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Last updated: 04 Sep 2024
Eddy Tora 04 Sep 2024
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  • Japan have won to nil in 11 of their last 12 World Cup qualifiers
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Ayase Ueda has scored 10 goals in his last 10 matches for Japan (Getty)

Japan vs China Preview


Japan regularly win to nil in the World Cup qualifiers and have a huge class advantage against China. Ayase Ueda has scored 10 goals in his previous 10 internationals, can he score again?
  • Japan vs China Preview
  • Stats
  • Head to Head
  • Japan Form
  • Japan Squad & Team News
  • China Form
  • China Squad & Team News

Stats


  • Japan have won by 3+ goals in their last 3 World Cup qualifiers.
  • Japan have won to nil in 11 of their last 12 World Cup qualifiers.
  • Japan's Ayase Ueda has scored 10 goals in his last 10 internationals.
  • China have failed to score in their last 3 matches against Japan.
  • China have failed to score in 4 of their last 8 away matches (World Cup qualifiers).

Head to Head


Japan have a 10-6 advantage against China with 6 draws in 22 matches.

They last met in the 2022 East Asian Championship, a 0-0 draw in Aichi.

Japan Form


Japan won both World Cup qualifiers against North Korea in March, starting with a 1-0 win in Tokyo. They were awarded a 3-0 walkover after North Korea forfeited before the game in Pyongyang.

Hajime Moriyasu’s side won 5-0 in Myanmar where Keito Nakamura and Koki Ogawa scored two goals each.

Samurai Blue backed up by thrashing Syria 5-0 in Hiroshima. Ayase Ueda opened the scoring with Takumi Minamino wrapping it up late.

Japan Squad & Team News


Position
Player
Caps
Goals
Club
Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki 10 0 Parma
Goalkeeper Keisuke Osako 8 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Goalkeeper Kosei Tani 2 0 Machida Zelvia
Defender Yuto Nagatomo 142 4 FC Tokyo
Defender Ko Itakura 29 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Defender Shogo Taniguchi 28 1 Sint-Truiden
Defender Yūta Nakayama 22 0 Machida Zelvia
Defender Yukinari Sugawara 13 1 Southampton
Defender Koki Machida 10 0 Union SG
Defender Henry Hiroki Mochizuki 0 0 Machida Zelvia
Defender Kota Takai 0 0 Kawasaki Frontale
Midfielder Wataru Endō (captain) 62 3 Liverpool
Midfielder Takumi Minamino 59 21 Monaco
Midfielder Junya Itō 54 13 Stade Reims
Midfielder Ritsu Dōan 50 10 SC Freiburg
Midfielder Takefusa Kubo 35 4 Real Sociedad
Midfielder Hidemasa Morita 34 3 Sporting CP
Midfielder Daichi Kamada 33 7 Crystal Palace
Midfielder Ao Tanaka 27 8 Leeds United
Midfielder Kaoru Mitoma 20 7 Brighton & Hove Albion
Midfielder Keito Nakamura 10 8 Stade Reims
Midfielder Reo Hatate 9 0 Celtic
Forward Takuma Asano 52 9 RCD Mallorca
Forward Ayase Ueda 26 12 Feyenoord
Forward Daizen Maeda 18 3 Celtic
Forward Mao Hosoya 6 1 Kashiwa Reysol
Forward Koki Ogawa 3 5 NEC Nijmegen

Daiya Maekawa, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Hiroki Ito, Daiki Hashioka, Yuki Soma, Takumu Kawamura and Yuito Suzuki were called up in June but miss out.

Kaishu Sano, Hayao Kawabe, Atsuki Ito and Kyogo Furuhashi are injured.

Ayase Ueda has scored 12 goals in 26 internationals.

China Form


China scraped through the World Cup qualifiers second round. They finished level with Thailand, going through due to a superior head to head record.

Branko Ivankovic’s side picked up four points in March, starting with a 2-2 draw in Singapore where they took a 2-0 lead. They beat Singapore 4-1 in Tianjin, Wu Lei scoring another two goals.

Dragon Team drew 1-1 against Thailand, Zhang Yuning’s 79th minute equaliser turning out to be a vital goal. They are coming off a 1-0 defeat in South Korea where they had 18% possession.

China Squad & Team News


Position
Player
Caps
Goals
Club
Goalkeeper Yan Junling 57 0 Shanghai Port
Goalkeeper Liu Dianzuo 4 0 Wuhan Three Towns
Goalkeeper Wang Dalei (captain) 32 0 Shandong Taishan
Goalkeeper Bao Yaxiong 0 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Defender Jiang Guangtai 28 1 Shanghai Port
Defender Li Lei 13 0 Beijing Guoan
Defender Zhu Chenjie 30 1 Shanghai Shenhua
Defender Jiang Shenglong 10 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Defender Han Pengfei 0 0 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
Defender Liu Yang 30 0 Shandong Taishan
Defender Yang Zexiang 1 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Defender Gao Zhunyi 15 0 Shandong Taishan
Defender Wei Zhen 2 0 Shanghai Port
Midfielder Huang Zhengyu 1 0 Shandong Taishan
Midfielder Wang Shangyuan 19 1 Henan FC
Midfielder Xie Pengfei 19 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Midfielder Xu Haoyang 2 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Midfielder Cheng Jin 0 0 Zhejiang Professional
Midfielder Xie Wenneng 2 0 Shandong Taishan
Midfielder Li Yuanyi 2 0 Shandong Taishan
Midfielder Wang Haijian 0 0 Shanghai Shenhua
Forward Wu Lei 97 36 Shanghai Port
Forward Zhang Yuning 32 5 Beijing Guoan
Forward Fei Nanduo 4 1 Shandong Taishan
Forward Behram Abduweli 2 1 Shenzhen Peng City
Forward Lin Liangming 11 2 Beijing Guoan
Forward A Lan 11 3 Qingdao West Coast

Zhang Linpeng, Gao Tianyi, Wu Xi, Wei Shihao and Ai Kesen were not called up.

Wu Lei has scored 36 goals in 97 internationals.

Verdict

Japan haven’t conceded a goal in 11 of their previous 12 World Cup qualifiers. Ayase Ueda can score first in a routine victory against China.

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