Over the last games Italy holds wins - 4, losses - 1. Japan on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: wins - 0, losses - 5. Based on the games played we can assume that Italy at the moment is in better form, unlike Japan.
Italy: France – (Win 2:1), Switzerland – (Loss 1:2), Spain – (Win 2:0), Belgium – (Win 2:0), Austria – (Win 2:0).
Japan: Austria – (Loss 2:3), Great Britain – (Loss 2:1), Greece – (Loss 3:0), Great Britain – (Loss 0:2), Germany – (Loss 4:0).
