Japan vs Brazil Prediction & Betting Tips (6 June)

In yet another friendly international football match that serves as a preparation for the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar in November/December, Japan welcomes Brazil. The match will be on Monday, June 6, 2022, at 11:20 am at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, with a lively duel expected between two teams that will be in the finals of the world cup. to finish in second place in the Asian qualification, totaling 22 points out of a possible 30 and qualifying, as is usual, with relative ease.

Brazil, on the other hand, completely pulverized the South American qualification, finishing in first position with 45 points out of a possible 51 and with a balance of 40 goals scored for only 5 conceded. The team seems to be as strong as ever and naturally is one of the big contenders for glory in Qatar!

Japan is a country renowned for its patriotism, and generally no player ignores the selection in Japan. Even for friendly matches. We will only note the absence of Sakai, the former OM, who plays today at Urawa in Japan, the central defender of Nîmes Ueda and the striker Osako (25 goals in 57 selections). Initially summoned, the young defender Yukinari Sugawara must forfeit this match. Nakashima (Strasbourg, 98 salt) is of course in the group, it is he who defends the cages. In defense, Japan can count on Yoshida (Sampdoria), Nagatomo (Tokyo, ex-OM), and the prodigy Tomiyasu (Arsenal). The latter, absent against Paraguay, will probably be back on Monday. In the offensive sector, this group is full of talent. Like Minamino the player of the Liverpool Reds (39 salt, 17 goals), Ito the prodigy of Genk (33 salt, 9 goals) and Kamada (E.Frankfurt) winner of the C3 with his club. Against Paraguay, the team was slightly reshuffled: Minamino and Ito were on the bench in particular.

In the list of Brazilian coach Tite, there will be players playing in the French Ligue 1 championship: Neymar, Paqueta very courted by Newcastle, and Marquinhos. Injured in training earlier this week, Neymar finally played the match. Before exchanging his jersey with Son, he had scored twice from the penalty spot. Rodrygo, Vinicius Jr, Alisson Becker and Fabinho who have all just played in the Champions League final are in the group. None started against South Korea. According to the Brazilian press taken over by the Team, the Seleçao will play for the first time with an attacking quartet made up of Neymar, Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta and Vinicius Junior. Madrid's Eder Militao is expected to take the place of Thiago Silva to form the central hinge with Thiago Silva. Struggling for a good part of the season with Manchester City, Gabriel Jesus is returning to the national team. He scored a goal in the 93rd minute after coming on. The Marseillais Gerson was not called up.