Match preview
Japan and the United States face each other on Friday in a friendly match at the Merkur Spielarena.
Although they started off slowly, the Samurai Blue ended up finishing the World Cup qualifying process with a six-win streak which saw the blue team earn 22 points from 10 games, placing them second in their group behind Saudi Arabia.
Japan is preparing to participate in their seventh World Cup round this year.
Meanwhile, the USA picked up a total of 25 points throughout 14 games, which was enough to advance over Costa Rica and become the final country to receive automatic qualification for the World Cup due to a better goal difference.
The Americans missed out on the last World Cup, but they’re preparing to return in November of this year for the next World Cup where they’ll face Saudi Arabia.
Japan vs USA form guide
Japan’s last 5 games – WWDWL
Japan  | 3 – 0 |  South Korea |
Japan  | 3 – 0 |  South Korea |
Japan  | 0 – 0 |  China PR |
Japan  | 6 – 0 |  Hong Kong |
Japan  | 0 – 3 |  Tunisia |
USA’s last 5 games – DWDWL
 El Salvador | 1 – 1 |  USA |
 USA | 5 – 0 |  Grenada |
 USA | 0 – 0 |  Uruguay |
 USA | 3 – 0 |  Morocco |
 Costa Rica | 2 – 0 |  USA |
Japan vs USA prediction
Here are what we think are likely to happen in this fixture:
- OVER 2.5 GOALS @2.11
- ODD/EVEN (ODD)@ 1.86
