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Aron Wright - March 27, 2023
Japan vs Colombia Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in International Friendly on Tuesday, 28 March 2023.
The Japanese are still trying to build on their momentous campaign in Qatar just three months before. Their wins over Spain and Germany are still major confidence-boosters.
Meanwhile, Colombia did fail to qualify for the World Cup, but it seems that they are on a journey to make amends for it. The team is in great form.
The latest encounter ended in a 0-1 win for the Colombians, and they also have a 100% unbeaten record over the years.
In fact, the two squads locked horns in the 2014, as well as 2018 editions of the World Cup. While the Samurai Blues delivered a 2-1 win in 2018, the Latin American team registered a 4-1 victory in 2014.
The edge definitely lies with the Samurai Blues. They are at home, and as mentioned, their campaign in the recently-concluded World Cup was simply phenomenal. For sure they are trying to keep the momentum going.
On the other hand we have the Colombians who were not even able to qualify for the competition in Qatar.
Count on a hard-fought win for Japan this Tuesday.
Not only did the Japanese manage to win against the Germans and the Spaniards, but they slotted in two or more goals in both games as well. They also scored two goals in the h2h meeting against Colombia in the 2018 Russian World Cup.
Going on, the Colombians are great in terms of offense as well. They managed to score two or more goals in four of their past five fixtures.
All in all, it looks like goals are coming in plenty at the Yodoko Sakura Stadium.
As mentioned, both teams have been in great in front of the goal lately. Moreover, barring the h2h clash in the 2003 edition of the Confederations Cup, all official h2h meetings so far had goals from both teams, as well as three or more goals.
Expect more of the same this Tuesday as well.
Fresh off their superb campaign in Qatar, the Japanese are high in confidence. They did after all beat two former world champions in Germany, and in Spain.
On the other hand, the Colombians could not even secure a ticket to Qatar, and as a result their recent lack of experience against world-class teams is an issue for concern.
As things stand, a win for Japan seems the likely outcome, and the odds for the same are placed at 2.40.
However, the Colombians are on an eight-fixture unbeaten run, and importantly six of these were wins. They also scored two or more goals in four of their past five games.
On top of all that, they also have a superior h2h record against this rival over the years.
All of these suggest that goals are coming in from either end of the pitch this Tuesday. The odds are at an attractive 1.83.
