Our prediction for this match:
Japan
Match Time & Date:
19/11/2019
06:00 AM
Prediction: 2-1
Venezuela
Tuesday’s football game at Suita City Football Stadium pits together Japan and Venezuela. Japan have been scoring goals for fun in the second half of the year, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play against Venezuela. A man to watch in the home team will be Salzburg attacker Takumi Minamino, who is expected to prove a handful for the opposition defenders.
Venezuela, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Bolivia and Trinidad, but beating Japan is easier said than done. Since the visitors will be without key attacker Josef Martinez, who was given a rest, we are tempted to put our money on the Samurai Blue. In Josef Martinez’s absence, a man to keep an eye on in the South American side will be Salomon Rondon, who played Newcastle United and WBA in the past.
Highlighted Player (Wataru Endo):
Wataru Endo is a Japanese footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a defender. Endo is a product of Shonan Bellmare youth academy and he continued playing for the club at senior level. After scoring 21 goals in 153 appearances (league) for the club the 178-cm tall centre-back moved to Urawa Red Diamonds in 2016 and he has been playing for the J1 League club ever since.
Endo won the AFC Champions League with Urawa in 2017 as the Reds defeated Al-Hilal in the final of the competition. The Japanese defender played 90 minutes in the victory over the Saudi Arabian side and the winning of the AFC Champions League trophy is considered the biggest success of his career.
Wataru Endo made his debut for Japan on August 2, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Korea DPR at the EAFF E-1 Football Championship. In 2016 he was the AFC U-23 Championship trophy with the Samurai Blue. The Urawa Red Diamonds footballer was born in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama (Japan) on February 9, 1993.
Highlighted Team (Venezuela):
The Venezuela national team is the member of South American CONMEBOL confederation competing at the international stage since 1938, at the same time fighting for glory and popularity in the country where baseball diverts all of the attention from the sport. With increased popularity of the FIFA World Cup the country found enough motivation and incentive to increase player development and fan support in order to strengthen the cult of the national football team.
However, South American minnows Venezuela have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and as of 2014 they remain the only CONMEBOL member not to achieve this feat. La Vinotinto have however appeared in 15 Copa America tournament with their first entry coming in 1967. Their best result was the fourth-place finish in 2011 and under the new leadership of Rafael Dudamet, Venezuela are looking for an upset at Copa America Centenario.
The most prominent player of the Venezuela national team is New York Cosmos midfielder Juan Arango who is the team’s top scorer and the player with most caps.
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