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Japon 2-0 Arabie Saoudite - February 01, 2022 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022 - Journée 8 - Groupe B 2e phase

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama - Japan

February 01, 2022

19 118

Japon

Japan

2 - 0

Arabie Saoudite

Saudi Arabia

Assist by Junya Ito (left foot) Takumi Minamino

32'

Assist by Yuto Nagatomo (right foot) Junya Ito

50'

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4' - Yellow card Ali Al Bulayhi

21' - Yellow card Ko Itakura21

23' - Substitution Abdulelah Al Malkiis substituted by Abdullah Al Khaibari

32' - Goal Takumi Minamino32

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50' - Goal Junya Ito50

55' - Substitution Ali Al Hassanis substituted by Saud Abdul Hamid photo Hattan Bahebri

55' - Substitution Fahd Al Muwalladis substituted by Hattan Bahebri

68' - Substitution Yuto Nagatomois substituted by Yuta Nakayama photo Daizen Maeda

68' - Substitution Yuya Osakois substituted by Daizen Maeda68

74' - Yellow card Hattan Bahebri

75' - Substitution Sultan Al Ghanamis substituted by Khalid Essa Al Ghanam photo Abdullah Al Hamdan

75' - Substitution Firas Al Birakanis substituted by Abdullah Al Hamdan

77' - Substitution Takumi Minaminois substituted by Takuma Asano77

90' - Substitution Wataru Endois substituted by Genki Haraguchi90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Japon

2 - 0

Arabie Saoudite

Japon Arabie Saoudite

Team line-ups

Japon

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Osako68

Yuya Osako

Japan

B.date18/05/1990

Age31 years

H1m82

positionSecond striker

10Minamino3277

Takumi Minamino

Japan

B.date16/01/1995

Age27 years

H1m74

positionWinger

17Tanaka

Ao Tanaka

Japan

B.date10/09/1998

Age23 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

14Ito50

Junya Ito

Japan

B.date09/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

6Endo90

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Morita

Hidemasa Morita

Japan

B.date10/05/1995

Age26 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Nagatomo68

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

B.date12/09/1986

Age35 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

3Taniguchi

Shogo Taniguchi

Japan

B.date15/07/1991

Age30 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Itakura21

Ko Itakura

Japan

B.date27/01/1997

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

19Sakai

Hiroki Sakai

Japan

B.date12/04/1990

Age31 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

12Gonda

Shuichi Gonda

Japan

B.date03/03/1989

Age32 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Shuichi Gonda		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Shogo Taniguchi		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ko Itakura	21	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Yuto Nagatomo	68	35	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Hiroki Sakai		31	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo	90	28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Hidemasa Morita		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ao Tanaka		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Takumi Minamino	3277	27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Yuya Osako	68	31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Junya Ito	50	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arabie Saoudite

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Al Birakan75

Firas Al Birakan

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/05/2000

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

10Al Dawsari

Salem Al Dawsari

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/08/1991

Age30 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

23Kanno

Mohamed Kanno

Saudi Arabia

B.date22/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

19Al Muwallad55

Fahd Al Muwallad

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/09/1994

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Al Malki23

Abdulelah Al Malki

Saudi Arabia

B.date11/10/1994

Age27 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Al Hassan55

Ali Al Hassan

Saudi Arabia

B.date04/03/1997

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Al Shahrani

Yaser Al Shahrani

Saudi Arabia

B.date25/05/1992

Age29 years

H1m71

positionFull-back

5Al Bulayhi4

Ali Al Bulayhi

Saudi Arabia

B.date21/11/1989

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

4Al Amri

Abdulelah Al Amri

Saudi Arabia

B.date15/01/1997

Age25 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Al Ghanam75

Sultan Al Ghanam

Saudi Arabia

B.date06/05/1994

Age27 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

21Al Owais

Mohammed Al Owais

Saudi Arabia

B.date10/10/1991

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Mohammed Al Owais		30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Abdulelah Al Amri		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ali Al Bulayhi	4	32	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sultan Al Ghanam	75	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Yaser Al Shahrani		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Abdulelah Al Malki	23	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ali Al Hassan	55	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Mohamed Kanno		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Fahd Al Muwallad	55	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Firas Al Birakan	75	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Salem Al Dawsari		30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Eiji Kawashima		38
23	G	Daniel Schmidt		29
20	D	Yuta Nakayama	68	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Shinnosuke Nakatani		25
2	D	Naomichi Ueda		27
22	D	Miki Yamane		28
7	M	Gaku Shibasaki		29
18	M	Takuma Asano	77	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Takefusa Kubo		20
21	M	Ritsu Doan		23
8	F	Genki Haraguchi	90	30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Daizen Maeda	68	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mohamed Al Rubaie		24
22	G	Fawaz Al Qarni		29
3	D	Ziyad Al Sahfi		27
17	D	Ahmed Sharahili		27
12	D	Saud Abdul Hamid	55	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mohamed Al Burayk		29
7	M	Abdullah Al Khaibari	23	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Hattan Bahebri	5574	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sami Al Najai		24
11	F	Abdullah Al Hamdan	75	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Khalid Essa Al Ghanam	75	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Haytham Asiri		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ali Al Hassan

