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Preview match

Japan
5-0
Afghanistan

MATCH REPORT

World - WC Qualification Asia - 03/24/16 06:34 - 9.Round

Stadium Saitama Stadium 2002
Capacity 63700
Surface grass
Referee Mohanad Qasim Eessee Sarray

5-0 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘
Corners

5-0 [90‘]

31‘
Zazai Hadid
Okazaki [1-0]
43‘
1-0 HT
Kiyotake [2-0]
59‘
Sakai [3-0]
63‘
Kashiwagi Kagawa
65‘
65‘
Amiri Joseph Shirdel
Okazaki Havenaar
72‘
Yoshida [4-0]
74‘
75‘
Arash Hatifi Taher
Kanazaki [5-0]
78‘
Kanazaki Kobayashi
81‘
5-0 FT

Goals and Highlights

5-0
All 1st 2nd

Match stats

CARDS 0 0

Ball possession
0%
0%

CARDS 0 0

Total shots
0
0
On goal
0
0
Corners
0
0
Dangerous attack
0
0
Attack
0
0

ODDS

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Japan

Status: Confirmed lineup

Afghanistan

Missings

Kosuke Nakamura
6
Nakamura
0‘ 0 0+0
Y. Takahagi
6
Takahagi
0‘ 0 0+0
6
‘ +
G. Miura
6
Miura
14‘ 0 0+0
Naomichi Ueda
6
Ueda
0‘ 0 0+0
M. Saitō
6
Saitō
0‘ 0 0+0
K. Sugimoto
6
Sugimoto
23‘ 1 0+0
R. Nagaki
6
Nagaki
0‘ 0 0+0
Ryota Oshima
CF
6
Oshima
75‘ 1 0+0
Yuki Kobayashi
6
Kobayashi
87‘ 0 0+0
Shu Kurata
6
Kurata
39‘ 2 0+0
Yasuyuki Konno
6
Konno
118‘ 2 1+0
Takashi Inui
LW
6
Inui
75‘ 1 0+0
Yuya Kubo
LW
6
Kubo
309‘ 6 2+2
Takuma Asano
CF
6
Asano
260‘ 6 2+0
Eiji Kawashima
GK
5
Kawashima
540‘ 6 0+0
Shogo Taniguchi
5
Taniguchi
0‘ 0 0+0
Yuya Osako
CF
5
Osako
378‘ 5 1+0
Kosuke Ota
5
Ota
90‘ 1 0+0
Kensuke Nagai
3
Nagai
0‘ 0 0+0
Shinzo Koroki
3
Koroki
12‘ 1 0+0
Daiki Niwa
2
Niwa
0‘ 0 0+0
Tsukasa Shiotani
2
Shiotani
0‘ 0 0+0
Tomoya Ugajin
2
Ugajin
0‘ 0 0+0
Gaku Shibasaki
CM
2
Shibasaki
151‘ 2 0+0
K. Yonekura
2
Yonekura
0‘ 0 0+0
Y. Rokutan
Rokutan
0‘ 0 0+0
Takumi Minamino
Minamino
4‘ 1 0+0
Yoshinori Muto
Muto
174‘ 6 0+0
Yuichi Maruyama
Maruyama
1‘ 1 0+0
Wataru Endo
CM
Endo
146‘ 3 0+0
Sayed Navid Nadeem
5
Navid Nadeem
0‘ 0 0+0
Modaser Zekria
4
Zekria
0‘ 0 0+0
Mansur Faqiryar
4
Faqiryar
43‘ 1 0+0
Sandjar Ahmadi
4
Ahmadi
0‘ 0 0+0
4
‘ +
Sabahoon Qaume
4
Qaume
0‘ 0 0+0
Anwar Akbari
4
Akbari
44‘ 1 0+0
3
‘ +
Faisal Sakhizada
3
Sakhizada
0‘ 0 0+0
Esmat Shanwary
3
Shanwary
115‘ 2 0+0
Mustafa Azadzoy
2
Azadzoy
155‘ 3 0+0
Zamir Daudi
1
Daudi
450‘ 5 0+0
Nadeem Waheed
1
Waheed
0‘ 0 0+0
Shabir Isoufi
Isoufi
144‘ 4 0+0
Wahid Ghulam Dawod
Ghulam Dawod
0‘ 0 0+0
‘ +
Fardeen Kohistani
Kohistani
137‘ 2 0+0
‘ +
Mohammad Hashemi
Hashemi
90‘ 1 0+0
Djelaludin Sharityar
Sharityar
450‘ 5 0+0
‘ +

