Tajikistan host Palestine in an international friendly. Both sides have had properly mixed years, with wins, draws and heavy losses all showing up in their recent matches.
Neither team arrives with anything like a settled pattern, and their build-up hasn't come against each other's usual continental rivals. That leaves a fair bit of guesswork before kickoff.
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Two sides riding a rollercoaster
Tajikistan have won five, drawn four and lost five of their last fourteen matches, with goals shared roughly evenly at both ends. But the shape of that record is wild rather than steady. They've beaten Jordan 3-0 and Saudi Arabia 1-0, yet also shipped five at home to Belarus and six away to Pakistan. That's a team capable of good days and very bad ones, sometimes close together.
Tajikistan: 14 completed matches; Palestine: 20 completed matches.
Tajikistan
- Win
- 35.7% 5 / 14
- Draw
- 28.6% 4 / 14
- Loss
- 35.7% 5 / 14
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 20
- Difference
- +2
Palestine
- Win
- 20% 4 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 17
- Conceded
- 24
- Difference
- -7
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Azerbaijan | Tajikistan | 23.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies | Tajikistan | India | 09.06.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies | Tajikistan | India | 05.06.2026 | 3-1 |
| CAFA Nations Cup | Tajikistan | Iran | 04.09.2025 | 2-2 |
| CAFA Nations Cup | Afghanistan | Tajikistan | 01.09.2025 | 0-2 |
| CAFA Nations Cup | Tajikistan | India | 29.08.2025 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Cambodia | Tajikistan | 05.06.2025 | 1-2 |
| Friendlies | Tajikistan | Belarus | 20.03.2025 | 0-5 |
| World Cup - Qualification Asia | Tajikistan | Pakistan | 11.06.2024 | 3-0 |
| World Cup - Qualification Asia | Jordan | Tajikistan | 06.06.2024 | 3-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Palestine | New Zealand | 24.09.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies | Kyrgyzstan | Palestine | 09.06.2026 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Kyrgyzstan | Palestine | 06.06.2026 | 0-0 |
| Arab Cup | Palestine | Saudi Arabia | 11.12.2025 | 1-2 |
| Arab Cup | Syria | Palestine | 07.12.2025 | 0-0 |
| Arab Cup | Palestine | Tunisia | 04.12.2025 | 2-2 |
| Arab Cup | Qatar | Palestine | 01.12.2025 | 0-1 |
| Arab Cup | Palestine | Libya | 25.11.2025 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Catalonia Selection | Palestine | 18.11.2025 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies | Basque Country | Palestine | 15.11.2025 | 3-0 |
Palestine's sample is longer, twenty matches, and draws stand out as the theme. Nine of those twenty have finished level, several of them goalless, which points to matches that are often tight rather than open. Still, there have been heavier defeats mixed in too, including a 5-0 loss to Australia and a 1-3 home reverse against Jordan, so their defence isn't watertight either.
Both sides have shown they can be breached in bursts, even if Palestine's habit of drawing suggests a tighter game is just as likely.
Comparative Team Statistics: Tajikistan vs Palestine


What kind of game might this be
Tajikistan's home matches in this sample have swung between comfortable wins and heavy losses, so there's no strong signal that they'll dominate simply because they're playing at home. Palestine, for their part, have leaned towards low-scoring, cagey outcomes more often than not, with draws cropping up against a range of opposition.
Put those tendencies together and it's hard to call this one a shootout or a stalemate with any real confidence. The evidence points both ways: enough goals conceded by both sides to suggest chances will come, but also enough draws and tight scorelines from Palestine to suggest it could easily be a quiet affair.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Umarbayev | Tajikistan | 31 | Midfielder | 170 | 62 |
| M. Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | 36 | Attacker | 178 | 65 |
| A. Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | 33 | Attacker | 172 | 65 |
| Z. Dzhuraboev | Tajikistan | 28 | Defender | 183 cm | 81 kg |
| R. Yatimov | Tajikistan | 28 | Goalkeeper | 194 | 73 |
| A. Nazarov | Tajikistan | 34 | Defender | 179 | 76 |
| T. Islomov | Tajikistan | 28 | Defender | 174 | 70 |
| A. Juraboev | Tajikistan | 30 | Midfielder | 179 cm | 75 kg |
| E. Panjshanbe | Tajikistan | 27 | Midfielder | 172 cm | 62 kg |
| S. Samiev | Tajikistan | 25 | Attacker | 185 cm | 81 kg |
| K. Tursunov | Tajikistan | 30 | Attacker | 170 cm | 63 kg |
| M. Rahimov | Tajikistan | 27 | Attacker | 179 cm | 66 kg |
| M. Safarov | Tajikistan | 25 | Defender | 175 cm | 69 kg |
| S. Solehov | Tajikistan | 26 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| V. Khanonov | Tajikistan | 26 | Defender | 184 | 73 |
| D. Barotov | Tajikistan | 27 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| R. Soirov | Tajikistan | 24 | Attacker | 174 | 69 |
| M. Khasanov | Tajikistan | 24 | Goalkeeper | 195 cm | 85 kg |
| A. Kamolov | Tajikistan | 23 | Attacker | 176 cm | 69 kg |
| A. Ayni | Tajikistan | 22 | Midfielder | 168 | 59 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Manzur | Argentina | 26 | Midfielder | 169 cm | 71 kg |
| C. Saldaña | Chile | 27 | Defender | 173 | 70 |
| W. Abou Ali | Denmark | 27 | Attacker | 186 | 78 |
| Mohammed Saleh | Palestine | 33 | Defender | 185 | 84 |
| Mahmoud Wadi | Palestine | 31 | Attacker | 187 | 75 |
| Hamed Mohamed Mahmoud Hamdan | Palestine | 26 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Tamer Seyam | Palestine | 33 | Attacker | 185 | 80 |
| M. Zeidan | Sweden | 28 | Midfielder | 169 | 74 |
| Mahmoud Eid | Palestine | 33 | Attacker | 183 | 85 |
| Saleh Chihadeh | Palestine | 32 | Attacker | 180 cm | 78 kg |
| Tawfiq Ali | Palestine | 35 | Goalkeeper | 199 | 85 |
| Rami Hamadeh | Palestine | 32 | Goalkeeper | 183 | 70 |
| Amr Kaddoura | Palestine | 32 | Goalkeeper | 185 | 80 |
| Oday Dabbagh | Palestine | 27 | Forward | 183 | 80 |
| Mohammed Rashid | Palestine | 31 | Midfielder | 181 | 77 |
| Mus'ab Al Battat | Palestine | 32 | Defender | 175 | 70 |
| Jonathan Cantillana | Palestine | 34 | Midfielder | 175 | 70 |
| Muhamad Darwish | Palestine | 35 | Midfielder | 185 | 82 |
| Michel Termanini | Palestine | 28 | Defender | 185 | 80 |
| A. Mahajna | Israel | 29 | Midfielder | 187 | 80 |
Neither side's recent matches give us a clear read on how they'll turn up here. Tajikistan look unpredictable from game to game, while Palestine's tendency to draw doesn't rule out one of their heavier defensive afternoons either.
With no market reference to weigh up and the form evidence pulling in different directions, this looks like one to watch rather than back with any conviction.
