World Cup - Qualification Asia
·Matchday 1
Featured match
- Keisuke Honda 11'
- Ahmed Khalil 20'
- Ahmed Khalil 54' (pen)
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
United Arab Emirates beat Japan 2-1. Scorers for Japan: Keisuke Honda 11'. Scorers for United Arab Emirates: Ahmed Khalil 20', Ahmed Khalil 54' (pen). United Arab Emirates won after coming from behind. Japan had 58% of possession.
Japan
United Arab Emirates
- Full-time 1 - 2
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80'
Walid Abbas Yellow card · United Arab Emirates Yellow card for Walid Abbas (United Arab Emirates)
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79'
Habib Fardan Abdualla Out: Ismaeel Al Hamadi · United Arab Emirates Substitution for United Arab Emirates: Habib Fardan Abdualla comes on for Ismaeel Al Hamadi
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75'
G. Haraguchi Out: R. Oshima · Japan Substitution for Japan: G. Haraguchi comes on for R. Oshima
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73'
Mohammed Fawzi Out: Ahmed Khalil · United Arab Emirates Substitution for United Arab Emirates: Mohammed Fawzi comes on for Ahmed Khalil
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66'
Takuma Asano Out: S. Okazaki · Japan Substitution for Japan: Takuma Asano comes on for S. Okazaki
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62'
T. Usami Out: H. Kiyotake · Japan Substitution for Japan: T. Usami comes on for H. Kiyotake
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54'
Ahmed Khalil 1-2 Penalty goal · United Arab Emirates Goal! Ahmed Khalil scores a penalty for United Arab Emirates. It is 1-2
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46'
Walid Abbas Out: Abdulaziz Sanqour · United Arab Emirates Substitution for United Arab Emirates: Walid Abbas comes on for Abdulaziz Sanqour
- Half-time 1 - 1
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20'
Ahmed Khalil 1-1 Goal · United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil finds the net for United Arab Emirates (1-1)
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19'
Maya Yoshida Yellow card · Japan Maya Yoshida of Japan is booked
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16'
H. Sakai Yellow card · Japan Yellow card for H. Sakai (Japan)
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11'
Keisuke Honda 1-0 Goal · Assist: H. Kiyotake · Japan H. Kiyotake provides, Keisuke Honda finishes for Japan (1-0)
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10'
Mohanad Salem Yellow card · United Arab Emirates Yellow card for Mohanad Salem (United Arab Emirates)
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Japan
United Arab Emirates
WWWWW
Last 5 matches LWWWD
3.1Goals scored per match2.8
0.2Goals conceded per match0.8
9Clean sheets5
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Japan4-2-3-1
United Arab Emirates3-5-2
Ahmed
Ismail Ahmed
Player profile
Salem
10'
Mohanad Salem
- 10'Yellow card
Japan4-2-3-1
Coach: V. Halilhodžić
Starting XI
- GK S. Nishikawa
- DF M. Morishige
- DF Maya Yoshida19'
- DF H. Sakai16'
- DF G. Sakai
- DF M. Hasebe
- MF Keisuke Honda11'
- MF S. Kagawa
- MF H. Kiyotake62'
- MF R. Oshima75'
- FW S. Okazaki66'
Substitutes
- FW T. Usami62'
- FW Takuma Asano66'
- MF G. Haraguchi75'
- GK M. Higashiguchi
- FW Y. Kobayashi
- FW Y. Muto
- DF N. Ueda
- MF H. Yamaguchi
- DF Wataru Endo
- DF K. Ota
- — A. Hayashi
- DF Y. Maruyama
United Arab Emirates3-5-2
Coach: Mahdi Ali
Starting XI
- — K. Eisa
- — Mohamed Ahmad
- — Mohanad Salem10'
- — Ismail Ahmed
- — Abdulaziz Sanqour46'
- — Ismaeel Al Hamadi79'
- — Omar Abdulrahman
- — Amer Abdulrahman
- — Khamis Esmail
- — Ahmed Khalil20'54'73'
- — Ali Mabkhout
Substitutes
- — Walid Abbas46'80'
- — Mohammed Fawzi73'
- — Habib Fardan Abdualla79'
- — Ahmed Mahmoud
- — Khalid Jalal
- — Hamdan Al Kamali
- — Sultan Al Shamsi
- — Abdelaziz Husain
- — Mohamed Abdulrahman
- — Ali Khasif
- — Salem Saleh
- — Khalid Bawazir
Japan
United Arab Emirates
58%
42%
15
Shots
9
8
On target
4
7
Off target
5
11
Corners
2
12
Fouls
10
3
Offsides
2
2
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
2
Saves
7
Japan wins0Draws1
United Arab Emirates wins0Last meetings
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23 January 2015 · Asian Cup
Japan
2-2
United Arab Emirates