Germany vs Japan Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd November 2022

Germany and Japan open up their respective World Cup campaigns against each other on Wednesday. The game is staged at Khalifa International Stadium.

This is the opening match of the World Cup group stage for both Germany and Japan, with both of them still upbeat. They'll fight hard to come out the other end with a good result before facing the other two teams in the group. Germany sit as number 11 in the FIFA world ranking, while Japan enter their match this coming Wednesday as number 24.

Germany are heavy favourites with the bookmakers to top their group. The most optimistic of fans will, of course, be dreaming of lifting the trophy.

Germany vs Japan Prediction

Germany Form

In their last three matches, Germany lost 0-1 against Hungary, drew 3-3 against England, before winning 0-1 against Oman. Germany claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. They drew five of the games, whilst losing one.

Germany enter their next World Cup match, averaging a decent 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches, where they pulled off 19 goals, while also conceding 11 times. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Japan Form

Japan managed to gain four points from their previous three matches, which started with a 2-0 win against USA. A 0-0 draw with Ecuador followed, before they lost against Canada by 1-2. Japan claimed five wins in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run.

Japan scored 20 goals, conceded eight and fought their way to a clean sheet five times in their last ten games.

Tournament Overview

While Germany might encounter some resistance in their first match at the World Cup, we expect any efforts to stop the favourites from conquering three points to be fruitless. Should Japan actually escape with points to their account from the opening match at the World Cup it'll be a massive surprise. Bookmakers expect them to be run over at Khalifa International Stadium on Wednesday, 23 at 14:00 at Khalifa International Stadium.

Germany vs Japan Lineups

Germany vs Japan Betting Tips

It is early days yet for the new World Cup season and Germany as well as Japan have a couple of prospects who could end up dominate their offensive lines this season. We have listed some of their possible goalscorers in their upcoming match.

Germany claimed all three points four times in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also drawing five along the way. They endured defeat in one of the games in this run. Japan won five of their last 10 games, while drawing two and losing three in this series of matches.

Germany saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten outings for Japan, who managed to score two times in those matches.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous two encounters between Germany and Japan, as Germany scored 2.5 goals on average per game and Japan averaging one goal. Both teams scored in one time of these matches.

Germany scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Japan scored the opening goal in four from a possible ten games. Japan managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.