Japan vs Saudi Arabia 01.02.2022

It is a clash of group titans as Japan faces Saudia Arabia in the Asia World Cup Qualifier match. Japan is looking forward to avenging the 1-0 loss to Saudia Arabia, and fortunately, they are having an impressive form with consecutive clean sheets. We can expect this trend to continue in this game so as to position themselves in a better spot in the group.

The group leader does enjoy their stay at the peak and yet we see in the recent 5 games there is a scarcity of goals into their rivals’ net. With the 1-0 win against Oman, the Saudis squad does need to work out on their attacking tactics to be assured of winning in the coming encounter.

We predict a win to Japan at Half time and full-time and still no more than 2 goals to be going into the nets.

Main tip: Half-time/Full-time, Japan, Japan(go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats Japan vs Saudia Arabia

Considering the last 8 matches between these teams:

• Japan have 4 win. Saudia Arabia have 4 wins.
• On average these matches scored 2.63 goals per match
• In their last meeting Saudia Arabia won 1-0

Latest results Japan

• 4 wins, and 1 loss in their last 5 matches
• 6 goals scored in these 5 matches. Average of 1.20 a game
• Won 2-0 against China in their last match

Latest results Saudia Arabia

• 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses in their last 5 matches
• 6 goals scored in these 5 matches. Average of 0.60 a game
• Won 1-0 against Oman in their last match

Asia World Cup Qualifiers Table Standings and Latest Results

Japan: rank 2nd – 7 matches – 5 wins – 0 draws – 2 losses – 12 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-W-W-W-L

Saudia Arabia: rank 1st – 7 matches – 1 win – 0 draws – 3 losses –19 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-L-D-L-W

Possible squad Japan

Japan: Gonda; Sakai, Itakura, Taniguchi, Nagatomo; Endo; Ito, Tanaka, Morita, Minamino; Osako

Out: None

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Possible squad Saudia Arabia

Saudia Arabia: Al-Owais; Al-Ghannam, Al-Amri, Al-Boleahi, Al-Shahrani; Kanno, Al Malki; Al Muwallad, Al-Najei, Al-Dawsari; Albirakan

Out: None

Coach: Hervé Renard

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on HT/FT, Japan/Japan

Betway offers competitive odds for the bet “Half-time/Fulltime, Japan/Japan”
The odd of 2.34 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 43% chance that Japan will lead in the first half and eventually win this match.

Odds comparison for HT/FT, Japan/Japan

Betway – odd 2.34
Betboro – odd 2.34

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2) Bet on Under 2.5 Goals

• Japan have 6 out of 7 recent games with no more than 2 goals
• Yet Saudia Arabia is having 6 matches in a row with Under 2.5 Goals
• The last 3 H2H there was only 1 goals per match.

Odds for this bet

Odibets offers competitive odds for “Under 2.5 Goals”

The odd of 1.52 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 81% chance that there will be no more than 2 goals in this match.

Odds comparisons for Under 2.5 Goals

Odibets – odds 1.52
M-Bet – odds 1.40

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