Vietnam vs Japan: Vietnam strives to pick up their first win of the qualification campaign when they face Japan on Thursday in their next qualifier.
Match Details:
Teams: Vietnam vs Japan
Venue: My Dinh National Stadium, Vietnam
Date: Thursday 11th November, 2021
Time: 05:30 PM IST
Live Link: https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/asian qualifiers.html
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Preview
Vietnam head into this after a 3-1 away loss to Oman in their last qualifier match.
Goals from Sabhi, Al-Khaldi and Al- Yahyaei ensured another loss for Vietnam, as they remain rooted to the bottom of the table with 0 points.
With 5 successive losses, Vietnam do not have much to play for as they aim to turn their campaign around.
On the other hand, Japan beat Australia 2-1 in their last match, which was their 2nd of the campaign.
Tanaka and Behich’s own goal were enough to secure another win for Japan. This win sent them to 4th in the table with 6 points from 4 matches played.
The Japanese side can get into the qualification spots with a win in this one, after which they can build on till the end of the qualifiers.
Both sides met in the Asian Cup Quarter finals in 2019 January, where Japan won 1-0 through Doan’s second half goal.
Form Guide
Vietnam: LLLLL
Japan: WLWLW
Last Matches of both teams:
Oman 3-1 Vietnam
Japan 2-1 Australia
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of Vietnam vs Japan in India?
The match is live streamed on either teams’ official social media handles or on the Asian Qualifiers website mentioned above.
Team News
There are no injury concerns for either side ahead of this clash.
Vietnam possible 11:
Tran, Nguyen, Que, Do, Ho, Bui, Nguyen, Pham, Q Nguyen, C Nguyen and V Nguyen
Japan possible 11:
Kawashima, Sakai, Yoshida, Tomiyasu, Nagatomo, Haraguchi, Endo, Morita, Furuhashi, Osako and Asano
Prediction: Vietnam 0-2 Japan
We expect a comfortable away win for Japan in this one as they come up against a weak and out of form Vietnam side.
Vietnam is yet to gain a point in these qualifiers and are rooted at the bottom with no confidence.
Japan’s win over Australia gives them the motivation to continue their good performance and get the job done.
