Japan vs Costa Rica match stats & report
3–0 Full time
Japan stats & fixtures · Costa Rica stats & fixtures
Japan beat Costa Rica 3–0 in a friendly (Friendlies 1) on 11 September 2018.
Goals and cards
- 16' Goal S. Sasaki (assist Shoya Nakajima) Japan
- 66' Goal T. Minamino (assist W. Endo) Japan
- 90+3' Goal Junya Ito (assist T. Asano) Japan
The Ghost's call
The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.
Team news & lineups
Japan
- 12 M. Higashiguchi —
- 20 T. Makino —
- 6 W. Endo —
- 3 S. Muroya —
- 4 S. Sasaki —
- 19 G. Miura —
- 17 T. Aoyama —
- 21 R. Doan —
- 13 Y. Kobayashi —
- 8 T. Minamino —
- 10 Shoya Nakajima —
Bench T. Asano , J. Amano , S. Kurumaya , H. Morita , Junya Ito , K. Misao , N. Ueda , D. Schmidt , T. Tomiyasu , K. Sugimoto , S. Gonda , T. Ito
Costa Rica
- 23 L. Moreira —
- 8 B. Oviedo —
- 6 Ó. Duarte —
- 19 K. Brown —
- 2 J. Vargas —
- 4 I. Smith —
- 20 D. Guzmán —
- 22 Randall Leal —
- 5 Allan Cruz —
- 7 D. Ramírez —
- 11 M. George —
Bench W. Azofeifa , K. Briceño , L. Hernandez , J. Moya , J. Marín , D. Colindres , E. Aguilar , E. Alvarado , R. Wallace , J. Martínez , Cristian Gamboa
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.
Costa Rica away
1–2–4 in 7 matches
- Scored
- 0.9 per game
- Conceded
- 1.6 per game
- Clean sheets
- 2 / 7
- Corners
- 3.0 per game
- Shots on target
- 3.8 per game
50% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.