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  • Match Ended
  • 90'
    Substitution
    • Endo, Wataru
    • Haraguchi, Genki

    Genki Haraguchi is replacing Wataru Endo for Japan at Saitama Stadium 2002.

  • 78'
    Substitution
    • Minamino, Takumi
    • Asano, Takuma

    Takuma Asano is replacing Takumi Minamino for the home team.

  • 75'
    Substitution
    • Albrikan, Feras
    • Alhamddan, Abdullah Abdulrahman

    Abdullah Abdulrahman Alhamddan is on a sub for Feras Albrikan for Saudi Arabia.

  • 75'
    Substitution
    • Alganham, Sultan
    • Alghannam, Khalid

    Herve Renard is making the team's fourth substitution at Saitama Stadium 2002 with Khalid Alghannam replacing Sultan Alganham.

  • 74'
    Yellow Card
    • Bahebri, Hattan

    Hattan Bahebri is booked for the away team.

  • 68'
    Substitution
    • Nagatomo, Yuto
    • Nakayama, Yuta

    The home team have replaced Yuto Nagatomo with Yuta Nakayama. This is the second substitution made today by Hajime Moriyasu.

  • 68'
    Substitution
    • Osako, Yuya
    • Maeda, Daizen

    Daizen Maeda is replacing Yuya Osako for the home team.

  • 55'
    Substitution
    • Al Muwallad, Fahad
    • Bahebri, Hattan

    Saudi Arabia make their third substitution with Hattan Bahebri replacing Fahad Al Muwallad.

  • 55'
    Substitution
    • Alhassan, Ali
    • Abdulhamid, Saud

    The away team replace Ali Alhassan with Saud Abdulhamid.

  • 50'
    Goal !
    • Ito, Junya (Scorer)
    • Nagatomo, Yuto (Assist)

    Goal! Junya Ito extends Japan's lead to 2-0.

    Yuto Nagatomo with an assist there.

  • 32'
    Goal !
    • Minamino, Takumi (Scorer)
    • Ito, Junya (Assist)

    Goal! Takumi Minamino gives Japan a 1-0 lead.

    Great play from Junya Ito to set up the goal.

  • 23'
    Substitution
    • AL Malki, Abdulelah
    • AL Khaibari, Abdullah

    Herve Renard (Saudi Arabia) is making a first change, with Abdullah AL Khaibari replacing the possibly injured Abdulelah AL Malki.

  • 21'
    Yellow Card
    • Itakura, Ko

    Ko Itakura for Japan has been booked by Hyung-Jin Ko and receives a first yellow card.

  • 4'
    Yellow Card
    • AL Bulayhi, Ali

    Ali AL Bulayhi (Saudi Arabia) gets a yellow card.

  • Match Started

Line-ups

Japan
Saudi Arabia
3Taniguchi4Itakura5Nagatomo19Sakai6Endo10Minamino13Morita14Ito17Tanaka12Gonda15Osako2Alganham4Al Amri5Al-Bulaihi13Al Shahrani8Al Malki10Al Dawsari15Al-Hassan23Kanno9Albrikan19Al Muwallad21Al Owais
Saudi Arabia

Japan vs Saudi Arabia Betting tips

On their last meeting Saudi Arabia won by 1 goals.
Saudi Arabia's away record this season: 2-1-0.
Average number of goals in meetings between Japan and Saudi Arabia is 2.2.
Japan have kept a clean sheet in 3 matches in a row.
When Japan is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their matches.
The most common result of matches between Japan and Saudi Arabia is 0-1. 3 matches have ended with this result.
Both teams didn't concede on their last match.
Japan wins 69% of halftimes, Saudi Arabia wins 40%.
Saudi Arabia have lost just 1 of their last 3 WC Qualification, AFC games against Japan.
The winner of their last meeting was Saudi Arabia.
Japan scores 3.38 goals when playing at home and Saudi Arabia scores 1 goals when playing away (on average).
Japan have a winning streak of 4 matches.
When Saudi Arabia leads 0-1 away, they win in 100% of their matches.
Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Japan and Saudi Arabia is 1.
Japan wins 1st half in 69% of their matches, Saudi Arabia in 40% of their matches.
In WC Qualification, AFC, Saudi Arabia has better performance than Japan.
In the last 5 meetings Japan won 3, Saudi Arabia won 2, 0 draws.
Japan scores 1.6 goals in a match against Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia scores 0.6 goals against Japan (on average).
Saudi Arabia have lost none of their last 7 away matches.
When Japan leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their matches.
When Saudi Arabia is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their matches.
Japan's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Saudi Arabia's.
Japan have won just 1 of their last 3 WC Qualification, AFC games against Saudi Arabia.
Japan have a winning streak of 4 matches in WC Qualification, AFC.
When playing away, Saudi Arabia have not conceded a goal so far this season.
Saudi Arabia haven't scored in 1 of their 3 away matches in WC Qualification, AFC this season.
Japan haven't scored in 1 of their 3 home matches in WC Qualification, AFC this season.
During the last 8 meetings, Japan have won 4 times, there have been 0 draws while Saudi Arabia have won 4 times. The goal difference is 13-8 in favour of Japan.
Did you know that Saudi Arabia scores 30% of their goals between the minutes 31-45?
If Takumi Minamino scores against Saudi Arabia it will be his 10th goal for Japan this season.
Japan is undefeated this season when playing at home and taking the lead 1-0.
This was Takumi Minamino's 10th goal for the season.
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Head to head

Japan
Matches:6
Saudi Arabia
67%
Wins: 4
0%
Draws: 0
33%
Wins: 2
Recent meetings
  1. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    1 Feb 2022
    JapanJapan
    2 : 0
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
  2. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    7 Oct 2021
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
    1 : 0
    JapanJapan
  3. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    21 Jan 2019
    JapanJapan
    1 : 0
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
  4. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    5 Sep 2017
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
    1 : 0
    JapanJapan
  5. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    15 Nov 2016
    JapanJapan
    2 : 1
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

Form

JapanJapan
  1. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    21 Mar 2024
    Japan
    1 : 0
    Korea DPR
  2. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    3 Feb 2024
    Iran
    2 : 1
    Japan
  3. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    31 Jan 2024
    Bahrain
    1 : 3
    Japan
  4. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    24 Jan 2024
    Japan
    3 : 1
    Indonesia
  5. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    19 Jan 2024
    Iraq
    2 : 1
    Japan
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
  1. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    26 Mar 2024
    Tajikistan
    1 : 1
    Saudi Arabia
  2. Flag nullWC Qualification, AFC
    21 Mar 2024
    Saudi Arabia
    1 : 0
    Tajikistan
  3. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    30 Jan 2024
    Saudi Arabia
    1 : 1
    South Korea
  4. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    25 Jan 2024
    Saudi Arabia
    0 : 0
    Thailand
  5. Flag nullAFC Asian Cup
    21 Jan 2024
    Kyrgyzstan
    0 : 2
    Saudi Arabia

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