Japan – Spain betting tip & odds comparison 01.12.2022
Thursday night’s group stage match between Japan and Spain will cap up an exciting World Cup for the Samurai Blue. This match will be played at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar, at exactly 8:00PM.
The team led by Hajime Moriyasu experienced a shocking loss to Costa Rica after their unmanned probe upset victory over Germany. The multiple shocks in group E has made all 4 teams hopeful of qualifying as they meet the only unbeaten side, Spain, who also had a draw with Germany.
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JAPAN
Many people are perplexed by Japan’s extremely disparate performances in this tournament. Their surprise loss to Costa Rica had changed their World Cup narrative. Now Hajime Moriyasu will need another giant killer performance to complete his upset in group E. And after defeating one of Europe’s best, Germany, The Samurai Blue will come here with enough conviction to scalp another World Cup winner!
The task ahead is key to Japan’s World Cup success and it will go down in history if they are able to get maximum points from Spain. As acknowledged by Moriyasu: Spain is extremely a good team, but we always intended to advance after three games, so we will simply focus on getting ready well for a good fight.
SPAIN
Spain remains the only unbeaten side in group E, following their 7-0 trashing of Costa Rica and 1-1 draw with Germany. But Luiz Enrique knows too well that despite sitting at the top of the group E standings with 4 points, their qualification is far from done, and will depend on the result from this fixture. Spain will need at least a point in this match to seal their qualification to the round of 16.
The Spanish side has a roster which will threaten any team in this competition. With the likes of Olmo, Asensio, Gavi, Pedri and Torres, Spain have enough firepower to get the job done. But an experienced Luiz Enrique will not be fooled into expecting an easy match, considering that Japan has already picked maximum points from Germany.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
JAPAN
- Gonda
- Sakai
- Itakura
- Yoshida
- Nagatomo
- Ito
- Endo
- Tanaka
- Kubo
- Maeda
- Kamada
- COACH: Hajime Moriyasu
- MISSING PLAYERS: None
SPAIN
- Simon
- Carvajal
- Rodri
- Laporte
- Alba
- Gavi
- Busquets
- Pedri
- Torres
- Asensio
- Olmo
- COACH: Luiz Enrique
- MISSING PLAYERS: None
OUR BETTING PREDICTIONS FOR JAPAN VS SPAIN
Japan comes into this match knowing that even a draw might not be enough to push them to the round of 16, depending on the outcome of Germany vs Costa Rica. Moriyasu must figure out a way to push his men forward to get a goal, which could be their undoing. 4 of Japan’s last 5 international matches have featured over 2.5 goals, including the biggest 2-1 upset against Germany. As a result, we anticipate this match to produce more than 2 total match goals.
TIP 1: Over 2.5 Goals – odd @ 1.72
Enrique and Spain will need at least a point to earn the ticket to the next round. But their safest result is to pick a win in this match to avoid any unforeseen upset from Japan. Looking at th performances displayed in their last 2 matches, we predict Spain will emerge with all 3 points in this match.
TIP 2: Spain to Win – odd @ 1.42
Performance
Japan performance of the last 8 home matches
Spain performance of the last 2 away matches
Current Standing
| POS | TEAM | PTS | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Japan
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
|
2
|
Spain
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
|
3
|
Germany
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
|
4
|
Costa Rica
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -8 |
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