Japan vs Saudi Arabia Prediction & Betting Tips (25 March)

Dominator on the continental scene, Japan has participated in the last seven World Cups. In 2022, Japanese training managed to get out of the hens before falling against Croatia in the 8th finals. In these qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Takumi Minamino's teammates flew over competition and have already qualified when there are still 3 days. With a balance sheet of 6 wins and 1 draw, they praise group C with 10 points ahead of the 3rd and 9 on their dolphin. Held in failure by Australia in October 1-1, Japan has since dominated Indonesia 0-4, China 1-3 and Bahrain last Thursday 2-0. Present to the last two editions of the World Cup, Saudi Arabia hopes to compost its ticket for the 2026 edition which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The selection is currently 3rd in group C and has a delay in 2nd place. The in -the -saws results led to the referral of the coach Roberto Mancini in October. The leaders made the decision to recall Hervé Renard who was on the bench of this training during the 2022 World Cup. After this change, the Saudis did not appear well in November with a draw in Australia 0-0 and especially a defeat in Indonesia 2-0. Last Thursday, they resumed their walking forward by beating the red lantern, China 1-0.

For Japan, it is necessary to point out the absences of the defenders Machida (Union Saint-Gilloise, 16 Sél), Taniguchi (Saint-Trond), Tomiyasu (arsenal, long-term injured) and Hashioka (Luton), from the Sano (Mainz) environment as well as Ogawa offensives (9 goals in 9 Sél) and Ohashi (Blackburn). Japan's workforce is very qualitative and there are many elements that play in the major European championships. This is particularly the case of the MORITITA (Sporting, 40 Sél) and ENDO (Liverpool, 68 Sél) circles as well as DOAN attackers (Friborg, 10 goals in 56 Sél), Mitoma (Brighton, 8 goals in 27 sel), Kubo (Real Sociedad, 6 goals in 41 Sél), Minamino (Monaco, 24 goals in 66 sel) (Feyenoord, 14 goals in 31 Sél) who were all last Thursday.

On the side of Saudi Arabia, the important Al-Faraj (73 selections) and the experienced al-Owais (61 Sél, goalkeeper), Al-Amri (28 Sél, defender) (60 Sél, defender), Al-Shahrani (82 Sél) (89 Sél) (39 sel, midf) Al-Khaibari (26 Sél, Middle) and Al-Shehri (16 goals in 39 sel), either by choice or for injuries. To his advantage during the last World Cup and scorer last Thursday, the winger al-Dawsari (al-Hilal, 25 goals in 95 Sél) is there just like the excellent right side Abdulhamid (AS Rome, 42 Sél) and the striker Al-Buraikan (Al-Ahli, 9 goals in 48 Sél).

• Summary: Japan is going head to head with Saudi Arabia starting on 25 Mar 2025 at 10:35 UTC at Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium, Saitama city, Japan. The match is a part of the World Cup Qualification, AFC, Round 3, Gr. C .
• Japan Feedinco Rating: 6.90
• Saudi Arabia Feedinco Rating: 7.12