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India and United Arab Emirates are scheduled to play their  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup">2019 AFC Asian Cup</a> group A game on 2019-01-10. Prior to this match United Arab Emirates will play Bahrain on 2019-01-05 while India will play Thailand on 2019-01-06. Hosts United Arab Emirates qualified for the finals as the 3rd highest ranked runner up team after finishing 2nd in group A behind Saudi Arabia with 5 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss. Their best finish to this tournament was runner up in 1996. India finished last in group D then defeated Laos in a playoff and won group A in the 3rd and final qualification round. Their best performace in this tournament was runner up in 1964. The last time these nations played each other in 2011 they tied 2-2.

###### <a href="http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/13258">Match Report</a>
###### <a href="https://www.11v11.com/teams/india/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/United%20Arab%20Emirates/">Head-to-head record</a>

### January 5 - February 1
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/2019_afc_asian_cup_logo.png/200px-2019_afc_asian_cup_logo.png)](http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/)
###### <a href="http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/fixtures/">Scores</a> | <a href="http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-asian-cup/tables">Standings</a></sup>
A total of 24 teams are divided into 6 groups. The top 2 teams from each group and the top 4 ranked 3rd place teams qualify for the quarterfinals. 

##### World Rank
<center> [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/FIFA_World_Rankings_logo.svg/100px-FIFA_World_Rankings_logo.svg.png)](http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html) </center>

<center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png </center> | <center>**United Arab Emirates**</center>  | <center>**79**</center>  | <center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/UAE_FA.png/145px-UAE_FA.png </center>
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<center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/150px-Flag_of_India.svg.png </center> | <center>**India**</center>  | <center>**97**</center> | <center> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/All_India_Football_Federation_2016.png/150px-All_India_Football_Federation_2016.png </center>
<sup>Images linked from wikipedia.org under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use">fair use</a> guidelines.</sup>
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