Japan will open their 2023 AFC Asian Cup campaign against Vietnam at the Al Thumama Stadium on Sunday.
Japan, record four-time champions and runners-up from the previous edition, have been drawn alongside Vietnam, Indonesia and Iraq in Group D and are expected to finish top of the group. They finished as champions when Qatar last hosted the competition in 2011 and will be looking to repeat that feat.
They are in great form and have won 10 in a row. While eight games this term have been friendlies, their two competitive matches this term have seen them record 5-0 wins over Myanmar and Syria in November’s AFC World Cup qualifiers.
They faced Thailand and Jordan in friendlies earlier this month, recording 5-0 and 6-1 wins respectively, and are expected to enjoy a prolific run in the opening match of their campaign.
Vietnam qualified for the continental competition for the second time in a row. In the previous edition, they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Japan.
They have lost five of their last six games in all competitions and lost 2-1 to Kyrgyz Republic earlier this week.
Japan possible starting lineup:
Maekawa; Tomiyasu, Machida, Sugawara, H. Ito; Endo, Morita, J. Ito, Kubo, Asano; Ueda
Vietnam possible starting lineup:
Trieu; Thanh, Binh, Phan, Anh; Trong, Thanh, Nguyen, Toan; Linh, Pham
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