Japan vs Australia, 2017 Women's International Friendly, Tournament of Nations

· Women's International Friendly
Japan
  • 6': Mina Tanaka
  • 90'+3': Yuka Momiki
FT
2 - 4
Australia
  • 11': Sam Kerr
  • 16': Sam Kerr
  • 43': Sam Kerr
  • 62': Emily van Egmond (P)

Sam Kerr sparks Matildas' rout of Japan at Tournament of Nations

Sam Kerr has fired the Matildas to a second consecutive win at the Tournament of Nations, scoring a hat trick in Australia's 4-2 win over Japan.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Emily van Egmond (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Katrina-Lee Gorry.
  • 2': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Yu Nakasato.
  • 2': Foul by Alanna Kennedy (Australia).
  • 2': Hikaru Naomoto (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Mina Tanaka (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 6': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Alanna Kennedy.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Nana Ichise (Japan) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kumi Yokoyama following a corner.
  • 6': Goal! Japan 1, Australia 0. Mina Tanaka (Japan) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nana Ichise following a corner.
  • 7': Emi Nakajima (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Stephanie Catley (Australia).
  • 8': Offside, Australia. Emily van Egmond tries a through ball, but Samantha Kerr is caught offside.
  • 11': Goal! Japan 1, Australia 1. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hayley Raso.
  • 13': Emily van Egmond (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Yu Nakasato (Japan).
  • 14': Attempt missed. Emi Nakajima (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hikaru Naomoto.
  • 15': Foul by Elise Kellond-Knight (Australia).
  • 15': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Goal! Japan 1, Australia 2. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 17': Foul by Katrina-Lee Gorry (Australia).
  • 17': Hikaru Naomoto (Japan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Kumi Yokoyama (Japan) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hikaru Naomoto.
  • 20': Foul by Clare Polkinghorne (Australia).
  • 20': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Riho Sakamoto (Japan).
  • 22': Samantha Kerr (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Alanna Kennedy (Australia).
  • 23': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Foul by Emily Gielnik (Australia).
  • 24': Yu Nakasato (Japan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 25': Attempt saved. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clare Polkinghorne.
  • 28': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Stephanie Catley.
  • 28': Foul by Hikaru Naomoto (Japan).
  • 28': Stephanie Catley (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Emily van Egmond (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alanna Kennedy.
  • 33': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Riho Sakamoto.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Stephanie Catley (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Katrina-Lee Gorry following a corner.
  • 35': Attempt saved. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emily Gielnik.
  • 35': Foul by Stephanie Catley (Australia).
  • 35': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Yu Nakasato (Japan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kumi Yokoyama.
  • 42': Attempt blocked. Emi Nakajima (Japan) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked. Assisted by Riho Sakamoto.
  • 43': Attempt saved. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Elise Kellond-Knight.
  • 43': Goal! Japan 1, Australia 3. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  • 44': Chloe Logarzo (Australia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 44': Foul by Hikari Takagi (Japan).
  • 45': Emily Gielnik (Australia) hits the bar with a right footed shot from long range on the left from a direct free kick.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Yu Nakasato (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hikaru Naomoto.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Riho Sakamoto (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Japan 1, Australia 3.
  • 45': Second Half begins Japan 1, Australia 3.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Ayumi Oya replaces Hikari Takagi.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Rumi Utsugi replaces Riho Sakamoto.
  • 45': Substitution, Japan. Yui Hasegawa replaces Hikaru Naomoto.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Emi Nakajima (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Rin Sumida (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Emi Nakajima.
  • 51': Foul by Hayley Raso (Australia).
  • 51': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chloe Logarzo.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Katrina-Lee Gorry (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Emily van Egmond (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samantha Kerr with a headed pass.
  • 53': Chloe Logarzo (Australia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 53': Foul by Hikaru Kitagawa (Japan).
  • 54': Attempt saved. Emily van Egmond (Australia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Elise Kellond-Knight with a cross.
  • 55': Substitution, Japan. Yuka Momiki replaces Kumi Yokoyama.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Emily van Egmond (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Elise Kellond-Knight.
  • 58': Chloe Logarzo (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Ayumi Oya (Japan).
  • 61': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Yui Hasegawa.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Emily Gielnik (Australia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elise Kellond-Knight with a cross.
  • 61': Penalty conceded by Yui Hasegawa (Japan) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 62': Goal! Japan 1, Australia 4. Emily van Egmond (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 63': Substitution, Australia. Caitlin Foord replaces Chloe Logarzo.
  • 66': Foul by Caitlin Foord (Australia).
  • 66': Nana Ichise (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Substitution, Australia. Lisa De Vanna replaces Emily Gielnik.
  • 69': Elise Kellond-Knight (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Rin Sumida (Japan).
  • 71': Foul by Rumi Utsugi (Japan).
  • 71': Samantha Kerr (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Rumi Utsugi.
  • 73': Foul by Yu Nakasato (Japan).
  • 73': Katrina-Lee Gorry (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Ayumi Oya (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Lisa De Vanna (Australia).
  • 75': Substitution, Australia. Tameka Butt replaces Emily van Egmond.
  • 76': Substitution, Australia. Ellie Carpenter replaces Hayley Raso.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Lisa De Vanna (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Katrina-Lee Gorry.
  • 78': Foul by Ellie Carpenter (Australia).
  • 78': Mina Tanaka (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Ellie Carpenter (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 78': Substitution, Japan. Madoka Haji replaces Emi Nakajima.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Tameka Butt (Australia) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Katrina-Lee Gorry with a cross.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Caitlin Foord (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samantha Kerr.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Samantha Kerr (Australia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 83': Substitution, Australia. Princess Ibini replaces Samantha Kerr.
  • 84': Substitution, Japan. Miho Manya replaces Hikaru Kitagawa.
  • 86': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Ellie Carpenter.
  • 87': Corner, Japan. Conceded by Caitlin Foord.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Mina Tanaka (Japan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Madoka Haji.
  • 89': Substitution, Australia. Alexandra Chidiac replaces Katrina-Lee Gorry.
  • 90': Corner, Australia. Conceded by Ayumi Oya.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Alanna Kennedy (Australia).
  • 90'+1': Sakiko Ikeda (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Japan 2, Australia 4. Yuka Momiki (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mina Tanaka.
  • 90'+3': Elise Kellond-Knight (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Mina Tanaka (Japan).
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Japan 2, Australia 4.
  • 90'+4': Match ends, Japan 2, Australia 4.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 5
43 Possession 57
22 SHOTS 13
9 ON GOAL 6
0.4 On Target % 0.5
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
272 Accurate Passes 371
368 Passes 495
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 0
15 Crosses 9
0.4 Cross % 0.0
49 Long Balls 58
27 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
7 Blocked Shots 1
15 Effective Tackles 16
20 Tackles 24
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
20 Effective Clearances 9
20 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Women's International Friendly

