AFC Asian Cup: Syria vs India Preview, Head-To-Head, Lineup, Live Streaming and Telecast

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AFC Asian Cup, Syria vs India: Indian football team have a herculean task at their hands when they take on Syria with a bid to finish third in the group and improve their goal difference at the same time at the AFC Asian Cup 2023 campaign on Tuesday (January 23).

The match will take place at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor and will be played at the same time as the other Group B match between Australia and Uzbekistan. Australia have already confirmed qualification while Uzbeks are favourite to take second place.

Match: Syria vs India
Kick-off time: 2:30 PM local time; 5:00 PM (India); 2:30 AM (Damascus)
Location: Al Rayyan
Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium
Capacity: 68, 895
Date: January 22, 2024

Syria vs India: Head-to-Head Record

This will be the third encounter between Syria and India at the senior level with their latest encounter coming back in 2013 during the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. The two home-away ties were played in space of one month and Syria won both games 4-0.

Matches Played in all competitions: 6
India Win: 3
Syria Win: 2
Draws: 1
India Goals: 7
Syria Goals: 7

Syria vs India Preview

Leaving the battle for the third spot between Syria and India. The Syrians enter this matchup ranked third in the group, one point ahead of the Blue Tigers, who dropped their opening match of the competition, 3-0 against Uzbekistan. The Syrians lost 1-0 to Australia.

On Thursday, the Syrians played excellent defense against the Socceroos, but it was insufficient as they gave up just one goal on target and still lost. That was their first defeat of 2024, and it extends their winless run to five successive matches in all competitions.

Not only would a victory on Tuesday be this country's first in the tournament's group stage since 2011, it would also guarantee their first-ever trip to the knockout stage. Syria (ranked 66th) and India are clubbed in Group C with Iran and Palestine, who face off later at night in the same city at another venue. Syria's best finish at AFC Asian Cup is finishing runners-up in 1996 as hosts.

India, on the other hand, suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hand of Uzbekistan after going down in a one-sided loss to Australia 2-0 in the opening group match. While Indian defense was praised in the first game, it was heavily criticised for their performance against Uzbekistan once the backline was exposed against some of the quality players of Uzbekistan.

Syria vs India: Predicted Lineup

Syria: Madania; Weiss, Ousou, Krouma, Ajan; Al Aswad, Elias, Ham, Ramadan; Khribin, Hesar

Manager: Hector Cuper

India: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; Nikhil Poojary, Sandesh Jhingan, Rahul Bheke, Akash Mishra; Suresh Singh Wangjam, Deepak Tangri; Manvir Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad, Naroem Mahesh Singh; Sunil Chhetri

Manager: Igor Stimac

Syria vs India: Live Streaming and Telecast

Live Streaming: JioCinema
Telecast: Sports18 (Not confirmed)