Japan vs North Korea Prediction and Match Preview

• Japan has sealed two comfortable wins in their opening two World Cup qualifiers Group B outings.
• North Korea won and lost their opening two qualifier matches and was winless in four of the past five matches.
• Japan has kept a clean sheet in seven of their past 10 outings across all competitions and this includes two WC qualifiers.

Japan is having a good form across all competitions of late. Their only defeat in the past eight was against South Korea and that too in extra time. They have won six of those eight matches, which is worth enough noting. Moving on, the opening two qualifier group stage outings will help Japan have the highest of spirits as they won 7-0 against Bangladesh and 1-0 against Palestine. They are now at the top of the Group I standings, too.

Meanwhile, North Korea is having an unimpressive form across all competitions of late. They are on a four-match winless streak and lost three in the stretch. The team has also drawn their opening two fixtures in the qualifiers. In fact, their only win in the past eight matches was against Jordan on a friendly outing. By the looks of things, we expect a pleasant day for the local supporters on Thursday.

Recent Meetings

• The past four overall wins in the head-to-head were evenly split, with two each for both teams.
• Their latest match was in 2017 and it ended in a 1-0 win for the Japanese side.
• Japan has a 100% unbeaten record of North Korea at this venue.

Japan vs North Korea Prediction

Japan has a stunning home form of late. They lost just twice in the past 10 home matches and the fixture they lost were against South Korea and Ecuador. Apart from that, Japan’s offensive side has been delivering exceptional performances lately at home. Meanwhile, North Korea recorded three winless games in the past four away matches and lost two in the stretch. Their away wins in the past five matches were against teams like Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Considering all these observations, we expect a comfortable win for the Japanese side on Thursday. Do also note that they have scored at least 3 goals in the past five home outings in a row. Against a team like North Korea, they definitely seem capable of netting 4 and we like to start with a 4-0 correct score tip in favor of Japan. Our second pick will be a Japan -2.5 Asian Handicap tip. You can also back the over 3.5 goals tip considering the goal-scoring form of Japan.

• Japan 4-0 @ 6.00 odds
• Over 3.5 goals @ 2.05 odds

Peter Green- March 20, 2024

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