Venue: SDCCU Stadium
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Attendance: 9,597

Line-Ups

JPN Japan (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Sakiko Ikeda (GK)
23 Nana Ichise
8 Riho Sakamoto
19 Hikaru Kitagawa
2 Hikari Takagi
16 Rin Umida
12 Hikaru Naomoto
14 Yu Nakasato
7 Emi Nakajima
9 Kumi Yokoyama
11 Mina Tanaka
Japan Substitutes:
Ayaka Yamashita, Rumi Utsugi, Miho Manya, Ayumi Oya, Yuka Momiki, Yui Hasegawa, Mizuho Sakaguchi, Shiho Tomari, Yuika Sugasawa, Aya Sameshima, Ayaka Saitoh, Madoka Haji.

AUS Australia (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
18 Mackenzie Arnold (GK)
14 Alanna Kennedy
4 Clare Polkinghorne
8 Elise Kellond-Knight
7 Steph Catley
16 Hayley Raso
10 Emily van Egmond
19 Katrina Gorry
6 Chloe Berryhill
15 Emily Gielnik
20 Sam Kerr
Australia Substitutes:
Tameka Yallop, Alex Chidiac, Lisa De Vanna, Caitlin Foord, Gema Simon, Caitlin Cooper, Princess Ibani, Lydia Williams, Ellie Carpenter, Laura Brock.

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