Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review and historical data analysis. This match, Belgium vs Japan probably weakest match in this FIFA world cup 2018 - Round of 16. You already know, Belgium is a very strong team for this FIFA world cup 2018. Belgium is the group leader of Group G, another team who qualified for the Round of 16 is England. On the other side, Japan is a 2nd best team of group H, though there tie between Japan and Senegal, Japan qualified for the round of 16 in terms of fair play. Both the team Japan and Senegal earn 4 points. Match details is given below.

FIFA World Cup 2018: Round of 16, Rostov Arena, Rostov-On-Don

Belgium VS Japan

02 Jul 2018 - 21:00 Local time | 2:00 PM EST

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review

Belgium scored highest goals in the group round. They scored 9 goals in the group round and the number of goals against Belgium is only 2 in this FIFA world cup 2018. Belgium won all three matches and earn 9 points. They become group leader of the group G, probably they would be the top-ranked if we compare all the matches and team strengths. To see the point tables, visit here. In the group round, Belgium's' matches were -

1. Belgium vs Panama was the first match of Belgium and Belgium won that match by 3 - 0 goals. MERTENS on 47 minutes, and R. LUKAKU scored two goals on 69 and 75 minutes.
2. Belgium vs Tunisia. In that match, Tunisia tried hard but they couldn't prevent them from losing that match against Belgium. Tunisia scored 2 goals, BRONN on 18 minutes and KHAZRI 90'+3' score 2 goals but Belgium scored 5 goals. E. HAZARD on 6 minutes through Penalty, R. LUKAKU on 16 and 45+3 minutes, E. HAZARD on 51 minutes and BATSHUAYI on 90 minutes.
3. Belgium vs England, this was toughest match for Belgium. in that match, Belgium scored 1 goal and this time, Belgium was focusing on their defense part. Rather than attacking they played mostly defensive mode. JANUZAJ on 51 minutes score a goal.

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review

Japan, in the group round, won 1 match, lost 1 match and drew 1 match. Earning score and goal difference was similar to Senegal's score but in terms of fair play rules, Japan qualified for round of 16. Japan scored 4 goals and the number of goals against Japan was 4.Japan's 3 matches are -

1. Colombia vs Japan. This was the first match of Japan and Japan won that match by 2 - 1 goals. KAGAWA on 6 minutes through penalty and OSAKO on 73 minutes scored those goals for Japan where J. QUINTERO scored the only goal for Colombia on 39 minutes.
2. The football match between Japan vs Senegal was drawn by 2 - 2 goals. INUI on 34 minutes and HONDA on 78 minutes scored goals for Japan and MANE on 11 minutes and M. WAGUE on 71 minutes score two goals against Japan.
3. Japan vs Poland, where Poland won that match by 1 - 0 goal. BEDNAREK on 59 scored a goal for Poland though Poland did not qualified for the Round of 16.

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review

Belgium vs Japan head to head information. Both the team played 5 matches before each other. Japan won 2 matches where Belgium won one matches only. Japan scored 9 goals and the number of goals against Japan is 5. But, in this FIFA world cup 2018, Belgium appears so strongly that Japan may not defeat Belgium this time. Belgium may win with 3 goals against Japan.

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre-review

About JAPAN

FIFA World Cup 2018 is Japan’s 6th participations and also six consecutive participation in the world cups. Japan’s first participation in FIFA world cup was in 1998. From the football world cup 1998 to 2014, Japan played 17 matches and won 4 matches only and they lost 9 matches.
In those 17 matches, Japan scored 14 goals and the number of goals against Japan is 22 goals.

Goalkeepers
Eiji Kawashima (1)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (12)
Kosuke Nakamura (23)

Defenders
Naomichi Ueda (2)
Gen Shoji (3)
Yuto Nagatomo (5)
Wataru Endo (6)
Hiroki Sakai (19)
Tomoaki Makino (20)
Gotoku Sakai (21)
Maya Yoshida (22)

Midfielders
Gaku Shibasaki (7)
Shinji Kagawa (10)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (16)
Makoto Hasebe (17)
Ryota Oshima (18)

Forwards
Keisuke Honda (4)
Genki Haraguchi (8)
Shinji Okazaki (9)
Takashi Usami (11)
Yoshinori Muto (13)
Takashi Inui (14)
Yuya Osako (15)

Belgium VS Japan round of 16 FIFA football match pre review

About Belgium team

Belgium another strong team of Football. Currently, Belgium team is Ranked in 3 of FIFA World Cup Men ranking. The national football team of Belgium is participating for 13th time in the FIFA world cups. Belgium is also the participant team of FIFA World Cup 1930.

From 1930, they played 41 matches in total and won 14 out of them. But they lost 18 matches. In terms of goal, Belgium made 52 goals but the number of goals against Belgium is 66. Belgium’s best achievement is FIFA world cup is to be 4th in the 1986’s FIFA World Cup.

The Belgians hold the tournament record for consecutive draws, with five spanning the 1998 and 2002 editions.

Goalkeepers
Thibaut Courtois (1)
Simon Mignolet (12)
Koen Casteels (13)

Defenders
Toby Alderweireld (2)
Thomas Vermaelen (3)
Vincent Kompany (4)
Jan Vertonghen (5)
Thomas Meunier (15)
Dedryck Boyata (20)

Midfielders
Axel Witsel (6)
Kevin De Bruyne (7)
Marouane Fellaini (8)
Yannick Carrasco (11)
Youri Tielemans (17)
Mousa Dembélé (19)
Nacer Chadli (22)
Leander Dendoncker (23)

Forwards
Romelu Lukaku (9)
Eden Hazard (10)
Dries Mertens (14)
Thorgan Hazard (16)
Adnan Januzaj (18)
Michy Batshuayi (21)