In this week 2 match on the 27th of November, Japan hosts Costa Rica in a meeting of these two World Cup teams. Japan is fresh off their 2-1 win against Germany. İlkay Gündoğan scored the first goal for Germany in the 33rd minute from the penalty spot, then Ritsu Doan tied it up 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 earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Costa Rica recorded a 0-7 blowout loss against Spain. Daniel Olmo scored the first goal for Spain in the 11th minute, then Asensio added another in the 21st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Costa Rica couldn’t manage to score, and Spain took the shutout win. Costa Rica looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
For Costa Rica, their top scorers are Jewison Bennette and Kendall Jamaal Waston Manley, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Kaoru Mitoma and Daichi Kamada are the top scorers for Japan in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.