Japan vs Saudi Arabia match stats & report

2–0 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 8 · Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama · Ref Ko Hyung-Jin

Japan stats & fixtures · Saudi Arabia stats & fixtures

Japan beat Saudi Arabia 2–0 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 8) on 1 February 2022. Saudi Arabia had 60% of the ball.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia match statistics

JapanSaudi Arabia

40% Ball possession 60%
10 Total shots 4
3 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 2
1 Blocked shots 1
6 Shots inside the box 1
1 Corners 8
10 Fouls 6
3 Offsides 4
1 Yellow cards 2
392 Passes 595
74% Pass accuracy 81%
1 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

4' Yellow card Ali Al Bulayhi Saudi Arabia
21' Yellow card K. Itakura Japan
31' Goal T. Minamino (assist Junya Ito) Japan
50' Goal Junya Ito (assist Y. Nagatomo) Japan
74' Yellow card Hatan Bahbri Saudi Arabia

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Japan

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 H. Moriyasu

12 S. Gonda

4 K. Itakura 3 Shogo Taniguchi 19 Hiroki Sakai 5 Y. Nagatomo

6 W. Endo

10 T. Minamino 15 Y. Osako 13 H. Morita 17 A. Tanaka

14 Junya Ito

Bench Y. Nakayama , D. Maeda , T. Asano , G. Haraguchi , G. Shibasaki , Eiji Kawashima , R. Doan , T. Kubo , N. Ueda , D. Schmidt , M. Yamane , S. Nakatani

Saudi Arabia

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 H. Renard

21 Mohammed Al Owais

4 Abdulelah Al Amri 5 Ali Al Bulayhi 2 Sultan Al Ghannam 13 Yasir Al Shahrani

23 Mohamed Kanno 10 Salem Al Dawsari

19 Fahad Al Muwallad 15 Ali Al Hassan 8 Abdulelah Al Malki

9 Feras Al Brikan

Bench Abdullah Al Khaibari , S. Abdulhamid , Hatan Bahbri , Khalid Al Ghannam , Abdullah Al Hamdan , Mohammed Al Yami , Mohammed Al Burayk , Fawaz Al Qarni , Haitham Asiri , Sami Al Naji , Ahmed Sharahili , Ziyad Al Sahafi

Form guide

Japan at home

7–3–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 0.8 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 3.3 per game
Shots on target: 4.9 per game

32% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Saudi Arabia away

3–1–3 in 7 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 1.4 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 7
Corners: 2.2 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

25% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
7 Oct 21	Saudi Arabia v Japan	1–0
21 Jan 19	Japan v Saudi Arabia	1–0
5 Sep 17	Saudi Arabia v Japan	1–0
15 Nov 16	Japan v Saudi Arabia	2–1

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Japan vs Saudi Arabia head-to-head record