Iran vs Japan match stats & report
0–3 Full time
Iran lost to Japan 0–3 in the Asian Cup (Semi-finals) on 28 January 2019. Japan had 54% of the ball.
Iran vs Japan match statistics
- 46% Ball possession 54%
- 8 Total shots 6
- 2 Shots on target 4
- 6 Shots off target 2
- 5 Corners 1
- 17 Fouls 18
- 0 Offsides 1
- 3 Yellow cards 2
- 0 Red cards 0
- 1 Goalkeeper saves 2
Goals and cards
- 24' Yellow card Vahid Amiri Iran
- 44' Yellow card O. Ebrahimi Iran
- 46' Yellow card Hiroki Sakai Japan
- 56' Goal Y. Osako (assist T. Minamino) Japan
- 67' Penalty scored Y. Osako Japan
- 90' Yellow card S. Azmoun Iran
- 90' Yellow card Y. Nagatomo Japan
- 90+1' Goal G. Haraguchi (assist T. Minamino) Japan
The Ghost's call
The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.
Team news & lineups
Iran
Bench Karim Ansarifard , S. Ghoddos , Mehdi Torabi , Vouria Ghafoori , R. Cheshmi , Ahmad Nourollahi , Masoud Shojaei , Amir Abedzadeh , Pejman Montazeri , Majid Hosseini , Payam Niazmand
Japan
Bench T. Shiotani , S. Muroya , Junya Ito , M. Higashiguchi , G. Miura , S. Sasaki , T. Inui , K. Kitagawa , Y. Muto , T. Makino , D. Schmidt
Form guide
Iran at home
3–1–1 in 5 matches
- Scored
- 2.0 per game
- Conceded
- 1.0 per game
- Clean sheets
- 2 / 5
- Corners
- 4.0 per game
- Shots on target
- 4.0 per game
0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.
Japan away
3–1–1 in 5 matches
- Scored
- 1.8 per game
- Conceded
- 0.8 per game
- Clean sheets
- 3 / 5
- Corners
- 4.0 per game
- Shots on target
- 3.8 per game
33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.