The Japan national team match against the Costa Rica in the 2nd week of the 2022 World Cup group E phase, Sunday, November 27, 2022 will be held at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan) Stadium. The Blue Samurai Team must win over Costa Rica if they want to automatically qualify for the knockout rounds.
Japan turned things around and won the match against Germany in the first game. This result came as a big surprise at the World Cup after Saudi Arabia beat Argentina with a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Costa Rica was flooded with goals from Spain in the first game. Los Ticos lost 0:7, which was the biggest defeat score in this World Cup.
Seeing that Japan’s performance is in very good condition, they can win over Costa Rica. The three points will see Samurai Blue advance to the knockout stages of the World Cup for the fourth time having made it to the last 16 at the 2002, 2010 and 2018 World Cups.
On the other hand, Costa Rica who is 31st in the FIFA world rankings had to go through a tortuous promotion process to reach the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. At the start of the World Cup preliminary rounds, Costa Rica lost in a row to major competitors such as the United States and Canada.
In a critical situation, fortunately Luis Fernando Suarez’s troops managed to win the qualification to participate in the intercontinental play-off. After a minor 1-0 victory over team New Zealand, they qualified for the Qatar World Cup.
The two teams have faced each other in friendly matches. The results of the match were won by the Japanese team with big scores, namely 1-3 and 3-0. However the times of the games have occurred in 2014 and 2018, so the reference values don’t really matter.
But based on the latest performance, Japan is clearly more favored to get full points in the second round of group stage tonight.
So, who do you think will win? Japan or Costa Rica? Don’t miss watching this match which kicks off at 05:00 EDT. The following is related information about the Japan vs. Costa Rica match:
Kick-off time, & Live Streaming Links
| Match | Japan vs Costa Rica |
| Competition | World Cup Qatar 2022 (group stage) |
| Match week | 2nd |
| Venue | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (Al-Rayyan) |
| Date | Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
| Kickoff | 05:00 EDT |
| Official TV | Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo |
| Watch link | Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo, TV-Bola |
Japan – Costa Rica Head-to-Head Record
- 09/11/2018 Japan vs Costa Rica 3 – 0
- 06/03/2014 Costa Rica vs Japan 1 – 3
Last 5 Match Performance
Japan
- 07/27/2022 Japan vs South Korea 3 – 0
- 09/23/2022 Japan vs United States 2 – 0
- 09/27/2022 Japan vs Ecuador 0 – 0
- 11/17/2022 Japan vs Canada 1 – 2
- 11/23/2022 Germany vs Japan 1 – 2
Costa Rica
- 09/23/2022 South Korea vs Costa Rica 2 – 2
- 09/27/2022 Uzbekistan vs Costa Rica 1 – 2
- 11/10/2022 Costa Rica vs Nigeria 2 – 0
- 11/17/2022 Iraq vs Costa Rica Cancelled
- 11/23/2022 Spain vs Costa Rica 7 – 0
Japan vs. Costa Rica Squad Predictions
Japan (4-2-3-1): Gonda; Tomiyasu, Itakura, Yoshida, Nagatomo, Endo, Tanaka, Ito, Kamada, Kubo, Asano.
Costa Rica (4-2-2-2): Navas; Waston, Calvo, Duarte, Oviedo, Tejeda, Borges, Bennette, Fuller, Campbell, Contreras.
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