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Japan and Chile meet in Sapporo Dome, in a friendly match. This will be the 6th of the year for Japan, after the previous ones played against Paraguay, Switzerland, Ghana, Ukraine and Mali. In the case of Chile, this is his 6th friendly of the year, after having already faced Poland, Serbia, Romania, Denmark and Sweden. There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 26-01-2008 and ended with the score: Japan (0-0) Chile. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Japan:
The team of the house disputes its 6th friendly of the year. In the previous friendly matches it registered the following markers: Japan (4-2) Paraguay, Switzerland (2-0) Japan, Japan (0-2) Ghana, Japan (1-2) Ukraine and Japan (1-1) Mali. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 26 goals scored and 12 conceded; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 23 suffered. In the last match that they disputed, for the World Cup, they lost with Belgium out by (3-2). In their last 4 home matches for Japan, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. The team has not been very strong defensively, as they have suffered goals in the last 5 matches they have played in this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 16 of the last 18 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 12 out of 18 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 games, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Japan enters this unmotivated match, after a defeat against Belgium, by 3-2, in a match for the knockout stages of the 2018 World Cup. It should be emphasized that the Japanese no longer win three official matches. The Japanese usually act in a 4-3-3, favoring a faster style of play, channeling their game through the flanks. In this tactical drawing, the three players usually chosen to act in the line of attack are Nakajima, Kobayashi and Minamino. For this friendly new coach Hajime Moriyasu opted to give opportunity to less used players.
Chile:
The visiting team disputes its 6th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies he registered the following markers: Poland (2-2) Chile, Serbia (0-1) Chile, Romania (3-2) Chile, Denmark (0-0) Chile and Sweden (1-2) Chile. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 13 goals scored and 19 conceded; against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 28 goals scored and 17 conceded. In the last 5 away matches Chile has a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never got the comeback.
Chile enters this friendly after a foreign draw, two, against Poland. We remember that the Chileans were the big absentees in the last World Cup played in Russia. Unlike the opponent of this performance, Chile usually acts in a 4-2-3-1, in which the three most advanced players are Sagal, Rodríguez and Martín Rodríguez. The Chilean national team, when it invests in the offensive process, usually does so through the central corridor, taking advantage of the pass quality of Diego Valdés. For this game against Japan, coach Reinaldo Rueda left out Alexis Sánchez.
Japan vs Chile head to head matches
27.05.09 FI Japan Chile 4 : 0
27.05.09 KC Japan Chile 4 : 0
26.01.08 FI Japan Chile 0 : 0