Japan vs Vietnam: The AFC World Cup 2022 Qualification matches come to an end on Tuesday as Japan plays host to Vietnam in their final match.
Match Details:
Teams: Japan vs Vietnam
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Date: Tuesday 29th March, 2022
Time: 04:05 PM IST
Live Link: https://www.youtube.com/afc
Preview
Japan head into this final group stage fixture having sealed their place in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with a 2-0 win over Australia on Thursday.
A Brace from Mitoma right at the death ensured the win for the Japan side, which not only helped them qualify but stay at the top of the table with 21 points.
The hosts have won 7 of the 9 group stage matches becoming the 2nd side after Iran to make it through.
On the other hand, Vietnam lost 1-0 at home to Oman in their previous clash on Thursday.
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Hajri scored for the visitors to inflict an 8th loss of the campaign on Vietnam, leaving them at the bottom of the group with 3 points from 9 matches.
This is a last-ditch opportunity for the visitors to finish on a high, whereas Japan can head into the WC with another dominating performance.
Both sides last met in November, where Japan won 1-0 away from home.
Form Guide
Japan: WWWWW
Vietnam: LWLDL
FT: Vietnam 🇻🇳 0 – 1 🇴🇲 Oman!
A tight match ends with a narrow win for Oman. A superb header after a corner gave Oman the winning goal.
Next and last match of WCQ R3:
Japan 🇯🇵 vs 🇻🇳 Vietnam
29/3, 17h35 (VN time) pic.twitter.com/G59OMFPQTn— Việt Nam Football 🇻🇳⚽️ (@FootyVietnam) March 24, 2022
Last Matches of both teams:
Australia 0-2 Japan
Vietnam 0-1 Oman
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Japan vs Vietnam in India?
The match could be live streamed on the either team’s official social media handles or on the AFC YouTube Page.
🎌 A Kaoru Mitoma brace sees Japan win on Australian soil for the 1st time since 1998 to secure a 7th successive qualification to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
⌚️FT |🇦🇺 Australia 0-2 Japan 🇯🇵
#AUSvJPN|#Qatar2022|#WCQ pic.twitter.com/7XKmDjRfgE
— #ChampionsLeague (@alimo_philip) March 24, 2022
Team News
Osako, Sakai and Maeda are out of contention for the hosts due to injuries.
Trong, Van Vi are injured for Vietnam, whereas there is a doubt on Linh, Chung is suspended for this one. Truong and Van Vu are ruled out of contention due to Covid.
Japan possible 11:
Gonda, Sasaki, Taniguchi, Itakura, Nagatomo, Morita, Endo, Tanaka, Ito, Asano and Minamino
Vietnam possible 11:
Manh, Viet Anh, Ngoc Hai, Nam Dao, Xuan, Van Thanh, Hung Dung, Thanh Binh, Tan Tai, Quang Hai and Duc Chinh
Prediction: Japan 2-0 Vietnam
We fancy another good performance from the hosts as they look to finish off as table toppers and enter the WC with confidence.
Vietnam’s horror show has seen them lost 8 of the 9 matches till now and this looks to increase by another one due to their lack of confidence, desire.