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Saudi Arabia 0-2 Japan - October 10, 2024 / World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2026

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone 2026 - Round 3 - Groupe C 2e phase

King Abdullah Sports City - Jeddah - Saudi Arabia

October 10, 2024 - 20:00

56 283

Saudi Arabia

0 - 2

Japan

14'

Daichi Kamada (left foot) Assist by Hidemasa Morita

81'

Koki Ogawa (header) Assist by Junya Ito

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14' - Goal Daichi Kamada

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46' - Substitution Ayman Yahyais substituted by Saleh Al Shehri46

46' - Substitution Takumi Minaminois substituted by Junya Ito

61' - Substitution Musab Al Juwayris substituted by Faisal Al Ghamdi61

62' - Yellow card Koki Machida

63' - Substitution Daichi Kamadais substituted by Daizen Maeda

70' - Yellow card Saud Abdulhamid70

76' - Substitution Ayase Uedais substituted by Koki Ogawa

77' - Substitution Nasser Al Dawsariis substituted by Abdullah Hadi Radif77

81' - Goal Koki Ogawa

82' - Substitution Abdulelah Al Malkiis substituted by Abdullah Al Khaibari photo Abdulrahman Ghareeb

82' - Substitution Firas Al Birakanis substituted by Abdulrahman Ghareeb82

88' - Substitution Ritsu Doanis substituted by Takefusa Kubo photo Keito Nakamura

88' - Substitution Kaoru Mitomais substituted by Keito Nakamura

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Saudi Arabia

0 - 2

Japan

Saudi Arabia Japan

Team line-ups

Saudi Arabia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Al Birakan82

Firas Al Birakan

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/05/2000

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

19Al Dawsari

Salem Al Dawsari

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/08/1991

Age33 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

23Yahya46

Ayman Yahya

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/05/2001

Age23 years

H1m64

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Al Juwayr61

Musab Al Juwayr

Saudi Arabia

B.date20/06/2003

Age21 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

6Al Dawsari77

Nasser Al Dawsari

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/12/1998

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

8Al Malki82

Abdulelah Al Malki

Saudi Arabia

B.date11/10/1994

Age29 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

14Kadesh

Hassan Kadesh

Saudi Arabia

B.date26/09/1992

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

17Al Tambakti

Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti

Saudi Arabia

B.date09/02/1999

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

4Al Awjami

Ali Al Awjami

Saudi Arabia

B.date24/04/1996

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

12Abdulhamid70

Saud Abdulhamid

Saudi Arabia

B.date18/07/1999

Age25 years

H1m71

positionRight full-back

22Al Kassar

Ahmed Al Kassar

Saudi Arabia

B.date08/05/1991

Age33 years

H1m77

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Ahmed Al Kassar		33	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	H. M. Al Tambakti		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ali Al Awjami		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Hassan Kadesh		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Saud Abdulhamid	70	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Abdulelah Al Malki	82	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Nasser Al Dawsari	77	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Musab Al Juwayr	61	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ayman Yahya	46	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Firas Al Birakan	82	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Salem Al Dawsari		33	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Japan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ueda76

Ayase Ueda

Japan

B.date28/08/1998

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

8Minamino46

Takumi Minamino

Japan

B.date16/01/1995

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

15Kamada1463

Daichi Kamada

Japan

B.date05/08/1996

Age28 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

7Mitoma88

Kaoru Mitoma

Japan

B.date20/05/1997

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

5Morita

Hidemasa Morita

Japan

B.date10/05/1995

Age29 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Endo

Wataru Endo

Japan

B.date09/02/1993

Age31 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

10Doan88

Ritsu Doan

Japan

B.date16/06/1998

Age26 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

4Itakura

Ko Itakura

Japan

B.date27/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

16Machida62

Koki Machida

Japan

B.date25/08/1997

Age27 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

3Taniguchi

Shogo Taniguchi

Japan

B.date15/07/1991

Age33 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

1Suzuki

Zion Suzuki

Japan

B.date21/08/2002

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Zion Suzuki		22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Shogo Taniguchi		33	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ko Itakura		27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Koki Machida	62	27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Hidemasa Morita		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Wataru Endo		31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Ritsu Doan	88	26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Daichi Kamada	1463	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kaoru Mitoma	88	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Takumi Minamino	46	29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ayase Ueda	76	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mohamed Al Rubaie		27
21	G	Raghid Alaa Najjar		28
5	D	Meshal Al Sebyani		23
3	D	Awn Mutlaq Al Saluli		26
2	D	Rayane Hamidou		22
15	M	Abdullah Al Khaibari	82	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Faisal Al Ghamdi	61	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ali Hassan Al Asmari		27
11	F	Saleh Al Shehri	46	30	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Abdullah Hadi Radif	77	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	82	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Mohammed Maran		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Kosei Tani		23
12	G	Keisuke Osako		25
21	D	Ayumu Seko		24
2	D	Yukinari Sugawara		24
17	M	Ao Tanaka		26
20	M	Takefusa Kubo	88	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Reo Hatate		26
14	F	Junya Ito	46	31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Keito Nakamura	88	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Koki Ogawa	8176	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Daizen Maeda	63	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Yuki Ohashi		28

