📏 Form Guide

Japan

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Japan are hoping to win again following a 2-0 WC Qualifiers - Asia success over Bahrain.

In that match, Japan had 61% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Japan, goals were scored by Daichi Kamada (66') and Takefusa Kubo (87'). At the other end, Bahrain had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Their most recent results reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Japan rearguard. Japan have given the opposition little, with the number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their previous six clashes standing at 2. In any event, time will tell if that trend might be sustained here in this match or not.

Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia will come into the game following a 1-0 WC Qualifiers - Asia win vs China in their most recent outing.

In that match, Saudi Arabia managed 80% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Saudi Arabia was Salem Al Dawsari (50'). China had 3 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Saudi Arabia has been fairly consistent in recent matches. A glance at their last 6 meetings shows that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal tally of 5 and Saudi Arabia have scored 4.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 15/11/2016 tells us that Japan have won 4 of these & Saudi Arabia 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

10 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 from Samurai Blue and 3 being from KSA. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The last league encounter between the two was WC Qualifiers - Asia match day 3 on 10/10/2024 when it ended Saudi Arabia 0-2 Japan.

On that day, Saudi Arabia had 57% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

On the other side, Japan had 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Daichi Kamada (14') and Koki Ogawa (81') scored.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that Japan look likely to score a couple of goals when they come up against Saudi Arabia, who won’t find it easy to score.

We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Japan after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 10:01 25/03/2025