Japan vs Paraguay: Japan is in action on Thursday when they face Paraguay at the Sapporo Dome in Japan for an international friendly fixture.
Match Details:
Teams: Japan vs Paraguay
Venue: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan
Date: Thursday 1st June, 2022
Time: 03:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Japan head into this after a 1-1 draw against Vietnam in their final WC Qualification match earlier this year.
Nguyen and Yoshida scored for either side to ensure the points were shared. However, it was more fruitful for Japan as they qualified for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.
They finished 2nd in the group behind Saudi Arabia with 22 points. The hosts haven’t lost in 7 matches and also have a good H2H record against Paraguay.
On the other hand, Paraguay completed their WCQ campaign with a 2-0 loss to Peru in their final match.
Strikes from Lapadula and Yotun assured Paraguay a poor 8th place finish with 16 points from 18 matches.
Paraguay face South Korea and Mexico in two more friendly fixtures in this month as they hope to gain some good momentum.
Both sides last met in a friendly clash in 2019 where Japan won 2-0 with Osako and Minamino finding the net.
Form Guide
Japan: DWWWW
Paraguay: LWLLD
Last Matches of both teams:
Japan 1-1 Vietnam
Peru 2-0 Paraguay
Peru lead Paraguay 2-0 and currently sit in the CONMEBOL playoff spot 🇵🇪
This would eliminate Colombia and Chile from the 2022 World Cup 👀 pic.twitter.com/SikdmJVNRO
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 30, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Japan vs Paraguay in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV, Jio TV App or on either nation’s official social media handles.
Team News
The hosts have no injury concerns, but Paraguay has Sanchez missing due to foot injury.
Japan and Saudi Arabia book their places for the 2022 FIFA World Cup 🏆 pic.twitter.com/jw4zsPS3zr
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 24, 2022
Japan possible 11:
Kawashima, Yamane, Yoshida, Tomiyasu, Nakayama, Haraguchi, Shibasaki, Doan, Minamino, Ito and Asano
Paraguay possible 11:
Silva, Rojas, Balbuena, Gomez, Alonso, Cubas, Ortiz, Almiron, Romero, A Romero and Gonzalez
Prediction: Japan 2-1 Paraguay
Japan is the form side at home and with the fans rallying them on, we expect the home side to win this one.
Paraguay has just 1 win in their last 5 matches and head into this as the secondary team. With such poor performances during the WCQ, we do not see them doing much in terms of testing the hosts.
