Japan 5-0 Afghanistan - March 24, 2016 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2018
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JAP
30' - Substitution
Mustafa Hadidis substituted by Mustafa Zazai
43' - Goal
Shinji Okazaki43
JAP
59' - Goal
Hiroshi Kiyotake59
63' - Own goal
Sharif Mukhammad63
64' - Substitution
Josef Shirdelis substituted by Norlla Amiri
65' - Substitution
Yosuke Kashiwagiis substituted by Shinji Kagawa65
72' - Substitution
Shinji Okazakiis substituted by Mike Havenaar72
74' - Goal
Maya Yoshida74
74' - Substitution
Taher Kanischkais substituted by Ahmad Hatifie
78' - Goal
Mu Kanazaki78
81' - Substitution
Mu Kanazakiis substituted by Yu Kobayashi81
AFG
AFG
Team line-ups
Japan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | G |
Masaaki Higashiguchi | 29 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 6 | D |
Masato Morishige | 28 | 30 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 22 | D |
Maya Yoshida | 74 | 27 | 62 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 5 | D |
Yuto Nagatomo | 29 | 87 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 19 | D |
Hiroki Sakai | 25 | 25 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 7 | M |
Yosuke Kashiwagi | 65 | 28 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 17 | M |
Makoto Hasebe | 32 | 95 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 15 | M |
Mu Kanazaki | 7881 | 27 | 7 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 13 | M |
Hiroshi Kiyotake | 59 | 26 | 33 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 9 | F |
Shinji Okazaki | 4372 | 29 | 99 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 8 | F |
Genki Haraguchi | 24 | 12 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
27.6 years
Average number of matches played for the team
42
Afghanistan
First 11 |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Ovays Azizi | 24 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 13 | D |
Sayed Mohammad Hashemi | 22 | 8 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 3 | D |
Hassan Amin | 24 | 14 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 21 | M |
Taher Kanischka | 74 | 24 | 9 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 20 | M |
Mustafa Hadid | 30 | 27 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 14 | M |
Modjieb Jamali | 24 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 5 | M |
Masih Saighani | 29 | 6 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 16 | M |
Sharif Mukhammad | 63 | 26 | 2 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 10 | M |
Faysal Shayesteh | 24 | 23 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
| 8 | F |
Josef Shirdel | 64 | 22 | 1 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 7 | F |
Zubayr Amiri | 25 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | ||
Average age
24.6 years
Average number of matches played for the team
11
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G |
Akihiro Hayashi | 28 | ||||
| 12 | G |
Shusaku Nishikawa | 29 | ||||
| 2 | D |
Gen Shoji | 23 | ||||
| 20 | D |
Tomoaki Makino | 28 | ||||
| 3 | D |
Hiroki Fujiharu | 27 | ||||
| 21 | D |
Gotoku Sakai | 25 | ||||
| 16 | M |
Hotaru Yamaguchi | 25 | ||||
| 10 | M |
Shinji Kagawa | 65 | 27 | 78 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 4 | M |
Keisuke Honda | 29 | ||||
| 18 | F |
Mike Havenaar | 72 | 28 | 18 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 14 | F |
Yu Kobayashi | 81 | 28 | 3 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 11 | F |
Takashi Usami | 23 | ||||
Substitutes |
Age | Match num | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | G |
Hamidullah Wakili | 21 | ||||
| 23 | G |
Emal Gariwal | 29 | ||||
| 12 | D |
Abdullah Abdalli | 19 | ||||
| 4 | D |
Roholla Iqbalzadeh | 21 | ||||
| 2 | M |
Abassin Alikhil | 24 | ||||
| 11 | M |
Norlla Amiri | 64 | 24 | 11 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 18 | M |
Ahmad Hatifie | 74 | 30 | 31 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 6 | M |
Anoush Dastgir | 26 | ||||
| 15 | M |
Fardin Hakimi | 21 | ||||
| 17 | M |
