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Watch Japan vs Bahrain live in the World Cup qualifiers
Japan have won to nil in all 4 home matches against Bahrain
I am backing Samurai Blue to make it 5 straight in Saitama

Japan have won to nil in all 4 home matches against Bahrain (Getty)

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Japan vs Bahrain Preview

Japan have a big lead in the World Cup qualifiers and Bahrain won the Gulf Cup in January. Japan won 5-0 in the reverse leg in September, Samurai Blue to win with another clean sheet in Saitama.

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Last 5 Meetings
Japan Form
Japan Squad & Team News
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Bahrain Squad & Team News

Stats

Japan have won by 2+ goals in 8 of their last 9 matches.
Japan have won to nil in 8 of their last 10 matches.
Japan have won to nil in all 4 home matches against Bahrain.
Bahrain have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 matches (World Cup qualifiers).

HTH

Japan have a 9-2 advantage against Bahrain alongside one draw.

Last 5 Meetings

Competition	Date	Home	Score	Away
World Cup qualification	10.09.2024	Bahrain	0:5	Japan
2023 AFC Asian Cup	31.01.2024	Bahrain	1:3	Japan
Asian Cup qualification	03.03.2010	Japan	2:0	Bahrain
World Cup qualification	28.03.2009	Japan	1:0	Bahrain
Asian Cup qualification	28.01.2009	Bahrain	1:0	Japan

Japan Form

Japan won all six games in the second round of the World Cup qualifiers, scoring 24 goals with none conceded. They kept it going in the third round, thrashing China 7-0, Bahrain 5-0 and Saudi Arabia 2-0.

Samurai Blue drew 1-1 against Australia despite enjoying 65% possession and 12-1 shots. They bounced back with a 4-0 win in Indonesia, going ahead through an own goal before Takumi Minamino, Hidemasa Morita and Yukinari Sugawara found the net.

Hajime Moriyasu’s side ended the year with a 3-1 win in China. They looked to be cruising after Koki Ogawa and Ko Itakura scored before half-time, Ogawa restoring the two goal advantage with his sixth goal in the competition.

Japan Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Zion Suzuki, Keisuke Osako, Kosei Tani

Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo, Ko Itakura, Yuta Nakayama, Hiroki Ito, Yukinari Sugawara, Ayumu Seko, Kota Takai, Hiroki Sekine

Midfielders: Wataru Endo, Takumi Minamino, Junya Ito, Ritsu Doan, Takefusa Kubo, Hidemasa Morita, Daichi Kamada, Ao Tanaka, Kaoru Mitoma, Keito Nakamura, Reo Hatate, Joel Chima Fujita

Forwards: Ayase Ueda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, Shuto Machino

Koki Machida, Daiki Hashioka, Koki Ogawa and Yuki Ohashi miss out after being called up in November.

Ayase Ueda has scored 14 goals in 30 internationals.

Bahrain Form

Bahrain began the World Cup qualifiers with a 1-0 win in Australia but failed to win in their next five games. Two defeats came at home, 5-0 against Japan and 1-0 against China.

Dragan Talajic’s side found their form at the Gulf Cup, a 3-2 win against Saudi Arabia followed by a 2-0 victory over Iraq. They ended Group B with a 2-1 loss to Yemen but had done enough to advance.

Dilmun's Warriors got past Kuwait 1-0 in the semi-finals despite Mahdi Abduljabbar’s 52nd minute red card. Bahrain beat Oman 2-1 in the final, Mohamed Marhoon equalising with a 78th minute penalty before an own goal sealed the title.

Bahrain Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Ebrahim Lutfalla, Abdulkarim Fardan

Defenders: Waleed Al Hayam, Sayed Baqer, Amine Benaddi, Hamad Al-Shamsan, Ahmed Bughammar, Abdulla Al-Khulasi, Hazza Ali, Vincent Emmanuel

Midfielders: Sayed Dhiya Saeed, Kamil Al-Aswad, Ali Madan, Mohamed Marhoon, Mahdi Al-Humaidan, Jasim Al-Shaikh, Ali Haram, Ebrahim Al-Khattal, Ahmed Al-Sherooqi, Hussain Al-Eker, Sayed Al-Wadaei

Forwards: Ismail Abdullatif, Mohamed Al-Romaihi, Mahdi Abduljabbar, Husain Abdulkarim

Ammar Mohamed, Mohamed Adel, Abdulwahab Al-Malood and Abbas Al-Asfoor were called up to the Arabian Gulf Cup but miss out here.

Ismail Abdullatif has scored 48 international goals, the 38-year-old earning 135 caps.

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Japan v Bahrain

Japan regularly win to nil at home and have done just that in four straight at home against Bahrain. There is little value on offer here, Japan backed to win to nil once again.

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