Japan vs Saudi Arabia Betting Prediction

Japan and Saudi Arabia will meet on January 21, 2019, in the finals of the Asian Cup finals, at the Sharjah stadium in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) at 13:00. The football match will be arbitrated by Ravshan Irmatov from Uzbekistan.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia Today’s Football Prediction

Japan is an important nation with great performances throughout its history, playing at six world championships between 1998 and 2018, with three of them going through groups, also participating in the new Asian Cup editions, succeeding in winning between these. In the current Asian Cup edition, Hajime Moriyasu’s national team started perfectly, with three consecutive victories, all in the group stage, defeating Turkmenistan, Oman and Uzbekistan, with which scored not less than six goals. It is worth mentioning that the Nippons pass through a fantastic form, coming after eight games without failure, in which they managed seven wins and a draw, matches in which they scored not less than 21 goals, which means an average of almost three on match.

Saudi Arabia does not compare to its opponent, neither as a record nor as a value, nor does it allow itself to hope for significant performances at this Asian Cup edition, but with a rather weak lot. The Greens may be proud to have conquered the Asian tournament three times in history, the last time more than two decades ago in 1996. In the first two games disputed this year, the Saudis have managed to make light wins with Korea South and Lebanon, but then lost to Qatar, so he finished second in the group, missing the opportunity to play with Iraq in eighth, yet a more accessible opponent.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia: Direct results (H2H)

Until now, Japan and Saudi Arabia have met all-time 15 times, the balance being 9 Japan wins, 1 equal result and 5 Saudi Arabia successes.

Latest 5 direct results:

November 15, 2006: Japan – Saudi Arabia 3-1 (Asian Cup)

July 25, 2007: Japan – Saudi Arabia 2-3 (Asian Cup)

January, 17 2011: Saudi Arabia – Japan 0-5 (Asian Cup)

November 15, 2016: Japan – Saudi Arabia 2-1 (Preliminary CM)

September 5, 2017: Saudi Arabia – Japan 1-0 (Preliminary Round)

Japan vs Saudi Arabia: Probable teams and unavailable players

Probable Team Japan (4-2-3-1)

  • Daniel Schmidt, Genta Miura, Sho Sasaki, Tomoaki Makino, Sei Muroya, Toshihiro Aoyama, Tsukasa Shiotani, Junya Ito, Takashi Inui, Yoshinori Muto, Koya Kitagawa
  • Selectionist: Hajime Moriyasu
  • Injury: None
  • Suspend: does not exist

Probable team Saudi Arabia (4-1-4-1)

  • Mohammed Al-Owais, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Ali Al-Bulaihi, Hamdan Al-Shamrani, Abdullah Otayf, Yahya Al-Shehri, Hattan Bahebri, Housain Al-Mogahwi, Fahad Al-Muwallad, Abdulrahman Ghareeb
  • Selectionist: Juan Antonio Pizzi
  • Injury: None
  • Suspend: does not exist

Betting Prediction Explained Japan vs Saudi Arabia

Japan is a better national, with big claims at this year’s tournament, so we expect in this fight to confirm its favorite status and win without any problems.

Prediction Today: Japan wins
Odds: 1.75
Betting Prediction: Over 3.5 goals
Odds: 4.10