In this week 3 match, on Thu Dec 1st, Spain will travel to Tokyo to battle Japan in a World Cup match. Japan is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Costa Rica. Keysher Fuller Spence struck first for Costa Rica in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Japan couldn’t muster any offence and Costa Rica ran away with the shutout win. Japan is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while spain is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Germany. Morata struck first for Spain in the 62nd minute, but Niclas Füllkrug got the equalizer for Germany in the 83rd minute earning them at least the one point. Spain is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Morata has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Spain. 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.