Saudi Arabia vs Japan Prediction: Japan have perfect record so far

Saudi Arabia will welcome Japan at King Abdullah Sports City in Game Week 4 of the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. Japan have perfect record so far. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

Saudi Arabia form

After guiding Italy to victory at Euro 2020 when he was their head coach, Roberto Mancini is now in charge of Saudi Arabia's national team after a decent start for them in the third round of World Cup qualifying. Despite drawing less-than-ideal match with Indonesia in their first game, the Green Falcons have fought back to pick a 2-1 victory over China after the hosts had played all of it with 10 men. Saudi Arabia has four points to their name from two matches so far and are currently second in the Group C rankings. Saudi Arabia has excellent memories as their last win at the World Cup was against Argentina in 2022.

Saudi Arabia Projected Lineup

Al Owais; Tambakti, Lajami, Kadesh; Abdulhamid, Al-Juwayr, Al Malki, Al Dawsari; Al Hamddan, Al-Dawsari, Al-Buraikan

Japan form

Uzbekistan and Iran are some of the Group A teams that have topped the third round of AFC World Cup qualifying, with Japan being the third country to complete their first two games without losing. They edged China and Bahrain in September, with Takumi Minamino grabbing all the headlines in the 7-0 win over China and Ayase Ueda, Hidemasa Morita, and Koki Ogawa getting on the scoresheet as Japan won 5-0 over Bahrain. Currently topping their six-team Group C in the qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup, Japan have 12 goals scored and six points earned so far in their opening two matches. Head coach Hajime Moriyasu has been able to take Samurai Blue out of a strong group into the 2022 World Cup and will seek his 60th victory for his 85th match as head coach over Saudi Arabia in their match next. Japan won against Saudi Arabia, 2-0, the last time they met each other in February 2022 in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

Predicted Starting Lineup for Japan

Suzuki; Itakura, Taniguchi, Machida; Doan, Endo, Morita, Mitoma; Minamino, Kamada, Ueda

Saudi Arabia vs Japan Expert Predictions

Saudi Arabia welcomes Japan on Thursday night in Jeddah, and both teams won two of their last four games between them, but Japan has been winning since their failure in the Asian Cup, so they are ahead to win three points from the match.