Japan and South Korea are the two competitors that are going to have a face-off in the upcoming match of International Friendly Match. This combat between JPN and KOR is going to be played at the venue of Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. This match is scheduled to be taking place on Thursday, March 25, kicking-off at 03:50 PM IST.
Japan vs South Korea Preview
Up next in the tournament, we will see the team Japan facing-off Korea on Thursday. Looking at the FIFA team standings in the world ranking, Japan is placed at the 27th spot while South Korea is ranked at the 38th position. This is going to be the first match for the team Japan for the year 2021. Their previous match against the team Mexico was a defeat and they will surely look forward to come out of their previous loss. On the other hand, South Korea must be confident to get a 2-1 win from their opponent Qatar in their recently played international friendly match. Their aim for this match would be to carry on their winning momentum in this upcoming game as well after defeating Japan in this upcoming match.
JPN vs KOR Team Squads
Japan Squads
Shuichi Gonda, Junya Ito, Naomichi Ueda, Shoya Nakajima, Shinnosuke Hatanaka, Yuto Nagatomo, Hiroki Sakai, Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida, Wataru Endo, Gaku Shibasaki, Genki Haraguchi, Kento Hashimoto, Eiji Kawashima, Yuya Osako, Koki Anzai, Musashi Suzuki, Takumi Minamino, Kensuke Nagai, Takuma Asano, Takefusa Kubo, Daichi Kamada, Ritsu Doan, Daniel Schmidt, Takehiro Tomiyasu
South Korea Squads
Sang-Ho Na, Jung Woo-Young, Seung-Ho Paik, Hwang Hee-Chan, Son Heung-Min, Hong Chul, Hwang Ui-Jo, Kim Jin-Su, Park Ji-Su, Kwon Kyung-Won, Kim Min-Jae, Kim Tae-Hwan, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Shin-Wook, Kim Bo-Kyung, Kwon Chang-Hoon, Hwang In-Beom, Dong-Kyeong Lee, Kang-In Lee, Lee Jeong-Hyeop, Gu Sung-Yun, Cho Hyun-Woo, Kim Seung-Gyu, Lee Yong, Lee Jae-Sung
Probable Playing 11
Team JPN: Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Gaku Shibasaki, Genki Haraguchi, Genki Haraguchi,Yuta Nakayama, Wataru Endo, Musashi Suzuki, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Daniel Schmidt, Daichi Kamada
Team KOR: Jung Woo-Young, Ju Se-Jong, Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-Chan, Cho Hyun-Woo, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Min-Jae, Kim Jin-Su, Kim Moon-Hwan, Hwang Ui-Jo, Lee Jae-Sung
Key Players & Winner Prediction
Both JPN and KOR consist of some ranking players in their squads, from whom the teams might be expecting good performance in this upcoming match. The team Japan (JPN) scoring players includes Maya Yoshida, Yuta Nakayama, Hiroki Sakai, Takehiro Tomiyasu, and Daniel Schmidt. On the other hand, the team South Korea (KOR) list of key players consist of Kim Min-Jae, Kim Jin-Su, Cho Hyun-Woo, Kim Moon-Hwan, and Kim Young-Gwon. As far as the recent form of JPN and KOR is considered, the team Japan has gained two wins (L W W D L) while South Korea has won only one (W L L D D) in their last played five matches. Also, if the rankings of both teams in the FIFA world ranking standings are concerned, team Japan has the upper hand. From these stats, we can say that team JPN has upper hand but KOR is performing well in this tournament and is coming out of a victory from the previous match, therefore, they have more probability of winning than the team KOR.
