Successful preemption, Hong Kong has one hand on the ticket to continue in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers

(Hong Kong vs Bhutan football results) – The home team barely lost any effort to get a big victory in the first round of the first qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia.

Welcoming a clearly weaker opponent, Bhutan, the Hong Kong team entered the game extremely proactively and pressed the away team from the first minutes.

In just the period from 10 to 16 minutes, young striker Michael Chibuikem Udebuluzor completed a double to put Hong Kong up 2-0.

Hong Kong destroyed Bhutan with 4 goals scored before the 35th minute of the first half (photo: Getty)

That was player Chan Shinichi’s goal in the 28th minute and center back Tenzin Norbu’s own goal in the 35th minute. The outcome of the match seemed to be arranged from here.

In the second half, Hong Kong withdrew all three midfielders and two strikers to rest.

Hong Kong just had a 10-0 destruction of Brunei in a friendly match last month when seven of their players took turns writing their names on the scoreboard.

With the 2023 Asian Cup tournament also coming up in January next year, Hong Kong will be eager to build momentum by winning its qualifying matches.

Meanwhile, Bhutan is ranked 184 in the world, which is a small team.

Time: 7:00 p.m. today, October 12, 2023.

Tournament: 2026 World Cup qualifying.

Location: Hong Kong Stadium.

Currently, some matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers still do not have an official broadcast channel.

Hong Kong had beaten Bhutan in both their previous meetings and coincidentally, both came in the first round of FIFA World Cup qualifying.

Hong Kong won the first leg 7–0 at home on 11 June 2015, before winning 1–0 away, two days later.

Bhutan have won just one of six matches this year, but that was their most recent outing: a 1-0 win over Macau on September 6, 2023.

Hong Kong have also won just once in six matches in 2023, and that was a 10-0 win over Brunei last month in a friendly.

Hong Kong’s Everton player has scored three goals in his last two matches for the team.

Hong Kong: Full force.

Bhutan: Full force.

Hong Kong:  Yapp;

Bhutan: Tshering Dendup, Sherub Dorji, Tenzin Norbu, Chimi Tshewang, Nima Wangdi, Karma Shedrup Tshering, Tshelthrim Namgyel, Kinga Wangchuk, Chencho Gyeltshen, D. Tshering, Dorji.

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