China host Tajikistan in Chongqing friendly

Recent form mirrors

The shape of the two runs is nearly identical. China won twice, drew once and lost twice across their last five. Tajikistan returned the same split. China's sequence includes a 5-0 defeat in their most recent outing and a 3-0 reverse before that. Tajikistan lost 4-2 and 1-0 in their last two. The wins for China came against SIN and MDV; Tajikistan beat MDV and TLS earlier in the calendar.

Sparse history

The teams have met twice before. The most recent meeting in January 2024 finished 0-0. The previous encounter in June 2019 went to China 1-0. One goal across two matches. Neither fixture offers much of a template for Tuesday, and with lineups not yet announced there is little to anchor prediction beyond the fact that both arrive in uneven form and neither carries momentum from their last result.

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