China vs Japan Prediction and Betting Tips | November 19th 2024 

China will face Japan at the Xiamen Stadium on Tuesday in another game of their third-round 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The home side endured a difficult start to their qualifying campaign but have picked up important points in recent matches and sit fourth in Group C with six points from five matches.

They locked horns with Bahrain last time out, picking up a 1-0 win with former Vitesse man Yuning Zhang scoring a late winner for the Dragon Team mere minutes after VAR had ruled out a goal at the other end.

Japan have performed superbly in their World Cup qualifying campaign and are going full steam ahead in pursuit of an eighth consecutive appearance at the final tournament. They breezed past Indonesia in their 4-0 win over the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, with three different players getting on the scoresheet including Southampton's Yukinari Sugawara, who netted his first international goal since last November.

The visitors sit atop Group C with 13 points from five matches and will be looking to continue their strong performances this week.

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China vs Japan Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 41 meetings between China and Japan. The home nation have won 15 of those games while their guests have won two more, with their other nine contests ending in draws.
• The visitors are on an outstanding 16-game unbeaten run in this fixture, a run stretching back to 2000.
• The hosts have failed to score any goals in their last four games in this fixture.
• The Dragon Team were ranked 92nd in the latest FIFA rankings and now sit 77 places behind their midweek opponents.

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China vs Japan Prediction

China will head into the midweek clash on a high after picking up wins in their last two matches following a four-game losing streak prior. They have, however, failed to perform in this fixture in the 21st century and will have to improve on Tuesday.

Japan have won eight of their last nine games across all competitions and have lost just twice since last June. They have been prolific in front of goal throughout the qualifiers and should win this one fairly easily.

Prediction: China 0-3 Japan

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China vs Japan Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Japan to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last five matchups)