Sami Al Najai

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Moriyasu vs Arabie Saoudite

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 01, 2022

Moriyasu vs Renard

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 01, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Hervé Renard

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Renard vs Japon

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 01, 2022

Renard vs Moriyasu

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 01, 2022

Referee

Hyung-jin Ko

3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Japon4 matches	General total	Arabie Saoudite3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Japon2 matches	Season total	Arabie Saoudite3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 24, 2023					Latest figure on February 01, 2022

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Key figures

Japon keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Arabie Saoudite at home running (since 15/11/2016). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/11/1992-15/11/2006 time period (5 matches).

Japon keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Arabie Saoudite in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie running (since 15/11/2016). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Hajime Moriyasu has reached 72% of wins .

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

1	Arabie Saoudite	19 pts	8 rd
2	Japon	18 pts	8 rd
3	Australie	15 pts	8 rd
4	Oman	8 pts	8 rd
5	Chine	5 pts	8 rd

General ranking

1	Arabie Saoudite	19 pts	8 rd
2	Japon	18 pts	8 rd
3	Australie	15 pts	8 rd
4	Oman	8 pts	8 rd
5	Chine	5 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VJapon 4-1 Tajikistan07/06/2021

VJapon 1-0 Serbia11/06/2021

VJapon 5-1 Kyrgyzstan15/06/2021

LJapon 0-1 Oman02/09/2021

VJapon 2-1 Australia12/10/2021

VJapon 2-0 China27/01/2022

Overall

VChina 0-1 Japon07/09/2021

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Japon07/10/2021

VJapon 2-1 Australia12/10/2021

VVietnam 0-1 Japon11/11/2021

VOman 0-1 Japon16/11/2021

VJapon 2-0 China27/01/2022

Current form

Away

DPalestine 0-0 Arabie Saoudite15/10/2019

VUzbekistan 2-3 Arabie Saoudite14/11/2019

VArabie Saoudite 1-0 Qatar05/12/2019

VOman 0-1 Arabie Saoudite07/09/2021

DAustralia 0-0 Arabie Saoudite11/11/2021

VVietnam 0-1 Arabie Saoudite16/11/2021

Overall

DAustralia 0-0 Arabie Saoudite11/11/2021

VVietnam 0-1 Arabie Saoudite16/11/2021

LArabie Saoudite 0-1 Jordan01/12/2021

DPalestine 1-1 Arabie Saoudite04/12/2021

LMorocco 1-0 Arabie Saoudite07/12/2021

VArabie Saoudite 1-0 Oman27/01/2022

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	13	16
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
13	Victories (Competition total)	12
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
43	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
3.53	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.13
5.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.47
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.4

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
6-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Yuya Osako	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Salem Al Dawsari
Yuya Osako	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Salman Al Faraj
Yuya Osako	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Salem Al Dawsari
Yuya Osako	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Salman Al Faraj
Takumi Minamino	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Fahd Al Muwallad
Yuya Osako	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Fahd Al Muwallad
Junya Ito	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Firas Al Birakan

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

0 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

13 gf

6 ga

Total

16 matches

9 v

1 d

6 l

23 gf

16 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

4 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

16 matches

6 v

1 d

9 l

16 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 17, 2011
Home	3 - 1	November 15, 2006

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1982
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 07, 2021 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

Arabie Saoudite

1 - 0

Japon

January 21, 2019 - Coupe d'Asie 2019

Japon

1 - 0

Arabie Saoudite logo Arabie Saoudite

September 05, 2017 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018

Arabie Saoudite

1 - 0

Japon

November 15, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2018

Japon

2 - 1

Arabie Saoudite logo Arabie Saoudite

January 17, 2011 - Coupe d'Asie 2011

Arabie Saoudite

0 - 5

Japon

Best historical scorers against Arabie Saoudite

Shinji Okazaki	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Kazuki Ganaha	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals	1995 - 1995
Ryoichi Maeda	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Hiroshi Nanami	2 goals	1995 - 2000
Takuya Takagi	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Japon

Yasser Al Qahtani	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Malek Mouath Al Hawsawi	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Omar Hawsawi	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Fahd Al Muwallad	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Saleh Bashir	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Firas Al Birakan	1 goal	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arabie Saoudite

Masami Ihara	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Yuto Nagatomo	5 matches	2011 - 2021
Masahiro Fukuda	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Maya Yoshida	5 matches	2011 - 2021
Kazuyoshi Miura	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	5 matches	2000 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/09/1990. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Japon

Mohamed Al Deayea	5 matches	1993 - 2000
Ahmed Al Dokhi	4 matches	2000 - 2006
Fahd Al Muwallad	4 matches	2016 - 2021
Osama Hawsawi	4 matches	2007 - 2017
Taiseer Al Jassam	4 matches	2007 - 2017
Yaser Al Shahrani	4 matches	2016 - 2021