Name of the game: World Cup Qualifiers

Venue: Optus Stadium

Time: 2025/06/05 19:10

Teams: Australia VS Japan

Winning prediction: Draw 39%

Score prediction: 1-1

Number of goals prediction: 2 goals

Personal analysis: Based on the points in the group stage, Japan has already qualified as the first in the group, while Australia will have to compete with Saudi Arabia and Indonesia for the remaining direct promotion spot, and at worst, it can get a play-off qualification. Japan's frontcourt offense mainly relies on the two wingers, the wingers and the wing forwards to break through and cross the ball. This tactic requires a certain offensive space in the frontcourt, and the tacit understanding between the players in the national team is not that high. When the opponent sets up a bus, the offensive effect that the Japanese team can play is relatively limited, especially when encountering opponents with strong physical confrontation ability. The team's interception and pressing ability near the midfield is relatively outstanding. At present, most Asian teams find it difficult to penetrate the midfield area of the Japanese team's defense through ground cooperation. The Japanese team also has targeted arrangements for simple medium and long passes. It is difficult to compete with several Japanese defenders for the first landing point. Australia's playing style is relatively simple. When encountering strong teams, they basically play defensive counterattacks. Several defenders have certain ball holding and ball distribution abilities. When facing high-position pressing, the stability of the ball is still relatively good. The personal abilities of Duke and Goodwin on the front line are average, and it is difficult to play a single-blade effect of counterattack. Relatively speaking, Bos and Miller, the two wingers, are more stable in their ability to pass the ball on the wing. The team's back line has done a good job in formation and marking in positional warfare. Several defenders focus on the defensive tasks in the area in front of the goal. Most of the time, the wingers are responsible for the wing. The overall defensive level is considered to be in the upper middle level among Asian teams.

Australia and Japan have completely different attitudes towards the game. If Australia wins this game, it will directly qualify. If it loses, it will have to compete with Saudi Arabia in the next round. The team currently has a goal difference advantage. In the last two rounds, it only needs to get 2 points to qualify directly. In this game, Australia's home draw odds are a bit high. In the first round, it can be seen that the Japanese team still has a relatively large initiative on the field. Australia can only choose the bus tactic most of the time. In this game, the organization still gave Australia a certain amount of support. Lao Li expects that the two teams are likely to shake hands and make peace again, and the score is expected to be 0-0 or 1-1.