Vietnam
0 - 1
Japan

Anh Nguyen (8')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Ito (17')
Morita (85')

Preview

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Asia clash between Vietnam and Japan, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Japan win with a probability of 48.2%. A win for Vietnam had a probability of 28.72% and a draw had a probability of 23.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Japan win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.39%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (7.83%) and 0-2 (7.02%). The likeliest Vietnam win was 2-1 (7.01%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.47%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Japan would win this match.

Result
Vietnam	Draw	Japan
28.72%	23.08%	48.2%

Both teams to score 61.5%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

60.57%

39.43%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.23%

61.77%

Vietnam Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.77%

26.22%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.67%

61.33%

Japan Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.36%

16.64%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

53.52%

46.47%

Score Analysis

Vietnam 28.72%

Japan 48.2%

Draw 23.07%

Vietnam	Draw	Japan
2-1 @ 7.01% 1-0 @ 5.84% 2-0 @ 3.91% 3-1 @ 3.13% 3-2 @ 2.81% 3-0 @ 1.74% 4-1 @ 1.05% 4-2 @ 0.94% Other @ 2.3% Total : 28.72%	1-1 @ 10.47% 2-2 @ 6.29% 0-0 @ 4.36% 3-3 @ 1.68% Other @ 0.28% Total : 23.07%	1-2 @ 9.39% 0-1 @ 7.83% 0-2 @ 7.02% 1-3 @ 5.62% 0-3 @ 4.2% 2-3 @ 3.76% 1-4 @ 2.52% 0-4 @ 1.88% 2-4 @ 1.69% 1-5 @ 0.9% Other @ 3.41% Total : 48.2%