Japan vs El Salvador predictions and betting tips on June 15, 2023

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 1.63

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On June 15, Toyota Stadium (Toyota City) will host a friendly international match, in which Japan will compete with El Salvador. The battle will start at 12:10 CET.

Japan

The team has become a regular at the World Cup. Debuting in 1998, “Samurai Blue” took part in seven such tournaments in a row. Moreover, it was possible to achieve excellent results in Qatar – the representative of Asia managed to beat such European giants as Germany and Spain there (at the same time, they lost with a 0-1 score to Costa Rica!), which was followed by the defeat at the 1/8 final stage made by the future owner of the bronze medals, Croatia, only on penalties. Speaking about a friendly format, Hajime Moriyasu’s wards are far from being perfect, even in “their” Kirin Cup Soccer. They achieved a 1-1 draw in the battle against Uruguay in March, but then lost to Colombia. Nowadays, the squad is not optimal: Yoshida, Tomiyasu, Nagatomo, Haraguchi, Minamino and Muto will not be available for various reasons. Generally speaking, the state of things is the same – there are only 3 potential debutants on the list.

El Salvador

The team took part at the final stage of the World Cup twice, but that was a long time ago, in 1970 and 1982. That generation of “the Blue and Whites” appeared in the semi-final round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup quite regularly. After that, they rarely missed regional tournaments, but didn’t really show anything there. “Los Cuscatlecos” reached the quarter-finals in 2021 there, which was a repeat of the best result since 1989. Taking into account four previous matches, El Salvador lost to the national team of the United States in the Nations League (although there was a 1-1 draw with the same opponent last year) and the friendly matches with Peru and even Nicaragua in the previous spring and with Honduras at the home arena in March. At the same time, there is nothing special to strengthen the game: Hugo Pérez, who has been a permanent coach since 2021, has not called a single debutant yet.

The statistics of head-to-head matches

The opponents have already played a friendly match in 2019. Then Japan won with a 2-0 score.

Predictions

Bookmakers do not believe in the Japanese hospitality – the opponents are too weak. Thus, we bet on the hosts with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.63).

Prediction on game W1(-1.5)

Odds: 1.63

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4.90

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