(Dan Tri) - Many newspapers around the world have made predictions about the match between Indonesia and Japan in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup taking place at 7:00 p.m. tonight (November 15).
At 7:00 p.m. tonight (November 15), Indonesia will face Japan in a match in Group C of the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. Before this match, Indonesia was under great pressure. They were pushed to the bottom of Group C with 3 points after China won against Bahrain.
Indonesia is under pressure ahead of the match with Japan as it was pushed to the bottom of Group C (Photo: AFC).
That means the team from the archipelago needs to get a favorable result against Japan if they don’t want to be left too far behind by their opponents in the group. However, this is not an easy task because Indonesia will have to face the strongest opponent in Asia at this time.
In fact, many newspapers around the world also predict that Japan will have an easy victory over Indonesia in this match.
Sport Mole (UK) commented: "Coach Shin Tae Yong will certainly be happy to see Indonesia draw with stronger opponents such as Australia, Saudi Arabia or Bahrain. However, the turning point happened when Indonesia was leveled 2-2 by Bahrain in the 90+9 minute.
After this match, Indonesia played somewhat subjectively and lacked concentration in the match against China. Despite holding the ball 76% of the time and making 14 shots (compared to 5 of the opponent), Indonesia still lost with a score of 1-2.
Coach Shin Tae Yong hopes to recover from this defeat, but ahead of him and his players are two huge challenges named Japan and Saudi Arabia.
Japan showed their superiority over their opponents in Group C when they won 10 points after 4 matches (3 wins, 1 draw). In particular, the team from the Land of the Rising Sun won overwhelmingly against China (7-0), Bahrain (5-0) and Saudi Arabia (2-0) before being held to a draw by Australia.
The possibility of Indonesia losing to Japan is quite high (Photo: AFC).
Now, Japan promises to return to winning ways when they meet Indonesia, the team they beat 3-1 at the 2023 Asian Cup.
Predicting the score of this match, Sport Mole newspaper believes that Japan has superior strength compared to Indonesia. Therefore, they predict that the host Indonesia will lose 0-3 to Japan.
Sportskeeda (India) said that Indonesia is not really impressive when winning only 1/7 recent matches. Even at home, the team from the archipelago has only won 1/4 recent matches. Therefore, they are not Japan's opponents at this time. Coach Hajime Moriyasu's team won 7/8 recent matches.
Sportskeeda predicts Indonesia will lose 0-2 to Japan.
Another Indian newspaper, Khel Now, also predicted that Indonesia would lose 0-2 to Japan . Meanwhile, Socernet (Ghana) said that Japan would win by 2 goals or more and keep a clean sheet.
Results of the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia
16:10 November 14: Australia 0-0 Saudi Arabia
19:00 November 14: North Korea 2-3 Iran
21:00 November 14: Bahrain 0-1 China
21:00 November 14: Kuwait 1-3 Korea
11:00 p.m. November 14: Oman 1-0 Palestine
11:15 p.m. November 14: Iraq 0-0 Jordan
11:15 p.m. November 14: Qatar 3-2 Uzbekistan
11:15 p.m. November 14: UAE 3-0 Kyrgyzstan
19:00 November 15: Indonesia - Japan
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