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Musab Al Juwayr

Mohamed Kanno

OUT

Ahmed Al Kassar

Mohammed Al Owais

OUT

Ayman Yahya

Abdullah Al Hamdan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Mancini

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Mancini vs Japan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Mancini vs Moriyasu

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Hajime Moriyasu

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Moriyasu vs Saudi Arabia

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Moriyasu vs Mancini

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Referee

Jong-hyeok Kim

2 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Saudi Arabia5 matches	General total	Japan4 matches	4 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia2 matches	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Assistant Referee

Jong-Pil Jang

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	General total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Assistant Referee

Kyun-Yong Park

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	General total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on October 10, 2024

4th official

Sang-Hyeop Chae

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	General total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Assistant Referee VAR

Hee-gon Kim

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	General total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	Season total	Japan1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on October 10, 2024

Assistant VAR Referee

Dae-yong Kim

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	General total	Japan2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Saudi Arabia1 match	Season total	Japan2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2024					Latest figure on November 15, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Japan after 7 consecutive wins in World Cup Qualifying - Asia Zone (since 16/11/2023). It was the best streak for the club since 10/09/2019-15/06/2021 (8 matches).

The last time Saudi Arabia has ended with the score 0-2 , It was on the 09/01/2023 (vs )

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Hajime Moriyasu has done less than 0.71 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 31 key stats

General ranking

	1	Japan	9 pts	3 rd
+3	2	Australia	4 pts	3 rd
-1	3	Saudi Arabia	4 pts	3 rd
-1	4	Bahrain	4 pts	3 rd
-1	5	Indonesia	3 pts	3 rd

General ranking

	1	Japan	9 pts	3 rd
+3	2	Australia	4 pts	3 rd
-1	3	Saudi Arabia	4 pts	3 rd
-1	4	Bahrain	4 pts	3 rd
-1	5	Indonesia	3 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LSaudi Arabia 1-2 Bolivia28/03/2023

LSaudi Arabia 1-3 Costa Rica08/09/2023

VSaudi Arabia 4-0 Pakistan16/11/2023

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Tajikistan21/03/2024

LSaudi Arabia 1-2 Jordan11/06/2024

DSaudi Arabia 1-1 Indonesia05/09/2024

Overall

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Tajikistan21/03/2024

DTajikistan 1-1 Saudi Arabia26/03/2024

VPakistan 0-3 Saudi Arabia06/06/2024

LSaudi Arabia 1-2 Jordan11/06/2024

DSaudi Arabia 1-1 Indonesia05/09/2024

VChina 1-2 Saudi Arabia10/09/2024

Current form

Away

VVietnam 0-1 Japan11/11/2021

VOman 0-1 Japan16/11/2021

VAustralia 0-2 Japan24/03/2022

VGermany 1-4 Japan09/09/2023

VMyanmar 0-5 Japan06/06/2024

VBahrain 0-5 Japan10/09/2024

Overall

LIran 2-1 Japan03/02/2024

VJapan 1-0 North Korea21/03/2024

VMyanmar 0-5 Japan06/06/2024

VJapan 5-0 Syria11/06/2024

VJapan 7-0 China05/09/2024

VBahrain 0-5 Japan10/09/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	7	7
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	6	5
Unbeaten streak	6	5
Drawless streak	14	20
Scoring streak	6	23
Invincibility streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	7
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
5	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4.71
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	5
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

13	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Saleh Al Shehri	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Ayase Ueda
Saleh Al Shehri	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Koki Ogawa
Saleh Al Shehri	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ayase Ueda
Saleh Al Shehri	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ayase Ueda
Sultan Al Ghanam	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Junya Ito
Hassan Kadesh	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Junya Ito
Musab Al Juwayr	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	8 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	Ayase Ueda

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

6 gf

0 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

0 d

6 l

4 gf

12 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

17 matches

6 v

1 d

10 l

16 gf

25 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

6 v

0 d

0 l

12 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

17 matches

10 v

1 d

6 l

25 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 05, 1982
Home	3 - 0	September 05, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	January 17, 2011
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 01, 2022 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

Japan

2 - 0

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia

1 - 0

Japan

January 21, 2019 - Coupe d'Asie 2019

Japan

1 - 0

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

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

Saudi Arabia

1 - 0

Japan

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

Japan

2 - 1

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

Best historical scorers against Japan

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.

Best historical scorers against Saudi Arabia

Shinji Okazaki	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Ryoichi Maeda	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Hiroshi Nanami	2 goals	1995 - 2000
Kazuki Ganaha	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Kazuyoshi Miura	2 goals	1995 - 1995
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.

Players with most games played vs Japan

Mohamed Al Deayea	5 matches	1993 - 2000
Fahd Al Muwallad	5 matches	2016 - 2022
Yaser Al Shahrani	5 matches	2016 - 2022
Ahmed Al Dokhi	4 matches	2000 - 2006
Mohammed Al Owais	4 matches	2016 - 2022
Osama Hawsawi	4 matches	2007 - 2017

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 Saudi Arabia

Yuto Nagatomo	6 matches	2011 - 2022
Masami Ihara	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Masahiro Fukuda	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Maya Yoshida	5 matches	2011 - 2021
Kazuyoshi Miura	5 matches	1990 - 1995
Hiroki Sakai	5 matches	2016 - 2022