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Match Preview: Ivory Coast vs Japan. with possible lineups, form guide head to head, stats, facts, players to watch and prediction.

Ivory Coast will play Japan in a late game tonight at Arena Pernambuco. 

Ivory Coast have never qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup and a win today will boost their chances.

Ivory Coast and Japan both are completely different in style, Ivory Coast have quality players but all are nearly 30 or have crossed it like Didier Drogba, the two Toure. Wilfried Bony is the key striker who can do something different this time. While Japan have a youthful squad who will play a fast game, Japanese also have star players like Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda.

Players to watch:
Didier Drogba: The 36-year-old striker is still a man to watch in this fixture. The skipper will start alongside Bony who has also proved his goal scoring record last season. Drogba scored 14 goals for Galatasaray last season.

Keisuke Honda: The 28-year-old AC Milan attacker is the key man for Japan. Honda has scored 22 goals in 56 games for Japan.

Possible Lineups:

Match Preview: Ivory Coast vs Japan

Facts:
  • “Two of Japan's previous four World Cup wins have come in their only two previous meetings with African sides (2-0 v Tunisia in 2002 and 1-0 v Cameroon in 2010).”
  • “Ivory Coast have not won their first game in the last two World Cups.”

Form Guide:
Ivory Coast (WLDDW)
Japan (WWWWD)
El Salvador 1-2 Ivory Coast
Japan 4-3 Zambia
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Ivory Coast
Costa Rica 1-3 Japan
Belgium 2-2 Ivory Coast
Japan 1-0 Cyprus
Senegal 1- 1 Ivory Coast
Belgium 2-3 Japan
Ivory Coast 3-1 Senegal
Japan 2-2 Netherlands

Head to Head:
Japan 0-2 Ivory Coast
International friendly
Japan 1-0 Ivory Coast
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Japan 1-0 Ivory Coast
International friendly

Prediction:
Ivory Coast 1-2 Japan




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