As part of the group stage of the volleyball World Cup, the players of the national teams of Japan and Cuba will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this game.
The Japanese national team performed very solidly in the League of Nations this summer.
She managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament, where the Asians ran into France, to which they lost with a score of 0:3, without showing a solid game in attack. After that, the Asians were able to perform well at the Asian Cup. The Japanese reached the final game, in which, however, they were weaker than China – 0:3. As part of the World Cup tournament that started, Japan was able to defeat Qatar in a face-to-face meeting (3:0), and was also weaker than Brazil (0:3).
The Kubakubin team won the Pan American Games before the World Cup, having no resistance from opponents.
In the final meeting of the Cup, she beat Canada. The Cubans could have started with a victory in the group stage of the World Cup in the game with Brazil, because during the meeting they led with a score of 2:0, but they could not bring the matter to mind under the pressure of the opponent, losing on a tie-break (2:3). But in the next Cup match , Qatar beat Qatar with a result of 3:1. Everything in this group depends only on the Cubans themselves and on what game they will play against Japan.
Statistics and figures:
- Cuba is the favorite of the meeting; Japan has 2 wins in 5 games; The Cubans won 4 meetings from the previous 5;The last face–to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of Cuba.
Forecast
Japan has never beaten Cuba in its history. In all 10 full-time matches, the Cubans defeated the Asians. Most likely, this face-to-face meeting will be in favor of the team of nominal guests for a solid bookmaker quote.
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