Thailand left back Theerathon Bunmathan. (Photo : Getty Images)
Group F leader Thailand (3-0-1, 10 points) will meet winless squad Chinese-Taipei (0-3-0, 0 points) at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Thursday, November 12th as the AFC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers continues.
This is the second meeting of these two teams in the qualifying tournament with the first one going to the War Elephants, 2-0, with a brace from forward Teerasil Dangda at the Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei last June 16.
Thailand's most recent game was a 3-0 dismantling of Vietnam at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi on October 13th, as per Thanh Nien News.
Kiatisuk Senamuang's boys were led by winger Kroekrit Thaweekarn and left back Theerathon Bunmathan who had a score in each half, at the 29th and 70th. Vietnam's Đinh Tiến Thành had an own goal at the 56th minute, which made it a three-goal win for the visitors.
Chinese-Taipei has yet to taste victory in the qualifiers, with their last game on September 8th ending in a 2-1 defeat in the hands of Vietnam also at their home field of Taipei Municipal Stadium, via Viet Nam News.
The Golden Stars' Tiến Thành opened the scoring at the 53rd minute of the match before Taiwanese midfielder Wu Chun-ching equalized it eight minutes before full-time. However, Vietnam winger Trần Phi Sơn scored one in injury time to deny Chen Kuei-jen's men three points and their first win in this tourney.
The War Elephants will be too much for Chinese-Taipei in this encounter and a blowout win looks imminent.
The predicted result is a 3-0 romp for Thailand.
Thailand starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Thamsatchanan; Bunmathan, Weerawatnodom, Kesarat, Do; Thaweekarn, Yooyen; Tossakrai, Songkrasin, Anan; Dangda
Chinese-Taipei starting lineup (5-3-2 formation): Chiu; Chen T.Y., Chen X., Chen, Y., Lin C.Y.; Chen P., Chiang, Lin C.L., Wen; Chen H., Wu
