Japan vs Saudi Arabia match stats & report

2–1 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 5 · Saitama Stadium, Saitama · Ref Muhammad Taqi, Singapore

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia 2–1 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 5) on 15 November 2016. Japan had 55% of the ball.

Japan vs Saudi Arabia match statistics

JapanSaudi Arabia

55% Ball possession 45%
11 Total shots 3
6 Shots on target 3
5 Shots off target 0
6 Corners 1
12 Fouls 11
3 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 1
2 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

9' Yellow card Abdulmalek Al Khaibri Saudi Arabia
10' Yellow card Hassan Muath Fallatah Saudi Arabia
45' Penalty scored H. Kiyotake Japan
48' Yellow card Osama Hawsawi Saudi Arabia
80' Goal G. Haraguchi (assist S. Kagawa) Japan
88' Yellow card Hiroki Sakai Japan
90' Yellow card Nasser Al Shamrani Saudi Arabia
90' Yellow card Osama Hawsawi Saudi Arabia
90' Red card Osama Hawsawi Saudi Arabia
90' Goal Omar Hawsawi Saudi Arabia

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Japan

Confirmed V. Halilhodžić

12 S. Nishikawa Goalkeeper
6 M. Morishige Defender
22 M. Yoshida Defender
5 Y. Nagatomo Defender
19 Hiroki Sakai Defender
17 Makoto Hasebe Defender
13 H. Kiyotake Midfielder
8 G. Haraguchi Midfielder
16 H. Yamaguchi Midfielder
15 Y. Osako Attacker
14 Y. Kubo Attacker

Bench K. Honda , S. Kagawa , Shinji Okazaki , M. Saito , M. Higashiguchi , Y. Maruyama , R. Nagaki , Y. Kobayashi , G. Sakai , Eiji Kawashima , T. Makino , T. Asano

Saudi Arabia

Confirmed B. van Marwijk

22 Mohammed Al Owais —
3 Osama Hawsawi Defender
12 Hassan Muath Fallatah —
13 Yasir Al Shahrani —
5 Omar Hawsawi Defender
17 Taisir Al Jassim —
11 Abdulmalek Al Khaibri Midfielder
8 Yahia Al Shehri —
18 Nawaf Al Abid —
7 S. Al Faraj Midfielder
10 Mohammad Al Sahlawi —

Bench Fahad Al Muwallad , Abdulmajeed Al Ruwaili , Nasser Al Shamrani , Motaz Hawsawi , Assaf Al Qarni , Hussain Al Mogahwi , Salman Al Moasher , Mohammed Al Burayk , Mohammed Jahfali , Waleed Abdullah , Naif Hazazi , Mansour Al Harbi

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.