Here are our predicted line-ups and player availability news for Sunday’s upcoming World Cup match.
Japan, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-2 World Cup victory over Germany. It seems likely that Samurai Blue will probably make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match with Shuichi Gonda, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Yuto Nagatomo, Wataru Endo, Ao Tanaka, Junya Ito, Daichi Kamada, Takefusa Kubo and Takuma Asano.
Japan manager will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group ready to go.
How Japan could look vs Costa Rica
Since a loss in their previous game against Spain in World Cup competition, Costa Rica will be aiming to make amends here. We believe Los Ticos seem most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 formation using Keylor Navas, Kendall Waston, Francisco Calvo, Oscar Duarte, Bryan Oviedo, Keysher Fuller, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Jewison Bennette, Joel Campbell and Anthony Contreras.
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, Costa Rica manager doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash.
Predicted Costa Rica team
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