Preview

• Japan welcome China PR on 2025-07-12 at 11:24 GMT in week 2 of the 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship at Yongin Mireu Stadium.
• Over 4 head-to-head encounters, H. Moriyasu has 3 wins and B. Ivanković has 1 win with no draws.
• No absentees for either Japan or China PR.
• Our model projects Japan in a 3-defender setup (3-4-2-1), with China PR anticipated to match that in 4-3-1-2.
• Japan won 6-1 against Hong Kong, while China PR lost their fixture 0-3 vs Korea Republic.
• Form edge goes to Japan (3-1-1) against a faltering China PR (1-0-4) from their past 5 matches.
• Japan have clearly got the edge H2H: in 14 meetings, they've beaten China PR 9 times, with 5 draws and only 0 losses.
• Our model forecasts 3-1 for Japan, bolstered by their 1-0-0 home record and an average of 6.00 goals per game.

Predictions

Summary

H2H