Published 10:39 IST, October 10th 2019
Dream11: Russia vs Japan team news, key players and prediction
Russia are all set to go head to head against Japan in the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 2019 at Hiroshima. Here is the dream11 prediction for this clash.
- SportFit
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Russia are all set to go head to head against Japan in the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup 2019 in Hiroshima, Japan. Russia are placed on the fourth position with 11 points. They have so far registered 3 wins, 2 losses in six games. On the other hand, Japan are in the sixth position with six points. They have recorded 2 wins, 2 losses in their six games. Japan have shuffled players in every match and it would be better if there are few Japan players in the dream11 team.
Dream11: previous clashes and key players
Japan lost the last game against the USA in (0-3) point. Yuki Ishikawa is the best scorer for Japan, winning 29 attacks, 3 blocks and 2 serves overall in this tournament. Yuji Nishida is another strong attacker, scoring 28 spikes with 15 shots in 55 attempts. Meanwhile, Russia recorded 1-3 loss against Poland. Podlesnykh is the best attacker for Russia with 43 spikes, 33 shots, 88 attempts. Also, their another key player is a blocker as well as a server - Ivan Iakovlev with 18 blocks, 31 rebounds,55 attempts.
Dream11: RUS vs JPN - squad
Russia Men: Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Ilia Vlasov, Dmitry Kovalev, Artem Volvich, Sergey Grankin c, Anton Karpukhov, Dmitry Volkov, Anton Semyshev, Ivan Iakovlev, Fedor Voronkov, Igor Philippov, Dmitriy Muserskiy, Dmitry Shcherbinin, Evgenii Andreev, Maxim Mikhaylov, Egor Kliuka, Ilyas Kurkaev, Roman Martynyuk, Andrey Surmachevskiy, Igor Kobzar, Pavel Kruglov, Valentin Golubev, Kirill Ursov, Pavel Pankov, Denis Zemchenok
Japan squad: Kunihiro Shimizu, Hideomi Fukatsu, Naonobu Fujii, Issei Otake, Tatsuya Fukuzawa, Akihiro Yamauchi, Takashi Dekita, Masahiro Yanagida c, Satoshi Tsuiki, Taichiro Koga, Yuji Nishida, Masahiro Sekita, Naoya Takano, Yuki Ishikawa, Haku Ri, Kentaro Takahashi, Tsubasa Hisahara, Masashi Kuriyama, Hiroaki Asano, Taishi Onodera, Akihiro Fukatsu, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Yuki Higuchi, Yamato Fushimi, Yudai Arai
Dream11 RUS vs JPN
Libero: Tomohiro Yamamoto
Setter: Sergey Grankin
Blocker: Ivan Iakovlev
Attacker: Yuki Ishikawa and Yaroslav Podlesnykh
Universal: Yuji Nishida
Updated 14:32 IST, October 10th 2019