Germany - Japan: prediction and bet on the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

We have prepared a prediction for the match Germany - Japan in the first round of group "E" at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The German team is a clear favorite, few people believe in the success of the Japanese.

Germany is always the favorite and contender for the trophy

Let's remember Germany's path to this World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The Germans went through Group J with one defeat in ten matches, they also had 9 wins, only 4 goals conceded and 36 goals scored. Among their rivals there were North Macedonia, Romania, Armenia, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Germany managed to lose to North Macedonia there (1:2), but then they took revenge at home (winning 4:0).

Regarding the results of Germany over the past few months, everything is not very clear. Firstly, it is a strong-willed victory over Oman in November a week before the World Cup, only 1:0 in such a duel, where the grandee is against the average Asian team. Before that, there were very "interesting" results of Germany specifically against Hungary, then a draw (1:1), then a home defeat (0:1).

Germany scored in 9 of the last 10 matches, conceded in 7 of 10. In Germany, the entire squad is star players, we will go specifically by position. The goalkeeper is, of course, Neuer and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, in defense Rudiger and a bunch from Freiburg: Ginter + Günther, don't forget about Süle. Among the midfielders, it is difficult to single out non-giants, here the basis is from Bavaria: Goretzka, Kimmich, Müller, Musiala and Sane. And this is reinforced by Gundogan from Man. City and Kai Havertz from Chelsea. In attack, Hans-Dieter Flick focused on a bunch of Borussia Dortmund: Karim Adeyemi and Mukoko, also of course remember Gnabry.

Japan approaches the match exactly as an outsider

The Japanese team took second place in the qualification for the 2022 World Cup among teams from Asia. There they had: 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and the rivals were: Saudi Arabia, Australia, Oman, China and Vietnam. In ten matches, Japan scored 12 times and conceded 4 goals.

According to the latest results, Japan scores an average of 2 goals per match. For 10 matches, the Japanese: 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. On November 17, Japan played a friendly game with Canada, where they lost (1:2).

The Japanese scored in 6 of the last 10 games, conceded in 5 of 10. Of the results to consider: defeat (1:2) with Canada; draw (0:0) with China, victory (2:0) over the USA, defeat (0:1) against Brazil. You can praise Japan for a good game with the USA, but the recent match with Canada is doubtful. We played decently against the Brazilians when we lost, but that was about five months ago.

Germany vs Japan: will the underdog surprise?

The German national team is a team that always claims the championship and will be a clear favorite in such games as with Japan. The individual performance is clearly better for the Germans, but this did not stop them from losing to Hungary and hardly beating Oman. It is difficult to say anything about Japan, as their results are good, but this is only against the background of teams from their region. Moreover, they lost to Canada in a recent friendly match.

Of the interesting markets for the match Germany vs Japan, I would single out:

• Germany individual total over 2 (FTB2 for 1.93), if you risk, then for FTB3 for 2.5
  
• Both teams to score - "no" for 1.98
• Japan not to score at 2.26
• Total in match over 3 for 2.1

Prediction: Germany to score more than two goals against Japan at 1.93