World Cup - Qualification Asia
·Matchday 8
Featured match
- Takumi Minamino 31'
- Junya Ito 50'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Japan beat Saudi Arabia 2-0. Scorers for Japan: Takumi Minamino 31', Junya Ito 50'. Saudi Arabia had 60% of possession.
Japan
Saudi Arabia
- Full-time 2 - 0
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90'
G. Haraguchi Out: Wataru Endo · Japan Substitution for Japan: G. Haraguchi comes on for Wataru Endo
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78'
Takuma Asano Out: Takumi Minamino · Japan Substitution for Japan: Takuma Asano comes on for Takumi Minamino
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75'
Abdullah Al Hamdan Out: Feras Al Brikan · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al Hamdan comes on for Feras Al Brikan
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75'
Khalid Al Ghannam Out: Sultan Al Ghannam · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Khalid Al Ghannam comes on for Sultan Al Ghannam
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74'
Hattan Bahbri Yellow card · Saudi Arabia Hattan Bahbri of Saudi Arabia is booked
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68'
Daizen Maeda Out: Y. Osako · Japan Substitution for Japan: Daizen Maeda comes on for Y. Osako
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68'
Yuta Nakayama Out: Yuto Nagatomo · Japan Substitution for Japan: Yuta Nakayama comes on for Yuto Nagatomo
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55'
Hattan Bahbri Out: Fahad Al Muwallad · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Hattan Bahbri comes on for Fahad Al Muwallad
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55'
Saud Abdulhamid Out: Ali Al Hassan · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Saud Abdulhamid comes on for Ali Al Hassan
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50'
Junya Ito 2-0 Goal · Assist: Yuto Nagatomo · Japan Goal for Japan! Junya Ito turns in the pass from Yuto Nagatomo (2-0)
- Half-time 1 - 0
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31'
Takumi Minamino 1-0 Goal · Assist: Junya Ito · Japan Junya Ito provides, Takumi Minamino finishes for Japan (1-0)
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23'
Abdullah Al Khaibari Out: Abdulelah Al Malki · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al Khaibari comes on for Abdulelah Al Malki
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21'
Ko Itakura Yellow card · Japan Ko Itakura of Japan is booked
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4'
Ali Al Bulayhi Yellow card · Saudi Arabia Yellow card for Ali Al Bulayhi (Saudi Arabia)
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Japan
Saudi Arabia
LWWWW
Last 5 matches WLDLW
2Position1
22Pts23
1.7Goals scored per match1.1
0.5Goals conceded per match0.6
5Clean sheets5
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Japan4-1-4-1
Saudi Arabia4-2-3-1
4
7.2
Al Amri
Abdulelah Al Amri
Player profile
5
6.7
Al Bulayhi
4'
Ali Al Bulayhi
- 4'Yellow card
- 75'Out
10
7.5
Minamino
31'78'
Takumi Minamino
- 31'Goal
- 78'Out
- 68'Out
Japan4-1-4-1
Coach: H. Moriyasu
Starting XI
- 12GK S. Gonda 7.3
- 5DF Yuto Nagatomo68' 6.9
- 19DF H. Sakai 7.9
- 3DF Shogo Taniguchi 6.9
- 4DF Ko Itakura21' 7.2
- 6MF Wataru Endo90' 6.9
- 17MF Ao Tanaka 7.3
- 13MF Hidemasa Morita 6.9
- 15FW Y. Osako68' 6.7
- 10MF Takumi Minamino31'78' 7.5
- 14MF Junya Ito50' 8.5
Substitutes
- 20DF Yuta Nakayama68' 6.5
- 9FW Daizen Maeda68' 6.5
- 18FW Takuma Asano78' 6.3
- 8MF G. Haraguchi90'
- 7MF G. Shibasaki
- 1GK E. Kawashima
- 21FW Ritsu Dōan
- 11MF Takefusa Kubo
- 2DF N. Ueda
- 23GK D. Schmidt
- 22DF M. Yamane
- 16DF S. Nakatani
Saudi Arabia4-2-3-1
Coach: H. Renard
Starting XI
- 21GK Mohammed Al Owais 6.3
- 13DF Yasir Al Shahrani 6.2
- 2DF Sultan Al Ghannam75' 6.3
- 5DF Ali Al Bulayhi4' 6.7
- 4DF Abdulelah Al Amri 7.2
- 10MF Salem Al Dawsari 6.7
- 23MF Mohamed Kanno 6.7
- 8MF Abdulelah Al Malki23' 6.7
- 15MF Ali Al Hassan55' 6.3
- 19MF Fahad Al Muwallad55' 6.6
- 9FW Feras Al Brikan75' 6.5
Substitutes
- 7— Abdullah Al Khaibari23'
- 12DF Saud Abdulhamid55' 7.2
- 18MF Hattan Bahbri55'74' 6.5
- 20MF Khalid Al Ghannam75' 6.7
- 11FW Abdullah Al Hamdan75' 6.7
- 1GK Mohammed Al Yami
- 6DF Mohammed Al Burayk
- 22GK Fawaz Al Qarni
- 14FW Haitham Asiri
- 16MF Sami Al Naji
- 17DF A. Sharahili
- 3DF Ziyad Al Sahafi
Japan
Saudi Arabia
40%
60%
10
Shots
4
3
On target
1
6
Off target
2
1
Corners
8
10
Fouls
6
3
Offsides
4
1
Yellow cards
2
1
Saves
1
392
Passes
595
74%
Pass accuracy
81%
Group A
| Pos | Team | P | GF | GA | GF:GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Iran
|
18 | 26 | 8 | 26:8 | +18 | 44 |
| 2 |
South Korea
|
17 | 23 | 5 | 23:5 | +18 | 39 |
| 3 |
United Arab Emirates
|
18 | 13 | 13 | 13:13 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 |
Iraq
|
18 | 12 | 21 | 12:21 | -9 | 17 |
| 5 |
Syria
|
18 | 17 | 30 | 17:30 | -13 | 11 |
| 6 |
Lebanon
|
18 | 10 | 25 | 10:25 | -15 | 11 |
Next round
Japan wins3Draws0
Saudi Arabia wins2Last meetings
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7 October 2021 · World Cup - Qualification Asia
Saudi Arabia
1-0
Japan
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21 January 2019 · Asian Cup
Japan
1-0
Saudi Arabia
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5 September 2017 · World Cup - Qualification Asia
Saudi Arabia
1-0
Japan
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15 November 2016 · World Cup - Qualification Asia
Japan
2-1
Saudi Arabia
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17 January 2011 · Asian Cup
Saudi Arabia
0-5
Japan