International Friendly: France v Japan

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
International Friendly: France v Japan International Friendlies, International	12/10/2012 21:00	asian handicap	Japan +1	1.63	Bet at Pinnacle
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

FRANCE - JAPAN PREDICTION STATS

2012 Form:
France P11 W7 D2 L2 GF18 GA9 GD+9 - Average goals per game: 2.45
Japan P9 W6 D2 L1 GF18 GA4 GD+14 - Average goals per game: 2.44

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

France opened up their World Cup 2014 qualification run with an impressive and controlled win away at Finland. France started without several banned players after the fallout from Euro 2012. With a new selection and system, Abou Diaby was the standout player and the Arsenal midfielder gave a dynamic all round display. They followed up with a strong win against an improving Belarus side at Stade Francais. With another fledgling side France strarted slowly in this match but came to life in the second half. With only Evra, Benzema and Ribery on show of the usual suspects and a whole host of fresh names Didier Deschamps has promised to start with a clean slate and to try and eradicate the divides within the team.
Japan are into Round 4 of the complex and long winded Asian qualifying and have played 10 games already. They currently sit atop of a very difficult group containing Iraq, Australia, Jordan and Oman. The Japanese have 3 wins and 1 draw and have a goal difference of +10. Alberto Zaccheroni is the coach and the team is a very solid side. Typified by the last two matches, 1-0 home wins over Iraq and U.A.E. Both games were unadventurous wins where The Blue Samurai just did enough. The team was hit by injuries for both matches and are back up to full strength now.

1X2 BETTING PREDICTION

3.75 The Draw (Pinnacle) is the selection in this difficult match. France have bigger fish to fry as they face Spain on Tuesday in the big clash of the group. This match is a warm up and the biggest asset will be to have an injury free runout. Japan are incredibly hard to play against at the best of times and with motivation low France will not be out to run themselves into the ground. Early money against the home side has seen the price drift alarmingly and there is little to no reason in backing the home side. This game looks a low scoring draw for me.

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ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Japan is the pick here +1 at 1.63 (Pinnacle) Getting against France is the play here as the French will have all minds set to the huge game in midweek. The prices are dropping like a stone on all the Japanese handicaps and the +1 seems massive value. Giving us Japan and the draw plus money back on a 1 goal defeat seems great value at 1.63. Japan will be out to run at the French side here and the French motivation will be low.

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TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Under 2.50 1.81 (188bet) is the bet here.This is a very tight game here with two very strong defensive units. The statistics point to the unders with both sides last ten matches averaging on the low side. Japan are low averaging even though they have had 9 goals in two matches to underpar Oman and Jordan. The motivation of this game is lacking too so I wouldn't be surprised to see the game tail of way before the end of the match. Unders looks very good and very decent price available too. Both sides last 10 games have yielded 7 under 2.5 matches.

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