As part of one of the matches of the second round of the Volleyball World Cup, the volleyball players of the national teams of Japan and Puerto Rico will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this duel? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this meeting.
Japan (w)The Japanese national team is on the 5th line in the standings of the group stage of the tournament.
The team was able to win 5 times in 7 meetings, losing in 2 matches. The Asian team has 15 points, and it loses to Belgium only by additional indicators. Note that a round ago, Japan just played against Belgium and defeated the opponents with a score of 3:1. In the match of the last round, nothing could be done with Italy, to which the Japanese lost in four sets – 1:3.Puerto Rico (w)
The Puerto Rico national team is currently on the 7th line in the standings.
This team has 6 points, which were obtained due to two victories in the games against Cameroon and Kenya. After that, the guest team lost in face-to-face meetings to China (0:3) and Brazil (0:3). It is obvious that the Puerto Ricans are no longer competing for anything serious, and even winning the remaining matches will not help them qualify for the World Cup playoffs.Statistics and figures:
- Japan is the favorite of the meeting;
- Japanese women have won three times in 5 games;
- Puerto Rico has 2 wins in 5 matches;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended in 2018 with a score of 3:0 in favor of Japan.
Forecast The Japanese national team will be able to confidently defeat the opponent with a score of 3:0 in sets.
The Japanese women are stronger than their rivals and intend to prove it in a face-to-face meeting with Puerto Rico. The quotation for a reduced total is very solid.