Anyone still following the AFC qualifiers? So far 6 teams have qualified from this confederation: Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan, Japan and Australia. Two more teams will qualify from the fourth round, while one additional team will gain entry to the Inter-confederation play-offs. 6 teams have progressed to the fourth round. They are United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. IMO, out of these six teams, the ones with brightest chances are Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
For Saudi Arabia not only do they have a pretty good performance, but also they have the advantage of playing at home since they are the host, so that increases their chances of winning the group and qualifying directly for the World Cup. As for the other team that has the opportunity to win the group is Qatar, in terms of their performance it is also as good as Saudi Arabia and again they have the advantage of being the host in this round 4. So I think Saudi Arabia and Qatar will qualify for the world cup. But this is still just a prediction, Indonesia or Iraq could come out as the group winners (only if Saudi Arabia and Qatar can play more fairly).