Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Qatar Preview

Wednesday’s decisive Group B fixture at Lumen Field sees Bosnia-Herzegovina take on Qatar, with both sides knowing only a win will keep their qualification hopes realistically alive heading into this final round of matches. Canada and Switzerland sit clear at the top, leaving Bosnia and Qatar to fight it out for what may be the last route through.

Bosnia-Herzegovina’s most recent outing ended in a 4-1 defeat away to Switzerland on 18th June, a result that leaves them with work to do after a promising start to the group. Prior to that, they drew 1-1 away to Canada in their tournament opener. Before that, a 1-1 draw away to Panama in a warm-up friendly. Earlier in this run they drew 0-0 at home with North Macedonia, and in their oldest result here they won a penalty shootout at home against Italy. The Dragons have shown they can compete with the strongest sides in this group, and their resolve will be tested again here.

Qatar’s most recent outing was a heavy 6-0 defeat away to Canada on 18th June, a chastening result that leaves them bottom of the group. Prior to that, they drew 1-1 at home to Switzerland in their tournament opener. Before that, they drew 0-0 at home to El Salvador in a friendly. Earlier in this run they lost 1-0 at home to Ireland, and in their oldest result here they were beaten 3-0 at home by Tunisia. Qatar have struggled badly for results throughout this run and now face a must-win scenario against a Bosnia side with greater recent quality.

The head-to-head record is even across the two previous meetings, with one win apiece and no draws beyond their most recent encounter. Most recently, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Qatar drew 1-1 at home to Bosnia in August 2010. In the previous encounter, Qatar won 2-0 at home in January 2000.

Bosnia sit third on one point and a goal difference of -3, while Qatar prop up the group on one point and a worse goal difference of -6. A Bosnia win here would move them to four points and keep their hopes alive depending on the result elsewhere, while Qatar simply cannot afford anything other than a positive result if their tournament is to continue.

In the UK, this match is live on ITV 4 and available to stream via ITVX. In the United States, viewers can watch on Fox Sports 1 or fuboTV. Bosnian fans can follow the action on BHT 1 or HRT 2, while Qatari viewers can tune in on beIN SPORTS CONNECT or Alkass Five.

Possible Lineups

Bosnia and Herzegovina (4-4-2) Vasilj, Kolasinac, Muharemovic, Katic, Dedic, Alajbegovic, Sunjic, Tahirovic, Memic, Demirovic, Dzeko

Qatar (4-3-3) Abunada, Al Oui, Miguel, Khoukhi, Elamin, Gaber, Madibo, Abdurisag, Junior, Laye, Afif

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Group B Table

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Canada	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	4
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3	1
4	Qatar	2	0	1	1	1	7	-6	1

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Switzerland	4-1	Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Cup	18.06.26
🤝	Canada	1-1	Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Cup	12.06.26
🤝	Panama	1-1	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Friendly	06.06.26
🤝	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0-0	North Macedonia	Friendly	29.05.26
✅	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1-1 (pen)	Italy	World Cup	31.03.26

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Qatar Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Canada	6-0	Qatar	World Cup	18.06.26
🤝	Qatar	1-1	Switzerland	World Cup	13.06.26
🤝	Qatar	0-0	El Salvador	Friendly	06.06.26
❌	Ireland	1-0	Qatar	Friendly	28.05.26
❌	Qatar	0-3	Tunisia	Arab Cup	07.12.25

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Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1-1	Qatar	Friendly	10.08.10
Qatar	2-0	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Friendly	23.01.00

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TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	ITV 4, ITVX, BBC Radio 5 Live
Ireland	ITV 4, RTE 2, ITVX, RTE Player
USA	Fox Sports 1, fuboTV, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHT 1, HRT 2, Arena Cloud
Qatar	beIN SPORTS CONNECT, Alkass Five, Shoof
France	beIN Sports 2, beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Germany	SRF info, MagentaTV
Canada	TSN2, TSN+, RDS 2
Italy	DAZN Italia
Switzerland	SRF info, RTS Sport, Blue Sport