Lineups

  • no photo 1
    2
    Higashiguchi
    90‘ 1 0+0
  • no photo 20
    CM
    Hasebe
    1161‘ 13 0+1
    no photo 2
    RB
    1
    Sakai
    1227‘ 14 1+3
    no photo 25
    LB
    Nagatomo
    1170‘ 13 0+1
    no photo 22
    CB
    Yoshida
    1620‘ 18 4+0
    no photo 3
    CB
    Morishige
    1080‘ 12 1+0
  • no photo 12
    CF
    Okazaki
    888‘ 14 5+1
    no photo 10
    LM
    Haraguchi
    1106‘ 18 5+1
    no photo 10
    LW
    Kiyotake
    422‘ 9 2+3
    no photo 44
    Kanazaki
    184‘ 3 2+0
    no photo 10
    Kashiwagi
    265‘ 4 0+0
  • no photo 8
    Shayesteh
    651‘ 8 1+0
    no photo 21
    Taher
    257‘ 4 0+0
    no photo 19
    Saighani
    180‘ 2 0+0
    no photo 20
    Hadid
    545‘ 7 0+0
    no photo
    6
    Joseph Shirdel
    78‘ 2 1+0
  • no photo
    ‘ +
    no photo 13
    6
    Hashimi
    180‘ 2 0+0
    no photo 27
    3
    Sharif
    90‘ 1 0+0
    no photo 7
    Amiri
    538‘ 6 0+0
    no photo
    6
    Jamali
    180‘ 2 0+0
  • no photo 1
    Azizi
    540‘ 6 0+0
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Coach: V. Halilhodžić
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Coach P. Šegrt

Stats:

goals

Honda 7
Kagawa 6
Haraguchi 5
Okazaki 5
Yoshida 4
Asano 2

goals

Zazai 2
Amiri 2
Amani 2
Shayesteh 1
Joseph Shirdel 1

assists

Sakai 3
Kiyotake 3
Honda 2
Kubo 2
Haraguchi 1
Okazaki 1

Yellow Cards

Sakai 3
Yoshida 2
Morishige 2
Makino 2
Kubo 1
Osako 1

Yellow Cards

Sharityar 1
Shayesteh 1
Arash Hatifi 1
Hadid 1
Shanwary 1
Taher 1

Key Passes

Haraguchi 0
Okazaki 0
Kawashima 0
Asano 0
Sakai 0
Kubo 0

Acc. Passes

Kubo 100%
Shōji 86%
Yoshida 85%
Sakai 83%
Shibasaki 82%
Nagatomo 81%

Total Shots

Okazaki 3 (3)
Nagatomo 2 (2)
Yamaguchi 1 (1)
Kobayashi 1 (1)
1 (1)
Haraguchi 1 (1)

BENCH

Shinji Kagawa
LW
23 Kagawa
1058‘ 14 6+1
Mike Havenaar
6
44 Havenaar
18‘ 1 0+0
Yu Kobayashi
CF
6
11 Kobayashi
103‘ 4 0+0
A. Hayashi
Hayashi
0‘ 0 0+0
G. Shōji
CB
6
3 Shōji
270‘ 3 0+0
H. Fujiharu
4 Fujiharu
90‘ 1 0+0
Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM
5 Yamaguchi
1071‘ 13 1+0
Keisuke Honda
RW
4 Honda
1111‘ 16 7+2
T. Usami
39 Usami
348‘ 10 1+0
Gotoku Sakai
LB
2
24 Sakai
644‘ 8 0+0
Tomoaki Makino
DM
5 Makino
450‘ 4 0+0
Mustafa Zazai
17 Zazai
584‘ 7 2+0
N. Amiri
11 Amiri
470‘ 7 2+0
Ahmad Arash Hatifi
18 Arash Hatifi
264‘ 6 0+0
Abassin Alikhil
2 Alikhil
533‘ 6 0+0
Abdullah Abdalli
Abdalli
0‘ 0 0+0
Anoush Dastgir
6 Dastgir
42‘ 2 0+0
Fardin Hakimi
3
28 Hakimi
46‘ 1 0+0
Hamidullah Wakily
Wakily
0‘ 0 0+0
Khaibar Amani
9 Amani
235‘ 5 2+0
Omid Popalzay
Popalzay
70‘ 4 0+0
Roholla Iqbalzadeh
4 Iqbalzadeh
90‘ 1 0+0
Emal Gariwal
Gariwal
0‘ 0 0+0
Goal fact

Japan

  • Return of first-choice goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi

    Masaaki Higashiguchi is back after he misses (2) games and should be first-choice again.

  • Japan have good form in the last 5 games

    Coach V. Halilhodžić can be satisfied with his team form (5W, 0D, 0L) from the last 5 games.

  • Unbeaten run (6) for Japan

    Japan are unbeaten in their last 6 WC Qualification Asia games (5W, 1D). Players scored 17 goals and 0 conceded in that run.

  • The coach has to deal with 5 fresh missings

    According to the news, the team is without 5 fresh missing. These players join the missing list: Muto, Minamino, Rokutan, Endo, Maruyama.

  • Tuesday: WC Qualification Asia (2nd Round)

    Japan is playing against Syria an important WC Qualification Asia game (2nd Round - 1/1)

Afghanistan

  • Bad results in last matches for Afghanistan

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach P. Šegrt as the form record is (2W, 0D, 3L) with their average of 2.4 goals conceded per game.

  • The coach has to deal with 8 fresh missings

    According to the news, the team is without 8 fresh missing. These players join the missing list: Isoufi, Sharityar, Kohistani, Hashemi, , , Ghulam Dawod, .

