World Cup

World Cup | Group Stage

Dec 1, 2022 at 7pm UK

Japan
2 - 1
Spain

Doan (48'), Tanaka (51')
Itakura (39'), Taniguchi (44'), Yoshida (45')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Morata (11')

Hajime Moriyasu praises Japan players for 'turning the tide' against Spain

Japan boss Hajime Moriyasu hails his side for navigating their way past Spain at the World Cup to secure first position in Group E.

Dec 2, 16:38

Spain boss Luis Enrique pictured at the World Cup on December 1, 2022

Luis Enrique "not happy at all" with Spain performance

Spain boss Luis Enrique criticises his players for their performance in Thursday's 2-1 defeat to Japan at the World Cup.

Dec 2, 15:39

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Japan

All competitions

World Cup

Last Game: Japan 0-1 Costa Rica
Sunday, November 27 at 10am in World Cup

Current Group E Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Spain	2	7	4
2	Japan	2	0	3
3	Costa Rica	2	-6	3
4	Germany	2	-1	1

Spain

All competitions

World Cup

Last Game: Spain 1-1 Germany
Sunday, November 27 at 7pm in World Cup

Current Group E Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Spain	2	7	4
2	Japan	2	0	3
3	Costa Rica	2	-6	3
4	Germany	2	-1	1

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Spain win with a probability of 43.83%. A win for Japan had a probability of 30.83% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Spain win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.06%) and 0-2 (7.4%). The likeliest Japan win was 1-0 (7.96%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.01%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.4% likelihood.

Result
Japan	Draw	Spain
30.83% ( -0.43)	25.34% ( -0.22)	43.83% ( 0.65)

Both teams to score 54.99% (

0.51)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.44% (

0.76)

48.55% (

-0.76)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.32% (

0.69)

70.68% (

-0.69)

Japan Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.6% (

0.09)

29.4% (

-0.09)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.61% (

0.11)

65.38% (

-0.11)

Spain Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.88% (

0.63)

22.12% (

-0.63)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.51% (

0.94)

55.49% (

-0.95)

Score Analysis

Japan 30.83%

Spain 43.83%

Draw 25.34%

Japan	Draw	Spain
1-0 @ 7.96% ( -0.23) 2-1 @ 7.35% ( -0.05) 2-0 @ 4.87% ( -0.13) 3-1 @ 3% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 2.26% ( 0.03) 3-0 @ 1.99% ( -0.05) 4-1 @ 0.92% ( -0) Other @ 2.47% Total : 30.83%	1-1 @ 12.01% ( -0.11) 0-0 @ 6.5% ( -0.21) 2-2 @ 5.55% ( 0.06) 3-3 @ 1.14% ( 0.04) Other @ 0.14% Total : 25.34%	0-1 @ 9.81% ( -0.12) 1-2 @ 9.06% ( 0.08) 0-2 @ 7.4% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 4.56% ( 0.13) 0-3 @ 3.72% ( 0.09) 2-3 @ 2.79% ( 0.08) 1-4 @ 1.72% ( 0.08) 0-4 @ 1.4% ( 0.06) 2-4 @ 1.05% ( 0.05) Other @ 2.32% Total : 43.83%