It was a far from impressive performance by this team on Sunday, but the USA were effective at winning duels in the middle of the field and creating turnovers in dangerous areas, while also being efficient at times transitioning down the flanks.
Between now and the 2026 World Cup finals, Gregg Berhalter has said that his goal is to change American soccer forever by turning the USA into an elite team that can make a deep run at a World Cup, something that has rarely occured, with their best finish since the conclusion of the 1930 tournament being a quarter-final appearance in 2002.
In a short period, Branko Ivankovic has been able to achieve some impressive results with Oman, as his side upset four-time Asian Cup champions Japan in a 2021 World Cup qualifying match (1-0), while this team were runners-up at the Gulf Cup played earlier this year and also finished third at the most recent Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Nations Cup.
Al-Ahmar head into the contest on a three-game unbeaten run and have only suffered one defeat in normal time all year (3-0 defeat to Uzbekistan).
Wednesday will only be the third time Oman face a CONCACAF opponent, and the first since 2014 when they were narrowly beaten in a friendly against Costa Rica (4-3), while they defeated Haiti 3-0 in 2013.
United States vs. Oman Head to head
These two teams have not previously met in any competition.
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United States Team News
United States’ Gio Reyna, Tyler Adams, Taylor Booth, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Sean Johnson, Josh Sargent, Zack Steffen and Walker Zimmerman are all out with injuries.
There are three players chosen for this window still seeking their first caps with the Yanks, including Benjamin Cremaschi, Kevin Paredes and Drake Callender.
United States's Last 5 Matches
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29/06/2023St Kitts and Nevis0United States6Concacaf Gold Cup
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03/07/2023United States6Trinidad and Tobago0Concacaf Gold Cup
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10/07/2023United States(P)2Canada2Concacaf Gold Cup
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13/07/2023United States1Panama1(P)Concacaf Gold Cup
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10/09/2023United States3Uzbekistan0Friendlies
Oman Team News
Faiz Al-Rushaidi, Jameel Al-Yahmadi, Zahir Al-Aghbari, Omar Al-Malki and Essam Al-Subhi replaced Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini, Mahmood Mabrook, Arshad Al-Alawi, Salah Al-Yahyaei and Abdulrahman Al-Mushaifri against Palestine.
Rabia Al-Alawi and Harib Al-Saadi scored in Oman’s 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia in the group stage at the Gulf Cup, while Al-Mukhaini picked up two clean sheets in that competition.
Oman's Last 5 Matches
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11/06/2023Uzbekistan3Oman0CAFA Nations Cup
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14/06/2023Oman1Tajikistan1CAFA Nations Cup
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17/06/2023Turkimenistan0Oman2CAFA Nations Cup
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20/06/2023Kyrgyz Republic0Oman1CAFA Nations Cup
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06/09/2023Oman2Palestine1Friendlies
United States vs. Oman: Odds and Predictions
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