Colombia vs Japan Prediction & Tips
At Mordovia Arena in Saransk Colombia and Japan compete on the first day of Group H of the World Cup. The Colombians trained by the Argentinian José Pekerman are among the teams that have hidden more than the other cards and in the last weeks of preparation have played only one friendly draw with Egypt for 0-0. The “Cafeteros” are considered among the possible outsiders in the title race, they have great quality even if in the final stages of a World Cup they never went beyond the quarter-finals, achieved four years ago in Brazil. They are faced with a Japan that replaced the technician Vahid Halilhodzic, author of the qualification, with Akira Nishino and this is certainly an unknown since the new coach until recently had played the role of technical director. In the last friendlies, Japan lost to Ghana and Switzerland 2-0 before beating Paraguay 4-2 thanks to Takashi Inui’s double, Shinji Kagawa’s goal and Santander’s own goal.
Colombia is in a positive series of 4 games, with 2 wins and 2 draws.
In the last 180 minutes, José Pekerman’s Colombia have not conceded a goal.
The Japan of Akira Nishino has revealed some problems too much in defense in the last 7 matches always suffering at least 1 goal.
In the last 5 games, Japan has always conceded a first goal and 3 of those 5 games have lost them.
We focus on the success of Colombia. Taking a look at the performances and matches of the two teams, the level is not discussed: the Cafeteros are definitely stronger. In addition, Japan seems to have lost some quality after the farewell to former coach Vahid Halilhodzic.
Colombia – Japan FREE TIPS
Japan – Win @ 4.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
