Japan vs Greece: result 0-0 and analysis
World CupGroup stage - 2Kick-off on June 19, 2014 at 10:00 PM (UTC)Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
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What was the result of Japan vs Greece?
Japan and Greece drew 0-0 on June 19, 2014.
Official lineup for Japan vs Greece
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Japan
- 9S. Okazaki
- 13Y. Ōkubo
- 18Y. Osako
- 4Keisuke Honda
- 16H. Yamaguchi
- 2Atsuto Uchida
- 5Y. Nagatomo
- 15Y. Konno
- 17M. Hasebe
- 22M. Yoshida
- 1E. Kawashima
Greece
- 7Georgios Samaras
- 9Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 2Giannis Maniatis
- 8P. Kone
- 18I. Fetfatzidis
- 21Konstantinos Katsouranis
- 4K. Manolas
- 15V. Torosidis
- 19S. Papastathopoulos
- 20José Holebas
- 1O. Karnezis
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 14 matches in all competitions, Japan have 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats; Greece have 2, 1 and 8.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2014 | Ivory Coast(away) | 1-2 | World Cup |
| Jun 22, 2013 | Mexico(home) | 1-2 | Confederations Cup |
| Jun 19, 2013 | Italy(away) | 3-4 | Confederations Cup |
| Jun 15, 2013 | Brazil(away) | 0-3 | Confederations Cup |
| Jan 29, 2011 | Australia(away) | 1-0 | Asian Cup |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2014 | Colombia(away) | 0-3 | World Cup |
| Jun 22, 2012 | Germany(away) | 2-4 | Euro Championship |
| Jun 16, 2012 | Russia(home) | 1-0 | Euro Championship |
| Jun 12, 2012 | Czechia(home) | 1-2 | Euro Championship |
| Jun 8, 2012 | Poland(away) | 1-1 | Euro Championship |
How many goals should we expect?
Japan score 1.7 and concede 1.4 goals per match over their last 14; Greece score 0.7 and concede 1.8.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1.7 | 1.4 | 4 | 8/14 | 9/14 |
| Greece | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1 | 5/11 | 5/11 |
Over the last 14 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy