Australia vs Japan Live Stream World Cup Qualifiers Football Match Today Asia FIFA TV Streaming 2022

Australia vs Japan Live Stream World Cup Qualifiers Football Match Today Asia FIFA TV Streaming 2022 Australia and Japan are guaranteed to progress from the third round of Asia’s FIFA World Cup qualification (WCQ) competition prior to this penultimate matchday, but it is only Japan who can book their flight to Qatar at the conclusion of this heavyweight clash in Sydney. After several squad members dropped like flies during the week due to COVID-19 and injuries, Australia were blessed with the surprise return of manager Graham Arnold after he too was initially ruled out after a positive test. The ‘Socceroos’ have been ranked beneath their continental rivals in FIFA’s rankings since the beginning of 2019 and a gaze over recent H2H history adds justification as to why, as Australia have failed to beat Japan in any of their last eight attempts spanning across a decade (D3, L5). Whilst 1-1 draws at home to the ‘Samurai Blue’ in the 2016 and 2012 WCQs offer hope, as does their unbeaten record of W2, D1 in Australia during this WCQ cycle, a win would see the two nations level on 18 points going into next week’s final matchday. Japan have earned direct qualification into every WC since co-hosting with South Korea in 2002, and this edition appears to be no exception after recovering from two defeats in their first three WCQs of the second stage to post five consecutive victories across three months. In fact, since defeating Australia 2-1 in Saitama at the beginning of that winning streak, Japan have not conceded a single WCQ goal. Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu remains injured, but the visitors do welcome back captain Maya Yoshida after he missed home wins over China and group leaders Saudi Arabia in the previous international window. He should be high on confidence after a clean sheet in his last club appearance for Sampdoria. Players to watch: Australia’s Jamie Maclaren opened the scoring in their last two WCQs and has scored in five of his last eight starts for Melbourne City, whilst Japan’s Junya Ito found the net in his last four WCQs as well as his most recent club game for Belgium’s Genk. Hot stat: The previous H2H was the only of Japan’s last eight WCQs to produce 3+ match goals.