The second World Cup group stage matchday will start on Friday and the host Qatar will play against Senegal. Both teams are playing in Group A and both teams started the tournament with losses. In the opening match, Qatar showed a very poor performance against Ecuador, almost didn't have any chance to score and lost 0:2. Senegal was playing the Netherlands and their performance was better. Until the 84th minute, the score was even but then the Netherlands scored two goals.

If we compare the first games, Senegal was better. They controlled the ball 53% of the time, made 15 shots and 4 were on target. Only one time in history Senegal had at least 15 shots without a goal in the World Cup. Qatar controlled the ball 47% of the time and had 5 shots but all of them were off target. Interesting that Senegal had a better xG rating than the Netherlands (0.89 to 0.67) while Qatar's xG was only 0.37.

It's a must-win game for both teams if they want to continue to fight for a place in the TOP 2. Qatar's manager Felix Sanchez said that the team was nervous and described the first game as a terrible start. We were able to see that Qatarians were nervous because players weren't able to do simple things on the field. Qatar is the first host team that lost the opening game and with another loss, they would become only the fifth host team that has lost 2 games in a row.

This is a great chance for Senegal to prove their ability on defense. On a way to its triumph in the African Cup of Nations, Senegal conceded only twice. Between the African Cup of Nations and the World Cup, they had six games but they allowed opponents to score only three times. If we are speaking about this duel, I'm picking Senegal to win. They were much better in the first game and many people thought that Senegal deserved at least one point. It's not like Qatar can dramatically improve their game as they don't have the most talented team. Although Senegal is without Sadio Mane, they should be able to get 3 points.

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

世界杯小组赛的第二场比赛日将于周五开始，东道主卡塔尔将对阵塞内加尔。两队都分在A组，两队都以输球开始比赛。在首战对阵厄瓜多尔的比赛中，卡塔尔表现非常糟糕，几乎没有任何进球的机会，0:2输掉了比赛。塞内加尔对阵荷兰队，他们的表现要好一些。比赛进行到第84分钟时，双方比分持平，但随后荷兰队连进两球。

如果我们对比第一场比赛，塞内加尔更好。53%的时间，他们控制球，15次射门，4次射正。历史上只有一次，塞内加尔在世界杯上至少有15次射门没有进球。卡塔尔在47%的时间里控制了球，有5次射门，但都射偏了。有趣的是，塞内加尔的xG评级高于荷兰(0.89比0.67)，而卡塔尔的xG评级仅为0.37。

如果他们想继续争夺前2的席位，这对两队来说都是一场必胜的比赛。卡塔尔队主教练菲利克斯·桑切斯表示，球队非常紧张，首场比赛开局糟糕。我们可以看到卡塔尔人很紧张，因为球员们不能在球场上做一些简单的事情。卡塔尔是首支首战失利的东道主球队，如果再输一场，他们将成为第五支连输两场的东道主球队。

这是塞内加尔证明他们防守能力的绝佳机会。在非洲国家杯的胜利之路上，塞内加尔只丢了两球。在非洲杯和世界杯之间，他们有6场比赛，但他们只让对手进球3次。如果我们说到这场决斗，我认为塞内加尔会赢。他们在第一场比赛中表现得好多了，许多人认为塞内加尔至少应该得一分。卡塔尔并不能显著提高他们的比赛水平，因为他们没有最具天赋的球队。虽然塞内加尔没有了马内，但他们应该能拿到3分。