Rio Olympics 2016 Football- Nigeria vs Japan Preview, prediction and predicted lineup will help millions of lovers and fans of Football/soccer in #rio2016olympics.
In #RioOlympics2016 on August 4 Nigeria is facing Japan. Nigeria vs Japan preview and prediction for #Rio2016 football/soccer is based on stats, recent form and past performance of both Nigeria and Japan Football team.
Nigeria vs Japan Preview-Old Stats
Nigeria has qualified from Africa region for #Rio2016 football and Japan has qualify from Asia Region for #Rio2016 football. Nigeria is appearing 7th time since 1968 Olympics .In Beijing and London Olympics Nigeria has shown excellent performance. Japan reached semi final in last Olympics in London.Japan football team was defeated by Mexico in semifinal by 3-1 margin.
Nigeria Team:
Nigeria coach Siasia has included three overage player ,Midfield Maestro” Mikel”,goal keeper Akpeyi .
Nigeria vs Japan Preview – Match highlights
Nigeria:Predicted Line-Up(4-3-3) vs Japan.
Akpeyi-Shehu,MAdu,Amuzie,Troost-Ekong-Mikel,Etebo,Mohammed -Junior,Ezekiel,Umar
Japan Team:
Japani Football Coach Makota Teguramori has selected three overage player 27 years Hiroki Fujiharu,30 years old Shinzo Koroki and 27 years ols Tsukasa Shiotani .These three player play in Japanese league.
Japan: Predicted Line-Up (4-4-2) vs Nigeria
Kushibik – Fujiharu, Shiotani, Muroya, Kamekawa – Nakajima, Endo, Harakawa, Minamino – Koroki, Kubo.
Nigeria vs Japan: Head To Head Statistics
Japan defeated Nigeria in Mexico by 3-1.At Atlanta 1996 Nigeria defeated Japan 2-0. In Beijing Olympics Nigeria again beated Japan by margin of 2-1.
Nigeria vs Japan: Prediction
Nigeria is favorite in this match vs Japan. Nigeria will win 3-1 margin.
Match highlight
Nigeria vs Japan:
Olympics 2016: Group B,
Kick-off: 21:00 Local Time .
Amazonia Arena Manaus.