  • Tuesday: WC Qualification Asia (2nd Round)

    Afghanistan is playing against Singapore an important WC Qualification Asia game (2nd Round - 1/1)

Japan

Summary

Afghanistan

H2H

1

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

0
0

FORM

2.67
1

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

2
1
Japan

Team Strength

Afghanistan
50% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 39%
7 Changes (vs. last game) 5
0 Fresh important missings 0
0 Missings 0

Head to head

Japan 100%
1wins
0 draws
0 wins
1 matches
0% Afghanistan
Overall Home Away
Overall League Cups
OVER 1.5
100% 1/1 times
-
OVER 2.5
100% 1/1 times
-
OVER 3.5
100% 1/1 times
-
BTTS
0% 0/1 times
-
CARDS
0 Ø
-
Corners
0 Ø
-

HT
Shots
Shots (on goal)
Danger attack
Corners 		Lineup
Changes 		1 X 2
09/08/15 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0-6
Japan Japan
0-2 - - - - 4 (68%)
1 (70%) 		- - -

Team form

2.00 2.67 (+34%) total
1.00 (+0%) total 1.00
Afghanistan

Japan Last 6 Matches

Overall Home Away
OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
-
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
-
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
-
BTTS
0% 0/6 times
-
CARDS
0 Ø
-
Corners
0 Ø
-
All League Cups
6.9 WC Qualification Asia
Thailand
08:15
Japan
1.9 WC Qualification Asia
Japan
06:35
United Arab Emirates
29.3 WC Qualification Asia
Japan
06:34
Syria

HT
Shots
Shots (on goal)
Danger attack
Corners 		Lineup
Changes 		1 X 2
17.11 WC Qualification Asia
Cambodia Cambodia
0 - 2
Japan Japan
0-0 - - - - 4 (55%)
8 (51%) 		- - -
12.11 WC Qualification Asia
Singapore Singapore
0 - 3
Japan Japan
0-2 - - - - 2 (72%)
6 (53%) 		- - -
8.10 WC Qualification Asia
Syria Syria
0 - 3
Japan Japan
0-0 - - - - 3 (67%)
2 (67%) 		- - -
8.9 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0 - 6
Japan Japan
0-2 - - - - 4 (68%)
1 (70%) 		- - -
3.9 WC Qualification Asia
Japan Japan
3 - 0
Cambodia Cambodia
1-0 - - - - 5 (52%)
6 (45%) 		- - -
16.6 WC Qualification Asia
Japan Japan
0 - 0
Singapore Singapore
0-0 - - - - 0 (0%)
1 (88%) 		- - -

Afghanistan Last 6 Matches

Overall Home Away
OVER 1.5
67% 4/6 times
-
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
-
OVER 3.5
50% 3/6 times
-
BTTS
17% 1/6 times
-
CARDS
0 Ø
-
Corners
0 Ø
-
All League Cups
28.3 Asian Cup Qualification
Afghanistan
10:00
Vietnam
23.3 Friendly International
Afghanistan
12:00
Singapore
29.3 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan
06:30
Singapore

HT
Shots
Shots (on goal)
Danger attack
Corners 		Lineup
Changes 		1 X 2
12.11 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
3 - 0
Cambodia Cambodia
1-0 - - - - 3 (58%)
6 (36%) 		- - -
13.10 WC Qualification Asia
Syria Syria
5 - 2
Afghanistan Afghanistan
3-1 - - - - 3 (59%)
0 (75%) 		- - -
8.10 WC Qualification Asia
Singapore Singapore
1 - 0
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0-0 - - - - 3 (73%)
1 (69%) 		- - -
8.9 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0 - 6
Japan Japan
0-2 - - - - 4 (68%)
1 (70%) 		- - -
16.6 WC Qualification Asia
Cambodia Cambodia
0 - 1
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0-0 - - - - 7 (49%)
3 (73%) 		- - -
11.6 WC Qualification Asia
Afghanistan Afghanistan
0 - 6
Syria Syria
0-3 - - - - 0 (0%)
0 (0%) 		- - -
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Standings

Standings Form Progress
Overall Home Away
3rd Round
Group A
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Iran 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
2. Korea Republic 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
3. Syria 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
4. Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
5. China PR 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
6. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
Group B
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Japan 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
2. Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
3. Australia 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
4. United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
5. Iraq 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0
6. Thailand 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
0.00 0% - - 0% 0% 0

Cup situation

Competitions
WC Qualification Asia vs Syria 03/29/16
2nd Round
Friendly International vs Syria 06/07/17
Friendlies 1
World Cup vs Colombia 06/19/18
Group Stage
EAFF E-1 Football Championship vs Korea DPR 12/09/17
Final Round
Kirin Cup vs Ghana 06/10/22
Semi-finals
Competitions
WC Qualification Asia vs Singapore 03/29/16
2nd Round
Friendly International vs Singapore 03/23/17
Friendlies 3
Hybrid Friendlies vs Kuwait U23 03/26/22
Hybrid Friendlies 3