Iraq U23 x China U23 Betting tips for January 8 in AFC Asian Cup U23
| 📅 8/1/2026 14:00 |
Iraq U232.20 |
X 3.08 |
China U23 ![]() 3.00 |
This is the tip that our machine learning model has selected for Iraq U23 x China U23:
🔮 Tied Match
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Important information for your tip for Iraq U23 x China U23:
👉 In the last 3 Iraq U23 matches as the home team, it finished under 2.5 goals.
👉 In the last 3 road matches, China U23 has not lost any of them.
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Analysis from Iraq U23 x China U23 for the AFC Asian Cup U23 – 8 of January
🏟️ Iraq U23 X China U23 – AFC Asian Cup U23
📅 8 of January, 2026 – 14:00
🔵 Iraq U23 – Winning probability: 36.39% | Fair line: 2.75
⚪ Tied game – Probability of tied match: 36.63% | Fair line: 2.73
🔴 China U23 – Winning probability: 26.98% | Fair line: 3.71
⚖ Handicap 1×2: -0.25 Iraq U23
⚽ Expected goals: 2.50 goals
⛳ Expected corner kicks: 9.50 corner kicks
Tips for the 1×2 market for Iraq U23 x China U23
Even though it may not seem intuitive, a good betting model should not seek to get the result for Iraq U23 x China U23 right, but instead show us in which events we have a positive expected value opportunity.
Therefore, to find the numbers, our artificial intelligence has colected information from around 1460349 matches on our betting database, in order to calculate the probabilities of this match ending with a home team victory, a tied match or even an away team victory. Check out the results:
Is it worth betting on Iraq U23?
🔵 Iraq U23: our artificial intelligence has calculated that the probability of this event happening is around 36.39%, meanwhile the bookies are offering avarage odds of 2.20. This means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:
- Would hit 360 times – profiting $432.00;
- And would lose other 640 times – having a loss of -$640.00 with them.
So this bet does not have value. After all, you would have an expected loss of 💰-$208.00.
Is betting on draw worth it?
⚪ draw: the algorithm believes the chances of this event happening are 36.63% and we have noticed that the avarage odds offered by the bookmakers are 3.08. In other words, this means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:
- Would have hit 370 times – having a profit of $769.60;
- And would have lost other 630 times – with a loss of -$630.00 because of them.
It is a value bet, since after all you would have an expected final profit of 💰$139.60.
Is it a good idea to bet on China U23?
🔴 China U23: the model predicted that the probability of this event happening is 26.98% and we know that avarage odds offered by the bookies are 3.00. In other words, this means that if you made 1000 bets of $1 like this, you:
- Would hit 270 times – this would give you a profit of $540.00
- And would lose other 730 times – having a loss of -$730.00 with them.
We are talking about a bet without profit, because after all you would have an expected final loss of 💰-$190.00.
Handicaps analysis for the match Iraq U23 x China U23
Maybe you prefer another approach: betting on Asian handicaps. We thought about it and our model also seeks to find the main handicaps of the most important markets. If you have no idea what a handicap is, do not worry! We have a complete article about the Asian handicap on sporting betting that will answer all your questions. You can click on it and leave it open on another tab so you can read later.
These are the handicaps that our algorithm analysed for you:
⚖ Handicap 1×2: -0.25 Iraq U23
⚽ Expected goals: 2.50 goals
Tips for the Handicap 1×2 market for Iraq U23 x China U23
⚖ Handicap 1×2: our model believes that the ideal handicap is -0.25 Iraq U23 and the available handicap to bet at the moment is -0.25 Iraq U23.
Since there is not big differences between the handicap offered by bookies and the one suggested by our algorithm, we can consider that there is no value to bet on the Handicap 1×2 market.
Tips for the Goals Handicap market for Iraq U23 x China U23
⚽ Goals Handicap: considering the estimates of our model, the main handicap should be 2.50 goals, and the current handicap offered by bookies is 2.25 goals.
Since the difference between the handicap we calculated and the offered by the bookie is 0.25, this means that the best bet for the Goals Handicap is on: + 2.25 goals.

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