World Cup - Qualification Asia
·Matchday 3
Featured match
- Ao Tanaka 2'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Japan beat North Korea 1-0. Scorers for Japan: Ao Tanaka 2'. Japan had 61% of possession.
Japan
North Korea
- Full-time 1 - 0
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83'
Mun In-Ju Out: P. Kim · North Korea Substitution for North Korea: Mun In-Ju comes on for P. Kim
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81'
Koki Ogawa Out: Ayase Ueda · Japan Substitution for Japan: Koki Ogawa comes on for Ayase Ueda
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75'
Kang Kuk-Chol Yellow card · North Korea Yellow card for Kang Kuk-Chol (North Korea)
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74'
Takuma Asano Out: Takumi Minamino · Japan Substitution for Japan: Takuma Asano comes on for Takumi Minamino
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74'
Daiki Hashioka Out: Yukinari Sugawara · Japan Substitution for Japan: Daiki Hashioka comes on for Yukinari Sugawara
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74'
Shogo Taniguchi Out: Ritsu Dōan · Japan Substitution for Japan: Shogo Taniguchi comes on for Ritsu Dōan
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73'
Il-song Ri Yellow card · North Korea Yellow card for Il-song Ri (North Korea)
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68'
Kim Kuk-Jin Out: Jong Il-Gwan · North Korea Substitution for North Korea: Kim Kuk-Jin comes on for Jong Il-Gwan
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60'
Hiroki Ito Yellow card · Japan Yellow card for Hiroki Ito (Japan)
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58'
Wataru Endo Out: Hidemasa Morita · Japan Substitution for Japan: Wataru Endo comes on for Hidemasa Morita
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52'
Choe Ok-Chol Out: Kim Kyong-Sok · North Korea Substitution for North Korea: Choe Ok-Chol comes on for Kim Kyong-Sok
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46'
Kang Kuk-Chol Out: Ri Un-Chol · North Korea Substitution for North Korea: Kang Kuk-Chol comes on for Ri Un-Chol
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46'
Ri Il-song Out: Choe Ju-Song · North Korea Substitution for North Korea: Ri Il-song comes on for Choe Ju-Song
- Half-time 1 - 0
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20'
Kuk-Chol Jang Yellow card · North Korea Kuk-Chol Jang of North Korea is booked
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2'
Ao Tanaka 1-0 Goal · Assist: Ritsu Dōan · Japan Ritsu Dōan provides, Ao Tanaka finishes for Japan (1-0)
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Japan
North Korea
WLWWL
Last 5 matches DLDLW
3.5Goals scored per match1.1
0.9Goals conceded per match1.9
4Clean sheets4
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Japan4-4-2
North Korea4-4-2
4
6.6
Kim
83'
P. Kim
- 83'Out
- 52'Out
8
6.5
Minamino
74'
Takumi Minamino
- 74'Out
- 58'Out
- 2'Goal
- 74'Out
Japan4-4-2
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
Starting XI
- 23GK Zion Suzuki 7.3
- 2DF Yukinari Sugawara74' 7.3
- 4DF Ko Itakura 7.3
- 15DF Koki Machida 7.3
- 21DF Hiroki Ito60' 7.3
- 10MF Ritsu Dōan74' 7.7
- 17MF Ao Tanaka2' 7.9
- 5MF Hidemasa Morita58' 6.9
- 8MF Takumi Minamino74' 6.5
- 11FW Daizen Maeda 7.9
- 9FW Ayase Ueda81' 6.3
Substitutes
- 1GK Daiya Maekawa
- 12GK Keisuke Osako
- 3DF Shogo Taniguchi74' 6.6
- 14DF Daiki Hashioka74' 6.9
- 16DF Tsuyoshi Watanabe
- 22DF Yuto Nagatomo
- 6MF Wataru Endo58' 6.7
- 7MF Takumu Kawamura
- 13FW Keito Nakamura
- 18FW Takuma Asano74' 6.9
- 19FW Koki Ogawa81' 6.5
- 20MF Takefusa Kubo
North Korea4-4-2
Coach: Yong-Nam Sin
Starting XI
- 1GK Kang Ju-Hyok 6.3
- 2DF Kim Kyong-Sok52' 6.0
- 3— Jang Kuk-Chol
- 16— Kim Yu-Song
- 4DF P. Kim83' 6.6
- 20— Paek Chung-Song
- 22— Kim Kuk-Bom
- 15— Ri Un-Chol46'
- 12— Choe Ju-Song46'
- 11— Jong Il-Gwan68'
- 10— K. Han
Substitutes
- 18GK T. Sin
- 21GK Yu Kwang-Jun
- 5DF Jong Kum-Song
- 19MF Kim Sung-Hye
- 23DF Choe Jin-Nam
- 6MF Kye Tam
- 7MF Mun In-Ju83' 6.3
- 13— Ri Il-song46'
- 14DF Choe Ok-Chol52' 7.0
- 17— Kang Kuk-Chol46'
- 8— Kim Kuk-Jin68'
- 9FW Ri Jo-Guk
Japan
North Korea
61%
39%
12
Shots
6
3
On target
3
7
Off target
2
7
Corners
3
5
Fouls
8
2
Offsides
2
1
Yellow cards
3
3
Saves
2
389
Passes
246
84%
Pass accuracy
65%