Mustafa Zazai | 30 | 22 | 20 | You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player | |
| 19 | M |
Omid Popalzay | 20 | ||||
| 9 | F |
Khaibar Amani | 29 | ||||
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Mu Kanazaki
IN
Shinji Kagawa
OUT
Masaaki Higashiguchi
IN
Shusaku Nishikawa
OUT
Masato Morishige
IN
Tomoaki Makino
OUT
Yosuke Kashiwagi
IN
Hotaru Yamaguchi
OUT
Hiroki Sakai
IN
Hiroki Fujiharu
OUT
Makoto Hasebe
IN
Takashi Usami
OUT
Hiroshi Kiyotake
IN
Wataru Endo
OUT
Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match
Modjieb Jamali
IN
Norlla Amiri
OUT
Sharif Mukhammad
IN
Abassin Alikhil
OUT
Josef Shirdel
IN
Mustafa Zazai
OUT
Manager
Age
Match num
63
14
Success rate in this team:
64 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
47 %
Halilhodzic vs Afghanistan
2 victories
0 draw
0 loss
Halilhodzic vs Segrt
1 victory
0 draw
0 loss
Manager
Age
Match num
49
7
Success rate in this team:
71 %
Success rate since the beginning of his career:
41 %
Segrt vs Japan
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Segrt vs Halilhodzic
0 victory
0 draw
1 loss
Referee
Mohanad Qasim Sarray
1 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Japan2 matches | General total | Afghanistan1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
1 victory |
1 draw |
0 loss |
Japan2 matches | Season total | Afghanistan1 match | 0 victory |
0 draw |
1 loss |
| Latest figure on March 24, 2016 | Latest figure on March 24, 2016 | |||||||
Videos
Key figures
Japan keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Afghanistan running (since 09/03/1951). It's a record streak. The first of history
Japan keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone running (since 04/06/2013). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/09/2011-14/11/2012 time period (11 matches).
Afghanistan keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 11/06/2015). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 29/06/2011 (12 matches)
General ranking
| 1 | Japan | 19 pts | 7 rd | |
| 2 | Syria | 18 pts | 7 rd | |
| 3 | Singapore | 10 pts | 7 rd | |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 6 pts | 7 rd | |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0 pt | 8 rd |
General ranking
| 1 | Japan | 19 pts | 7 rd | |
| 2 | Syria | 18 pts | 7 rd | |
| 3 | Singapore | 10 pts | 7 rd | |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 6 pts | 7 rd | |
| 5 | Cambodia | 0 pt | 8 rd |
Pre-match
Current form
| Home | VJapan 2-1 Australia18/11/2014 | VJapan 2-0 Tunisia27/03/2015 | VJapan 5-1 Uzbekistan31/03/2015 | VJapan 4-0 Iraq11/06/2015 | DJapan 0-0 Singapore16/06/2015 | VJapan 3-0 Cambodia03/09/2015 |
| Overall | VJapan 3-0 Cambodia03/09/2015 | VAfghanistan 0-6 Japan08/09/2015 | VSyria 0-3 Japan08/10/2015 | DIran 1-1 Japan13/10/2015 | VSingapore 0-3 Japan12/11/2015 | VCambodia 0-2 Japan17/11/2015 |
Current form
| Away | LPakistan 2-1 Afghanistan06/02/2015 | VLaos 0-2 Afghanistan29/05/2015 | DBangladesh 1-1 Afghanistan02/06/2015 | VCambodia 0-1 Afghanistan16/06/2015 | LThailand 2-0 Afghanistan03/09/2015 | LIndia 2-1 Afghanistan03/01/2016 |
| Overall | VAfghanistan 3-0 Cambodia12/11/2015 | VAfghanistan 4-0 Bangladesh24/12/2015 | VBhutan 0-3 Afghanistan26/12/2015 | VAfghanistan 4-1 Maldives28/12/2015 | VAfghanistan 5-0 Sri Lanka31/12/2015 | LIndia 2-1 Afghanistan03/01/2016 |
Running streaks
| Home | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Winning streak | 1 | 2 |
| Unbeaten streak | 9 | 8 |
| Drawless streak | 1 | 2 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 9 |
| Invincibility streak | 3 | 2 |
Running streaks
| Away | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Loosing streak | 2 | 1 |
| Winless streak | 2 | 1 |
| Drawless streak | 3 | 12 |
| Scoring streak | 1 | 7 |
| Conceding streak | 2 | 1 |
Statistical comparison of the season
Rankings
|
1 |
General ranking (Competition total) |
4 |
|
3 |
General ranking (Home / Away) |
4 |
Ranking evolution during the season
Results
|
6 |
Number of games (Competition total) |
6 |
|
2 |
Number of games (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
5 |
