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World Cup - Qualification Asia ·Matchday 8

Japan logo Japan
2-0
Full-time HT 1-0
Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia
  • Takumi Minamino 31'
  • Junya Ito 50'
    1. Pre-match
    2. First half
    3. Half-time
    4. Second half
    5. Full-time

    Tuesday 1 February · 13:14 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama Ko Hyung-Jin

    Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

    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.

    0' 15' 30' 45' 60' 75' 90' 4' Ali Al Bulayhi · Yellow card 21' Ko Itakura · Yellow card 23' Abdullah Al Khaibari · In 31' Takumi Minamino · Goal 50' Junya Ito · Goal 55' Saud Abdulhamid · In 55' Hattan Bahbri · In 68' Yuta Nakayama · In 68' Daizen Maeda · In 74' Hattan Bahbri · Yellow card 75' Khalid Al Ghannam · In 75' Abdullah Al Hamdan · In 78' Takuma Asano · In 90' G. Haraguchi · In
    Japan logo Japan Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia logo
    1. Full-time 2 - 0
    2. 90'
      G. Haraguchi Out: Wataru Endo · Japan Substitution for Japan: G. Haraguchi comes on for Wataru Endo
    3. 78'
      Takuma Asano Out: Takumi Minamino · Japan Substitution for Japan: Takuma Asano comes on for Takumi Minamino
    4. 75'
      Abdullah Al Hamdan Out: Feras Al Brikan · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al Hamdan comes on for Feras Al Brikan
    5. 75'
      Khalid Al Ghannam Out: Sultan Al Ghannam · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Khalid Al Ghannam comes on for Sultan Al Ghannam
    6. 74'
      Hattan Bahbri Yellow card · Saudi Arabia Hattan Bahbri of Saudi Arabia is booked
    7. 68'
      Daizen Maeda Out: Y. Osako · Japan Substitution for Japan: Daizen Maeda comes on for Y. Osako
    8. 68'
      Yuta Nakayama Out: Yuto Nagatomo · Japan Substitution for Japan: Yuta Nakayama comes on for Yuto Nagatomo
    9. 55'
      Hattan Bahbri Out: Fahad Al Muwallad · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Hattan Bahbri comes on for Fahad Al Muwallad
    10. 55'
      Saud Abdulhamid Out: Ali Al Hassan · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Saud Abdulhamid comes on for Ali Al Hassan
    11. 50'
      Junya Ito 2-0 Goal · Assist: Yuto Nagatomo · Japan Goal for Japan! Junya Ito turns in the pass from Yuto Nagatomo (2-0)
    12. Half-time 1 - 0
    13. 31'
      Takumi Minamino 1-0 Goal · Assist: Junya Ito · Japan Junya Ito provides, Takumi Minamino finishes for Japan (1-0)
    14. 23'
      Abdullah Al Khaibari Out: Abdulelah Al Malki · Saudi Arabia Substitution for Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al Khaibari comes on for Abdulelah Al Malki
    15. 21'
      Ko Itakura Yellow card · Japan Ko Itakura of Japan is booked
    16. 4'
      Ali Al Bulayhi Yellow card · Saudi Arabia Yellow card for Ali Al Bulayhi (Saudi Arabia)
    17. Kick-off

    The teams before the match

    Japan logo Japan Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia logo
    LWWWW Last 5 matches WLDLW
    2Position1
    22Pts23
    1.7Goals scored per match1.1
    0.5Goals conceded per match0.6
    5Clean sheets5

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