📊 Form Guide

Australia

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Australia will be looking for another win after the 0-2 WC Qualifiers - Asia victory versus China.

In that game, Australia had 51% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For Australia, the goalscorers were Jackson Irvine (16') and Nishan Velupillay (29'). For their opponents, China had 12 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

In their prior six fixtures, Tony Popović's Australia have hit the back of the net a combined total of 13 times, with that being an average number of goals per match of 2.17.

Japan

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In the game prior to this, Japan drew 0-0 in the WC Qualifiers - Asia match with Saudi Arabia.

In that game, Japan had 78% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Saudi Arabia had 1 shots on goal with 0 on target.

A sequence of very capable displays from the Japan defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 2 from their past 6 clashes combined. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 12.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings going back to 18/11/2014 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for Australia. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever whereas Japan have been too good for them, winning in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 for The Socceroos and 10 coming from Samurai Blue. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 4 on 15/10/2024 when it finished Japan 1-1 Australia.

On that occasion, Japan managed 65% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Shogo Taniguchi (58' Own goal).

Australia had 1 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. Cameron Burgess (76' Own goal) was the scorer.

🗞️ Team News: Australia

In our view, The Socceroos may well line up in a 3-4-2-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Mathew Ryan, Milos Degenek, Conor Metcalfe, Cameron Burgess, Lewis Miller, Martin Boyle, Aiden O'Neill, Aziz Behich, Ryan Teague, Alessandro Circati and Brandon Borrello.

ℹ️ Team News: Japan

There’s a good chance that Samurai Blue will likely play in a 3-4-2-1 lineup by sending out Kosei Tani, Hiroki Sekine, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Koki Machida, Kaishu Sano, Joel Chima Fujita, Yuito Suzuki, Yu Hirakawa, Daichi Kamada, Kota Tawaratsumida and Yuki Ohashi.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Australia may not find it easy to see themselves scoring against this Japan outfit who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re going for a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Japan when all is said and done.

Expecting it to be tight.

Andre Moura, 11:01 05/06/2025