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Peter Green - July 24, 2023
Japan vs Costa Rica Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the World Cup Women on Wednesday, 26 July 2023.
Japan recorded a motivating 0-5 winning start against Zambia this World Cup season. Miyazawa’s brace with a goal each from Tanaka, Endo and Ueki sealed a comfortable win which allowed the team to climb into the top of the Group C table in the start itself.
Going on, Japan will be facing Costa Rica in their second fixture on Tuesday. Costa Rica had a dreadful start to this season, conceding a 3-0 defeat against Spain. It was their fourth defeat in the last five outings across all competitions.
This will be marked as the first head to head clash against Japan and Costa Rica.
Japan has been sealing victories across all competitions consistently. They have won four of their last five matches. It is worth noting that their attacking line scored goals at a huge rate during that stretch.
On the other side, Costa Rica are on a long winless streak on the road. They are on a 12-match winless streak on the road and lost 11 of those. Such a form is more than enough to back Japan to seal a win here.
Japan have been scoring goals at an impressive rate of late. They have netted in a total of 15 goals in the past five matches. They scored five goals in the opening fixture too. In that case, we expect this match to have plenty of goals.
Japan have started off with a clean sheet win. Moreover, they have allowed just one goal in the last five matches. On the other side, Costa Rica have scored just 2 goals in the last five road trips. In that case, we don’t expect this match to have goals from both sides.
The winning form of Japan reckons us to conclude backing them for a win here. Costa Rica’s poor away form is an additional reason to place a tip in favor of the Japanese.
We like to place a 4-0 win for Japan at 6.50 odds as the main betting option here. For the second tip, we like to place the over 3.5 goals tip at 1.80 odds.
