Nobody can predict how the 48 teams will do at the FIFA World Cup this summer, but if you wanted to gamble on Japan being the tidiest team, you’d surely clean up at the bookies. Thanks to a societal expectation of all Japanese people,

In the second game, the Netherlands takes on Japan in a contest between teams who impressed in World Cup qualifying. The Ivory Coast and Ecuador meet in the third game and this is a contest between two legitimate dark horse candidates as both teams were stellar defensively in their respective qualifying campaigns.

Japan wingback Yukinari Sugawara has reiterated that his team are at the World Cup not just to participate, but to win it.

It's time to strap in. We have four World Cup matches to watch and bet on today. You can find my best bets on the sides and totals in today's edition of my Best