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World Cup - Qualification Asia ·Matchday 4

Japan logo Japan
2-1
Full-time HT 1-0
Australia logo Australia
  • Ao Tanaka 8'
  • Aziz Behich 86' (og)
  • Ajdin Hrustić 70'
  1. Pre-match
  2. First half
  3. Half-time
  4. Second half
  5. Full-time

Tuesday 12 October · 13:14 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Abdulrahman Al Jassim

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Japan beat Australia 2-1. Scorers for Japan: Ao Tanaka 8', Aziz Behich 86' (og). Scorers for Australia: Ajdin Hrustić 70'.

0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' 8' Ao Tanaka · Goal 61' Kyogo Furuhashi · In 61' Awer Mabil · In 62' Mitchell Duke · In 63' Aziz Behich · Yellow card 67' Ajdin Hrustić · VAR 68' Hidemasa Morita · Yellow card 70' Ajdin Hrustić · Goal 78' Takuma Asano · In 82' J. Jeggo · In 85' Yūta Nakayama · In 85' G. Shibasaki · In 86' Aziz Behich · Own goal 89' C. Ikonomidis · In 89' Rhyan Grant · In 90+3' Harry Souttar · Yellow card
Japan logo Japan AustraliaAustralia logo
  1. Full-time 2 - 1

    Added time: 3 minutes

  2. 90+3'
    Harry Souttar Yellow card · Australia Harry Souttar of Australia is booked
  3. 89'
    Rhyan Grant Out: Fran Karačić · Australia Substitution for Australia: Rhyan Grant comes on for Fran Karačić
  4. 89'
    C. Ikonomidis Out: Martin Boyle · Australia Substitution for Australia: C. Ikonomidis comes on for Martin Boyle
  5. 86'
    Aziz Behich 2-1 Own goal · Japan Own goal! An own goal by Aziz Behich counts for Japan. It is 2-1
  6. 85'
    G. Shibasaki Out: Hidemasa Morita · Japan Substitution for Japan: G. Shibasaki comes on for Hidemasa Morita
  7. 85'
    Yūta Nakayama Out: Yuto Nagatomo · Japan Substitution for Japan: Yūta Nakayama comes on for Yuto Nagatomo
  8. 82'
    J. Jeggo Out: T. Rogić · Australia Substitution for Australia: J. Jeggo comes on for T. Rogić
  9. 78'
    Takuma Asano Out: Takumi Minamino · Japan Substitution for Japan: Takuma Asano comes on for Takumi Minamino
  10. 70'
    Ajdin Hrustić 1-1 Goal · Australia Goal! Ajdin Hrustić scores for Australia. It is 1-1
  11. 68'
    Hidemasa Morita Yellow card · Japan Yellow card for Hidemasa Morita (Japan)
  12. 67'
    Ajdin Hrustić VAR · Penalty confirmed · Australia VAR review: Penalty confirmed
  13. 63'
    Aziz Behich Yellow card · Australia Yellow card for Aziz Behich (Australia)
  14. 62'
    Mitchell Duke Out: Adam Taggart · Australia Substitution for Australia: Mitchell Duke comes on for Adam Taggart
  15. 61'
    Awer Mabil Out: A. Mooy · Australia Substitution for Australia: Awer Mabil comes on for A. Mooy
  16. 61'
    Kyogo Furuhashi Out: Y. Osako · Japan Substitution for Japan: Kyogo Furuhashi comes on for Y. Osako
  17. Half-time 1 - 0
  18. 8'
    Ao Tanaka 1-0 Goal · Japan Goal for Japan! Ao Tanaka makes it 1-0
  19. Kick-off

The teams before the match

Japan logo Japan AustraliaAustralia logo
WWLWL Last 5 matches WWWWW
2Position3
22Pts15
4Goals scored per match3.2
0.4Goals conceded per match0.3
6Clean sheets7

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

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