ITA vs JPN Dream11 Match Prediction | Volleyball World Cup 2019, Team News, Fantasy picks
Published on: Sep 30, 2019 6:41 pm IST|Updated on: Oct 1, 2019 1:18 pm IST
ITA vs JPN Dream11 Match Prediction | Volleyball World Cup 2019 | Italy vs Japan Match Preview
The hosts Japan will be in action on the opening day of Men’s Volleyball World Cup 2019 and they will be squaring off against Italy at Fukuoka, Japan.
Italy are definitely one of the heavyweights in this World Cup. They are the world number three ranked side and won the World Cup way back in 1995. This would be their 8th appearance in the mega event and would be looking to go one step further from the last year where they finished as the runners-up.
Being the host nation, this is a record 14th appearance for Japan in the World Cups. Their best performance came in 1969 and 1977 editions where they finished as the runners-up.
Match Details
Nagano, Japan, 1st October at 03:50 AM IST
Last 5 matches (First to recent)
Italy- WWLWL
Japan- WLWLW
Head to Head
Total played: 09
Italy Won: 08
Japan Won: 01
ITA vs JPN Team News
Italy
- The team management has announced a 25-member squad for the World Cup which will be led by Matteo Piano.
- Osmany Juantorena, Simone Giannelli, and Ivan Zyatsev are the expected starters in the six.
Japan
- One among T Koga and T Yamamato will the libero for Japan.
- Masahiro Yanagida will be leading the side which consists of 26 members.
ITA vs JPN Fantasy Picks
Japan
Tatsuya Fukuzawa
The wing-spiker has 355 spikes to his name along with 330 blocks.
Kentaro Takahashi
The middle blocker for Japan has 351 spikes to his name along with n338 blocks.
Yudai Arai
He has 350 spikes to his name along with 330 blocks.
Italy
Osmany Juantorena
The 33-year-old wing spiker has 370 spikes to his name along with 340 blocks.
Simone Giannelli
He plays as a setter and has 350 spikes along with 330 blocks to his name from 68 matches.
Ivan Zyatsev
The experienced wing-spiker has 370 spikes to his name along with 355 blocks.
ITA vs JPN Dream 11 Team
Libero:Â T Yamamato
Setter:Â N Fuji
Blocker:Â S Anzani
Attacker:Â D Kooy, T Fukuzawa (vc)
Universal:Â G Nelli (c)
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Disclaimer: Management can take late decisions depending on the match situation. The fantasy teams which we have provided here of ITA vs JPN Dream11 is best of our interest and depending on the credit scores of the players.