Japan vs New Zealand match stats & report
2–1 Full time
Japan stats & fixtures · New Zealand stats & fixtures
Japan beat New Zealand 2–1 in a friendly (Friendlies 1) on 6 October 2017.
Goals and cards
- 50' Penalty scored Y. Osako Japan
- 59' Goal C. Wood (assist Marco Rojas) New Zealand
- 88' Goal S. Kurata (assist Hiroki Sakai) Japan
The Ghost's call
The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.
Team news & lineups
Japan
- 1 Eiji Kawashima —
- 20 T. Makino —
- 22 M. Yoshida —
- 5 Y. Nagatomo —
- 19 Hiroki Sakai —
- 10 S. Kagawa —
- 16 H. Yamaguchi —
- 2 Y. Ideguchi —
- 15 Y. Osako —
- 11 Y. Kubo —
- 9 Y. Muto —
Bench Y. Kobayashi , K. Sugimoto , T. Inui , T. Asano , S. Kurata , W. Endo , G. Shōji , M. Higashiguchi , N. Ueda , G. Haraguchi , Kosuke Nakamura , G. Sakai , S. Kurumaya
New Zealand
- 1 Stefan Marinović —
- 2 W. Reid —
- 22 A. Durante —
- 5 M. Boxall —
- 18 K. Colvey —
- 8 M. McGlinchey —
- 7 K. Barbarouses —
- 11 Marco Rojas —
- 9 C. Wood —
- 14 R. Thomas —
- 16 D. Ingham —
Bench T. Doyle , S. Smeltz , T. Tzimopoulos , Bill Tuiloma , Michael Woud , J. Musa , M. Bevan , M. Dyer , S. Brotherton , M. Patterson
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.
New Zealand away
1–4–5 in 10 matches
- Scored
- 1.1 per game
- Conceded
- 1.7 per game
- Clean sheets
- 1 / 10
- Corners
- 3.6 per game
- Shots on target
- 3.3 per game
18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.
Detailed match statistics aren't available for this competition, so corners, shots and cards can't be shown.