China vs Japan Prediction & Betting Tips (19 November)

China, at its level, manages to exist in this last qualifying phase since the selections present in this 3rd round have passed the first two stages. 4th with 6 points, the same number of points as Australia and Saudi Arabia, China would play for the moment, the World Cup accession play-offs 3rd, and 4th are play-offs. During the last match in October, the Chinese took 3 points against Indonesia 2-1, in order to stop a series of four consecutive defeats against the best nations on the continent, Australia 3-1, Saudi Saudi Arabia 1-2, a beating in Japan 7-0 and during the last match of the 2nd round, against South Korea 1-0. Last week, in Bahrain, the Chinese gleaned a second 0-1 victory. Clearly, facing the last two in the group, everything is going well for China, on the other hand, when the level goes up a notch, it seems more difficult for this nation to align one foot in front of the other. Unfortunately for China, Japan is on the program today, and the Japanese have no intention of missing out on this game by being, early in the morning, still undefeated in this 3rd round, with 13 points.

, a record of 4 victories and 1 draw. A parity score contracted in October, for the reception of the Australians 1-1. Last week, the country of the rising sun easily defeated Indonesia 0-4. To start this final qualifying campaign, The BlueLock made no mistake by beating China 7-0, Bahrain 0-5, and Saudi Arabia 0-2. Clearly, apart from the pawn conceded against Australia, no team has pierced the Japanese strings in this group. 

It's quite simple, the entire Chinese squad is made up of players playing in the country in local teams. This is clearly an obstacle to hoping to take a step forward at the international level since no player knows the "high level" in one of the five major championships or even, a 2nd division of a top 5 championship. The only scorer of the match against Bahrain is named Zhang Yuning (8 goals in 37 caps). He will be a good backup today unlike the captain of the selection, Wu Lei, who did not play last week. The starting left back Li Lei left prematurely with an injury during the previous day last week and is not certain to play this afternoon. No major absences to report except the non-calls of attackers A Lan (3 goals in 14 caps), and Nanduo (7 caps), without forgetting to mention the defenders Zhunyi (18 caps), and Liu Yang ( 32 caps).In Japan, we have many more players omnipresent in the major championships compared to the Chinese.

Let's talk in particular about the scorers against Indonesia with Sugawara (Southampton), Morita (Sporting), and of course, the Monegasque Minamino. Let's not forget to mention the presence of Mitoma (Brighton) who received a yellow but which will not prevent him from playing in this game. Kamada (Crystal Palace), Endo (Liverpool), Doan (Fribourg), Machida (Union Saint-Gilloise), Itakura (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Maeda (Celtic, Champions League), Ito (Reims), Hatate (Celtic), or again Nakamura (Reims), and Tanaka (Leeds, Championship), play in renowned teams, in major championships or even major competitions like the Champions League or the Europa League. To mention the players absent from this gathering, how can we not mention Arsenal full-back Tomiyasu (42 caps, choices), Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich), Asano (Mallorca), and Ueda (Feyenoord, 14 goals, 30 appearances for the squad ) who have not been summoned. Midfielder Sano (Mainz) is unavailable due to an injury while Shogo Taniguchi (32nd selection, Sint-Truiden) had to withdraw (last minute injury).