The story

Both teams arrive on the back of draws in their most recent outings, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have drawn all four of their last matches while remaining unbeaten in 12 of their last 14. The head-to-head record shows under 2.5 goals in five of the last six meetings between these sides, with both teams having failed to score an early or late goal in the vast majority of their recent matches. Almoez Ali leads Qatar with an average xG of 0.97 per match over their last ten, while Edin Džeko tops the same measure for Bosnia and Herzegovina at 0.65, with Haris Tabakovic absent from the Bosnian squad.