Late on the night of January 27, Beijing time, with the South Korean team beating Lebanon 1-0, the latest standings and situation of the round of 12 have also undergone new changes.
Group A, South Korea rose to the first place, the points reached 17 points, 12 points ahead of the fourth place Lebanon, three rounds in advance to ensure the top three in the group, that is, to secure the play-off seat, this is just a conservative statement, in fact, the South Korean team is only 2 points away from locking in the top two of the group in advance to directly advance to the World Cup: in theory, the third place UAE can finally reach 18 points if it wins the last 4 games, and the South Korean team has 17 points, that is, to get 2 more points. Of course, if the UAE drops the chain this round and cannot win against Syria to win all three points, then the South Korean team can officially enter the 2022 Qatar World Cup in advance this round.
The Iranian team, which is temporarily ranked second in the group, has a better promotion situation than the South Korean team, because their current round of matches is not over, but the Iranian team has led the third place in the group, the United Arab Emirates, 10 points, and in this round, the Iranian team does not need to look at the results of any other matches, only need to win the match with Iraq, and can lock in the top two of the group three rounds in advance to directly qualify. As for the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, which are 3-6 in this group, all 4 teams are still alive, but they have basically lost the hope of competing for the top two places in the group, and the third play-off place in the group is the target of these 4 teams.
Group B, after the Japanese team defeated the Chinese team 2-0, the promotion situation is still not very clear, although the top three in the group are basically no problem, but the third place in the group is not directly promoted, and it is necessary to play the play-offs, obviously, this is not the goal of the Japanese team, but the top two in the B group are very fiercely contested, which is completely different from the A group. Japan won this round, australia is the same, 4-0 victory over Vietnam, not only all three points, but also earned enough goal difference, 5 more than the Japanese team, +9 the number of goals difference is higher than the first in the group. The battle for the right to directly qualify for the top two in Group B is probably going to compete until the last minute of the last round.
The last three Oman, China and Vietnam in this group have basically bid farewell to the 2022 Qatar World Cup ticket dispute, Oman and the national football team are only theoretical possibilities left, and the Vietnamese team at the bottom is out of the first 7 rounds of 7 games and 0 points in advance!