Football Soccer - Japan national soccer team training - World Cup 2018 Qualifier - Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand - 5/9/16 Japan's Shinji Kagawa during training. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
(Reuters) - Japan will need resilience and variety to claim a third successive World Cup qualifying victory when they host Thailand on Tuesday, Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa has said.
Japan are unbeaten in their last five qualifiers to sit second in Asian Group B, level on 13 points with leaders Saudi Arabia with four games remaining, while Thailand are bottom of the standings on just a single point.
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