Over the last meetings India holds wins - 3, losses - 1 and draws - 1. Japan on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: wins - 3, losses - 1 and draws - 1. Based on this data we come to a conclusion that rivals are in similar shape.
India: Vietnam (W) – (Loss 2:1), Perth SC (w) – (Win 2:7), Zvezda 2005 (W) – (Win 0:2), Hertha BSC Berlin (W) – (Win 0:1), Spartak Moscow (W) – (Draw 0:0).
Japan: Chinese Taipei (W) – (Win 2:0), Canada (W) – (Win 1:0), Canada (W) – (Win 3:0), Norway (W) – (Loss 2:0), Italy (W) – (Draw 1:1).