Japan Costa Rica betting prediction

The home team plays its 6^th friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Japan (4‑2) Paraguay, Switzerland (2‑0) Japan, Japan (0‑2) Ghana, Japan (1‑2) Ukraine and Japan (1‑1) Mali. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses at their stadium. They come to this match after a away loss against Belgium by (3‑2). Japan registers 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 4 home matches for the Friendlies. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 5 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 16 of the last 18 have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 12 out of 18 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 6 of their 15 matches, and have never been able to turn the score around.

Japan comes for this match after a defeat against Belgium by 3-2. It’s important to point out that the Japanese have seen their last friendly against Chile be canceled due to the earthquake that shook their country. Contrary to the "enemy" of this match, Japan usually plays in a 4-2-3-1 scheme, where the three forward players are Nakajima, Kobayashi and Minamino. The Chilean team, when invests in the offensive process, they usually do it through the centre aisle, taking advantage of the quality in the Ritsu Doan’s pass. For this match against Costa Rica, the coach can count on all his players.

Confirmed Lineup: Masaaki Higashiguchi, Sho Sasaki, Sei Muroya, Wataru Endo, Genta Miura, Tomoaki Makino, Toshihiro Aoyama, Ritsu Doan, Shoya Nakajima, Takumi Minamino, Yu Kobayashi.
Coach: H. Moriyasu.