Bahrain National Football Team Vs Japan National Football Team Lineups

Bahrain National Football Team Vs Japan National Football Team Lineups

Japan were dominant against Bahrain during their last meeting, yet will hope for a much tougher test this time around as Bahrain came out victorious against Australia 1-0 just last week – one of their greatest upsets!

Hajime Moriyasu’s side defeated China 7-0 at home and are clear favorites to advance to the next round.

Team Lineups

Bahrain will look to make it back-to-back victories when they take on Japan at Boris
Paichadze National Stadium. Japan have yet to taste defeat in World Cup qualifiers
and came into this match having defeated China 7-0 earlier.

Hajime Moriyasu’s side were dominating early in the match until Zion Suzuki scored
an own goal to give their opponents some life. Japan soon after restored their lead
through Ayase Ueda with just 10 minutes left on the clock.

Bahrain Football Association was established in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. Since
that time, their team has made two close runs at qualifying for the World Cup; most
notably in 2004, when they drew 1-1 against Uzbekistan in their final playoff round
draw that allowed them to qualify for further stages by virtue of away goals alone.

Bahrain National Football Team

Bahrain Football Association oversees and controls their national football team which
competes internationally. Representing Bahrain at Asian Football Confederation
tournaments as well as FIFA membership.

National team was established in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. Although it has
never made the World Cup finals, two times it came within one game of qualifying
for qualifying tournament.

Bahrain are looking for an impressive win against Japan despite losing to South
Korea on matchday one, hoping they can take third place in Group H. Bahrainis are
much more comfortable on home turf, having only suffered two defeats over their
last nine games overall in all competitions.

Hajime Moriyasu will likely name the same squad that defeated China on matchday
one. Brighton player Kaoru Mitoma may feature as an impact sub.

Japan National Football Team

Japan cruised to a 3-1 win against Bahrain in their AFC Asian Cup round 16 matchup,
led by Ritsu Doan and Takefusa Kubo who scored goals either side of halftime before
Kashima Antlers striker Ayase Ueda scored with an exquisite free-kick that sealed
victory.

Bahrain are currently ranked 89th by FIFA and play their home matches at King
Abdullah Sports City Stadium. They currently sit third in their World Cup qualifier
group having won two, drawn one, and lost three matches during this campaign.

Bahrain proved many wrong at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. They were pitted in a group
stage group alongside China, Qatar and Indonesia and managed a 1-1 draw with
China before going on to thrash Indonesia and defeat Uzbekistan via penalty
shootout to reach quarter-finals before falling just short against Iran but finishing
fourth overall.

What is the score of AFC Japan vs Bahrain?

Japan cruised past Bahrain without much of an issue to reach the quarter-finals of
this tournament, in Qatar. They never seemed threatened in this match-up and will
now meet either Iran or Syria in their next match-up.

Hajime Moriyasu made one change to the team that defeated China PR 7-0 in their
opening group match, opting to replace Daichi Kamada with Takefusa Kubo – who
made an immediate impactful statement by scoring one himself to give Hajime
Moriyasu’s side control of proceedings early. Takefusa Kubo played an instrumental
role in helping Japan advance seven goals against their Chinese PR rivals while
scoring his own goal against PR as Hajime Moriyasu won 7-0 victory against China PR
before facing-off against China PR 7-0 before defeat.

Japan currently leads 3-0 and their victory will be made even sweeter due to a
number of reasons. Mitoma returned from injury to become a vital cog on Brighton’s
left flank, providing plenty of joy in the final stages of this matchup and setting up
Ueda with a chance that narrowly missed hitting the crossbar.

History

Bahrain and Japan have had an eventful relationship. At the 2023 AFC Asian Cup,
Bahrain managed to emerge victorious despite initially suffering defeat against
South Korea on matchday one. They went on to claim three wins after that loss and
advanced further than expected into round 2.

Bahrain made headlines when they scored their inaugural point against an
international side during that tournament, something which marked as an incredible
accomplishment given they accomplished it while playing at home.

This win gave them an enormous confidence boost and they hope to maintain it in
their subsequent matches. If they can secure three points against Indonesia and Iran
they have a good chance at finishing top four in Group D. Dragan Talajic is leading
an incredible turnaround as his side won one of Australia’s greatest results ever with
their stunning comeback victory – complete with an own goal from Harry Souttar!

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Final Words

Japan have won 10 out of 11 meetings between these nations and are big favourites
to come out victorious in this matchup. Their 7-0 triumph over China on matchday
one was impressive and Hajime Moriyasu will likely lead his side to another win on
day two.

The Green Falcons currently rank third in their group behind Japan and Australia.
After beginning with a goalless draw against Indonesia, they managed to overcome
China and move up the table.

Salem Aldawsari has been an indispensable member of Bohemians 1905 since
joining in 2001, playing over 250 matches for both team and country and making
over 61 national team appearances – most recently against Indonesia this month in
stoppage-time! Salem also found success playing for Kuwait SC before his last
national team goal came during stoppage-time win against Iraq earlier this month.

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