Japan vs Vietnam Prediction and Match Preview

Japan’s opening Asian Cup match will be against Vietnam on Sunday. The Japanese side will enter this match following a set of victories against strong outfits. Moreover, their opponents Vietnam have a set of defeats in their recordings against weaker teams and will follow it to enter this match. Precisely, they lost five of the past six matches.

Japan vs Vietnam Head to head Stats

These two teams have locked horns six times in the past. Japan is yet to concede a defeat against Vietnam. In fact, they have won five and drew one of those six head to head clashes against Vietnam.

Do also note that Japan won two of the three clashes which they owned the home advantage. The team scored a total of 6 goals while keeping Vietnam scoreless in two of the three meetings.

Who will win the match?

Vietnam was winless in eight of the past 10 away matches and the opponents they faced in that stretch doesn’t look that strong when compared with Japan’s latest opponents. In fact Vietnam’s only victory in the past seven was against Philippines.

On the other side, Japan is on an eight-match winning streak at home. Moreover, they have a stunning head to head form against Vietnam. Therefore, we expect Japan to seal a comfortable victory on Sunday.

How many goals will be scored?

It is quite a hard task to predict the number of goals that could possibly come in this match. Only two of their six head to head meetings saw goals over 2.5 ft. Moreover, Vietnam have scored just two goals in the six h2h meetings. Since Japan have sealed a clean sheet victory against teams like Tunisia, Thailand, Myanmar in the past four home matches, we expect this to be a one-sided affair.

Japan vs Vietnam Prediction

All the above observations are in favor of Japan. They are priced at just 1.02 odds to start this Asian Cup season with a three pointer. They have netted in goals at a rate of two goals against Vietnam and at present their goal-scoring form when wearing the home jersey is exceptional. Since Vietnam have a poor away form, we like to place a 4-0 win for Japan at 5.40 odds as the main tip.

Another thing to be noted is that the Vietnam side are not successful in scoring goals at a decent rate against Japan in the history of this tradition.. Moreover, Japan have some strong clean sheet victories in possession of late. Since we expect a 4-0 win for Japan, our second tip will be Japan -3.5 Asian Handicap at 1.78 odds.

Peter Green- January 12, 2024

Japan vs Vietnam Betting Tips

Correct score: Japan 4-0

OK

	5.50 Odds
	5.50 Odds

Japan -3.5 Asian Handicap

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	1.70 Odds
	1.70 Odds