Japan – Qatar Predictions
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Japan 1-3 Qatar
Date: 01.02.2019 | Match at: 15:00 | League: Asian Cup – Final | Tip: Over 1.5 Goals | Odds: 1.53 | Bookie: Bwin
WON!!!
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| Qatar will rarely have a better opportunity to justify their worth as 2022 World Cup hosts than getting a victory in their maiden Asian Cup final against Japan in Abu Dhabi. |
| Expect a fascinating clash between multidimensional attack and rock-solid defending, with Japan and Qatar responsible for 21% of the 126 goals scored at this year’s Asian Cup, whilst having conceded just three in total between them. |
| Japan saved their most convincing and dominant performance of their campaign for the 3-0 semi-final victory over Iran, outplaying their opponents where it mattered most, including passing accuracy (74%), shooting accuracy (57%), and tackling success (71%). The ‘Blue Samurai’ have never lost an Asian Cup final, with the most recent of their four titles being collected in Qatar itself in 2011 (1-0 extra-time win vs Australia). |
| A 4-0 drubbing of hosts UAE left Qatar manager Felix Sanchez feeling “very satisfied”, particularly with their sixth consecutive clean sheet setting a new Asian Cup record for most games without conceding a goal. |
| Their semi-final numbers illustrate a dominant display: they passed at 77%, shot at 71%, and won 57% of aerial duels – the latter a big reason for yet another clean sheet despite the UAE flinging a total of 27 crosses in and around the box. |
| Players to watch: Two of the tournament’s leading goal scorers do battle in the final: Yuya Osakohas scored two braces in his three appearances for Japan, while Almoez Ali (Qatar) will claim the all-time record for most goals at an Asian Cup if he gets one here. |
| Stat attack: Qatar have failed to defeat Japan in five H2H meetings this century (three 1-1 draws in 2000, 2007, and 2009, in addition to two defeats). |
| Both teams have scored in just one of Qatar’s last ten fixtures. |
| Japan have conceded more fouls at the tournament than any other nation. |
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