In a weekend match in week 2, on Sun Nov 27th, Japan will play host to Costa Rica in a World Cup match. In their last match, Japan recorded a 2-1 win against Germany. İlkay Gündoğan scored the first goal for Germany in the 33rd minute from the penalty spot, but Ritsu Doan got the equalizer for Japan in the 75th minute from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback in the 83rd minute on a goal by Takuma Asano to cap off a wild match. Japan is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while costa Rica is fresh off their 0-7 blowout loss against Spain. Daniel Olmo struck first for Spain in the 11th minute, then Asensio added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Jordi Alba In the end, Costa Rica couldn’t muster any offence and Spain ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Costa Rica is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Jewison Bennette and Waston Manley each having 2 goals in their last 5. Kaoru Mitoma and Daichi Kamada are the top scorers for Japan in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.