Victories (Competition total) |
2 |
|
1 |
Victories (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
1 |
Draws (Competition total) |
0 |
|
1 |
Draws (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
Losses (Competition total) |
4 |
|
0 |
Losses (Home / Away) |
0 |
Goals
|
17 |
Goals scored (Competition total) |
6 |
|
3 |
Goals scored (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Competition total) |
18 |
|
0 |
Goals conceded (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
2.83 |
Goals scored per match average (Competition total) |
1 |
|
1.5 |
Goals scored per match average (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Competition total) |
3 |
|
0 |
Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away) |
0 |
Betting aid
|
4 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total) |
4 |
|
1 |
Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
6 |
Clean sheets (Competition total) |
2 |
|
2 |
Clean sheets (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Competition total) |
3 |
|
1 |
Matches without scoring (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Competition total) |
1 |
|
0 |
The 2 teams score (Home / Away) |
0 |
|
0-0 |
Most frequent score (Home / Away) |
1-0 |
Bookings
|
3 |
Yellow cards (Competition total) |
7 |
|
0 |
Yellow cards (Home / Away) |
1 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Competition total) |
0 |
|
0 |
Red cards (Home / Away) |
0 |
Key players
 | Keisuke Honda | 5 goals | Team's best scorer (Competition total) | 2 goals | Norlla Amiri | |
| Keisuke Honda | 1 goal | Team's best scorer (Home / Away) | 1 goal | Mustafa Zazai | |
| Keisuke Honda | 1 penalty | Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total) | - | ||
| Keisuke Honda | 5 goals during the last 5 matches | The fittest player | 2 goals during the last 2 matches | Norlla Amiri | |
Historical head to head
Home
2 gf
0 ga
Neutral ground
6 gf
0 ga
Total
8 gf
0 ga
Historical head to head
Away
0 gf
2 ga
Neutral ground
0 gf
6 ga
Total
0 gf
8 ga
Largest victory
| Overall | 6 - 0 |
September 08, 2015 |
| Home | 2 - 0 |
March 09, 1951 |
Largest victory
No success yetLatest head to head
September 08, 2015 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018
March 09, 1951 - Jeux d'Asie 1951
Best historical scorers against Afghanistan
|
Shinji Kagawa | 2 goals | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Shinji Okazaki | 2 goals | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Keisuke Honda | 1 goal | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Masato Morishige | 1 goal | 2015 - 2015 |
Best historical scorers against Japan
Players with most games played vs Afghanistan
 |
Genki Haraguchi | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Masato Morishige | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Takashi Usami | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Wataru Endo | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Yoshinori Muto | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Makoto Hasebe | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
Players with most games played vs Japan
|
Norlla Amiri | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Zamir Daudi | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Abassin Alikhil | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
|
Taher Kanischka | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Ovays Azizi | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
 |
Zubayr Amiri | 1 match | 2015 - 2015 |
Competition info
The other matches
March 24, 2016
Post-match general ranking
| pts | m | v | d | l | GF | GA | diff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|  | Japan | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 |
2
|  | Syria | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | +20 |
3
|  | Singapore | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 |
4
|  | Afghanistan | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | -17 |
5
|  | Cambodia | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 27 | -26 |
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